Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 49, Issue 9, 20190549(2020)

Research progress of APD three-dimensional imaging lidar

Jie Cao1... Qun Hao1,*, Fanghua Zhang1, Chenyu Xu1, Yang Cheng1, Jiali Zhang1, Yu Tao1,2, Dong Zhou1 and Kaiyu Zhang1 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Bionic Robot Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 2System Engineering Institute, Academy of Army Research, Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100039, China
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      Mainstream filter effect comparison

      主流滤波效果对比

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      Table 1.

      Mainstream filter effect comparison

      主流滤波效果对比

      Filter namePrincipleFeatures
      Pass-through filteringFor point cloud data with certain spatial characteristics in the spatial distribution, determine the range of the point cloud in the x, y, and z axis directions, and then filter the threshold to remove the different range points The speed is fast, but the filtering is not accurate enough, which is often a rough process in the filtering process
      Voxel filteringA voxel is a small space in three dimensions. Create a voxel grid on the input point cloud data, and then in each voxel, all existing points will be approximated by their centroidsThe number of point clouds is reduced without destroying the geometry of the point cloud itself
      Statistical filteringPerform noise filtering based on point cloud density. By calculating the average distance from each point to its nearest neighbor, the Gaussian distribution of all points in the point cloud is obtained, and then a distance threshold can be determined according to the mean and variance to filter outliers.The filtering effect is better than straight-through filtering, which can accurately filter out sparse outliers
      Bilateral filteringGiven a threshold, calculate the number of point clouds under each radius. When the number is greater than the given threshold, keep it, otherwise filter outCan filter out internal noise more quickly than statistical filtering
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      Comparison of MEMS and OPA imaging laser radar

      MEMS与OPA成像激光雷达对比

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      Table 2.

      Comparison of MEMS and OPA imaging laser radar

      MEMS与OPA成像激光雷达对比

      MEMSPhased array
      Core principleMicromechanical scanningTransmitter unit array + phase control
      AdvantageSmall size, light weight, large swing, small inertiaSmall size, light weight, no inertia, large swing (depending on unit spacing)
      DisadvantagesSmall target surface and low damage thresholdDamage threshold is high, can form high power
      Craft difficultyRelatively easyDifficult (unit spacing is less than half of the optical wavelength)
      CostLowerReduce costs after batching
      Current research situationRelatively matureImmature
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    Jie Cao, Qun Hao, Fanghua Zhang, Chenyu Xu, Yang Cheng, Jiali Zhang, Yu Tao, Dong Zhou, Kaiyu Zhang. Research progress of APD three-dimensional imaging lidar[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(9): 20190549

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical imaging

    Received: Dec. 13, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 4, 2021

    The Author Email: Hao Qun (qhao@bit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20190549

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