Error correction of depth images for multiview time-of-flight vision sensors

The developing time-of-flight (TOF) camera is an attractive device for the robot vision system to capture real-time three-dimensional (3D) images, but the sensor suffers from the limit of low resolution and precision of images. This article proposes an approach to automatic generation of an imaging...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yu He, Shengyong Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-07-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1729881420942379
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Summary:The developing time-of-flight (TOF) camera is an attractive device for the robot vision system to capture real-time three-dimensional (3D) images, but the sensor suffers from the limit of low resolution and precision of images. This article proposes an approach to automatic generation of an imaging model in the 3D space for error correction. Through observation data, an initial coarse model of the depth image can be obtained for each TOF camera. Then, its accuracy is improved by an optimization method. Experiments are carried out using three TOF cameras. Results show that the accuracy is dramatically improved by the spatial correction model.
ISSN:1729-8814