Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 52, Issue 9, 0910001(2023)

High Photon Efficiency Image Reconstruction Algorithm Based on Depth Range Selection for Single Photon Counting LiDAR

Fanxing MENG1,2, Tongyi ZHANG1,2、*, Yan KANG1, Ruikai XUE1,2, Xiaofang WANG1,2, Weiwei LI1,2, and Lifei LI1
Author Affiliations
  • 1State key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics,Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of CAS,Xi'an 710119,China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
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    Figures & Tables(14)
    Schematic of a single-photon lidar imaging system
    Typical histogram of photon arrival time of single pixel in the case of very few echo photons
    Flowchart of overall algorithm
    Flowchart of depth range selection
    Schematic of the depth range selection of the target scene
    Flowchart of adaptive neighborhood photon supplementation for vacant and few photon pixels
    When SBR=0.04,the reconstruction results of the four methods for bowling data with SPPP of 0.1,0.5,1,2,and 5
    Experimental system and target scene
    When SBR=0.09,the reconstruction results of the three methods for street view data with SPPP of 0.47,0.94,1.88,and 2.81
    Target scene,depth reference ground truth and reconstruction results of time-of-flight data with SPPP of 0.7,2.3,4.4,10.7,21.6 and 108.0 by three methods
    • Table 1. Review parameter table

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      Table 1. Review parameter table

      PRALmbinmRm
      1.135 7×103161718
      4.430 09411 0121 050
      4.215 11 0661 1051 156
      8.979 31 1641 1951 239
      4.358 31 2451 2671 392
      7.158 01 5791 6341 692
      31.781 31 6941 7201 747
      NAN12 40012 48912 490
    • Table 2. The RMSE and consumption time of the reconstruction results of the four methods vary with various SPPP at SBR=0.04

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      Table 2. The RMSE and consumption time of the reconstruction results of the four methods vary with various SPPP at SBR=0.04

      MethodsSPPP=0.1SPPP=0.5SPPP=1SPPP=2SPPP=5
      RMSE/mShin5.7225.6935.6935.6905.694
      Unmixing0.3720.4630.3380.0810.029
      PP-Unmixing0.1610.0940.0830.0410.031
      Proposed0.0670.0900.0840.0330.028
      Time/sShin20.820.337.637.640.7
      Unmixing94.5148.7215.2313.9632.3
      PP-Unmixing71.087.685.7106.8136.6
      Proposed44.027.323.623.823.1
    • Table 3. The RMSE and consumption time of the reconstruction results of the three methods vary with various SPPP at SBR=0.09

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      Table 3. The RMSE and consumption time of the reconstruction results of the three methods vary with various SPPP at SBR=0.09

      MethodsSPPP=0.47SPPP=0.94SPPP=1.88SPPP=2.81
      RMSE/mShin0.9740.3620.1590.153
      Unmixing0.1680.0860.0580.046
      Proposed0.0320.0270.0230.022
      Time/sShin10.310.08.58.8
      Unmixing107.381.0129.7133.5
      Proposed37.225.320.317.8
    • Table 4. The RMSE and consumption time of the reconstruction results of the three methods vary with various SPPP

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      Table 4. The RMSE and consumption time of the reconstruction results of the three methods vary with various SPPP

      MethodsSPPP=0.7SPPP=2.3SPPP=4.4SPPP=10.7SPPP=21.6SPPP=108.0
      RMSE/mShin0.3720.1200.0340.0310.0310.031
      Unmixing0.0590.0410.0190.0170.0150.014
      Proposed0.0500.0300.0220.0180.0160.012
      Time/sShin1.61.61.51.51.61.9
      Unmixing6.36.05.85.15.05.4
      Proposed8.03.93.53.23.03.0
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    Fanxing MENG, Tongyi ZHANG, Yan KANG, Ruikai XUE, Xiaofang WANG, Weiwei LI, Lifei LI. High Photon Efficiency Image Reconstruction Algorithm Based on Depth Range Selection for Single Photon Counting LiDAR[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2023, 52(9): 0910001

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    Received: Mar. 16, 2023

    Accepted: Apr. 14, 2023

    Published Online: Oct. 24, 2023

    The Author Email: ZHANG Tongyi (tyzhang@opt.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20235209.0910001

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