Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 58, Issue 24, 2428001(2021)

Modeling and Motion Error Analysis of a Time-of-Flight Image Sensor

Hongxing Niu1、**, Jing Gao1,2、*, and Kaiming Nie1,2
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  • 1School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2Tianjin Key Laboratory of Imaging and Sensing Microelectronics Technology, Tianjin 300072, China
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    In dynamic scenes, the high-frequency and multi-phase operation of a time-of-flight image sensor will produce motion blur, causing incorrect three-dimensional original data in the motion area, and increasing the difficulty of circuit design. This paper proposes a time-of-flight image sensor model in a dynamic scene to reduce the impact of motion blur. The model can quickly complete the sensor parameter setting through simple parameter settings, which is used to simulate three-dimensional images in dynamic scenes under various conditions to analyze motion errors. The effect of motion error on imaging quality under different motion speeds and frame rates is analyzed using the imaging model, and the difference in imaging quality between the two exposure modes in dynamic scenes is investigated. Finally, the optimal imaging indicators are obtained, with high imaging quality and low circuit design difficulty. The imaging model is evaluated using a Texas Instruments time-of-flight camera, and the verification results show that the model’s simulation data can effectively match the camera’s measured data in both static and dynamic scenes.

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    Hongxing Niu, Jing Gao, Kaiming Nie. Modeling and Motion Error Analysis of a Time-of-Flight Image Sensor[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(24): 2428001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Remote Sensing and Sensors

    Received: Jan. 4, 2021

    Accepted: Feb. 12, 2021

    Published Online: Dec. 3, 2021

    The Author Email: Niu Hongxing (niuhongxing@tju.edu.cn), Gao Jing (gaojing@tju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202158.2428001

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