Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 48, Issue 12, 1213004(2019)

TOF camera real-time high precision depth error compensation method

Li Zhanli1,*... Zhou Kang1, Mu Qi1,2 and Li Hong′an1 |Show fewer author(s)
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    When using Time-Of-Flight(TOF) camera to obtain depth values, corner distortion and precision offset often occur. At present, the main methods to compensate depth errors are based on the techniques like error look-up table or curve fitting, which has a large amount of calculation resulting in slow compensation speed. By analyzing the depth error distribution law of TOF camera at different distances, a real-time and high-precision error compensation method was proposed. The error compensation model was simplifed by using the rotational symmetry of TOF depth image and the characteristics of error distribution. The order of magnitude of the parameters was reduced, and the accuracy and speed of compensation process were effectively improved. The proposed algorithm was applied to Kinect v2 depth sensor for depth compensation, the flatness error within the effective distance dropped to 0.63 mm, the average error dropped to 0.704 0 mm, and the single frame data compensation time was less than 90 ms. Since the algorithm compensates only based on the optical path difference, it is suitable for all TOF principle cameras. The results of experiments show that the proposed algorithm can quickly and effectively reduce the depth error of TOF camera, and is suitable for real-time, high-precision three-dimensional reconstruction of large field of view.

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    Li Zhanli, Zhou Kang, Mu Qi, Li Hong′an. TOF camera real-time high precision depth error compensation method[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2019, 48(12): 1213004

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    Paper Information

    Received: Jun. 6, 2019

    Accepted: Jul. 21, 2019

    Published Online: Feb. 11, 2020

    The Author Email: Zhanli Li (lizl@xust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/irla201948.1213004

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