A Light Source for an Optimized Time of Flight Imaging System
Abstract
This proposal describes a plan to acquire a pulsed laser light source that, together with an availabledetection systems, will form a fully functional and comprehensive time of flight imaging system.This new light source will provide a means to fully explore the capabilities of all aspects of time of flight imaging in the lab and in applications in the field.Time-of-flight imaging describes all optical imaging methods where, in addition to typical spatial imaging data, time of flight of the light through the scene is also recorded. The most prominent application of time of flight is in LiDAR imaging where the time of flight of directly reflected light is used to measure a distance to the reflecting surface in each image pixel in order to generate a 3D reconstruction. The systems typically use more complex scene responses that result from light that has been reflected or scattered more than once within the scene.Applications of time of flight imaging we are currently exploring include super resolution remote imaging using Time Encoded Remote Apertures (TERA) and Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) Imaging.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jul 11, 2018
- Source ID
- FA95501810409
Entities
People
- Andreas Velten
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force
- University of Wisconsin System