Title
Pulse Based Time-of-Flight Range Sensing.
Abstract
Pulse-based Time-of-Flight (PB-ToF) cameras are an attractive alternative range imaging approach, compared to the widely commercialized Amplitude Modulated Continuous-Wave Time-of-Flight (AMCW-ToF) approach. This paper presents an in-depth evaluation of a PB-ToF camera prototype based on the Hamamatsu area sensor S11963-01CR. We evaluate different ToF-related effects, i.e., temperature drift, systematic error, depth inhomogeneity, multi-path effects, and motion artefacts. Furthermore, we evaluate the systematic error of the system in more detail, and introduce novel concepts to improve the quality of range measurements by modifying the mode of operation of the PB-ToF camera. Finally, we describe the means of measuring the gate response of the PB-ToF sensor and using this information for PB-ToF sensor simulation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.3390/s18061679
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
time-of-flight,pulse-based,range sensor,computer vision
Systematic error,Mode (statistics),Electronic engineering,Pulse (signal processing),Engineering,Time of flight,Amplitude
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
18
6.0
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
7
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hamed Sarbolandi1342.35
Markus Plack210.36
Andreas Kolb378371.76