1D-TOF: System modeling, processing algorithm design and implementation

Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) is rapidly emerging as a key technology for depth sensing applications. LIDAR acts as an auxiliary ranging technique, such as radar, thermal image ranging, image recognition, and time-of-flight (TOF) sensor. As a special type of direct time-of-flight (D-TOF) system, this work presents the system design and the...

Digital processing for large pixel array dToF systems

Over the last decade, the recognition of the potential value of augmented reality (AR) and other human-machine interfaces has been growing. These applications are all based on depth sensing technologies. Among various depth sensing technologies, the Time-of-Flight (ToF) approach is emerging as a widely applicable method because it has the...

Modular time-of-flight image sensor for light detection and ranging: A digital approach to LIDAR

Constant increase in data processing efficiency has enabled, among many other things, the intensive use of depth mapping technologies. Consumer applications, such as gaming, augmented and virtual realities (AR/VR), and other human-machine interfaces, are typically based on intensive image processing, either by triangulation and/or structured...