Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 49, Issue 3, 0303020(2020)

Depth estimation in computational ghost imaging system using auto-focusing method with adaptive focus window

Feng Shi1, Daquan Yu2, Zitao Lin2, Shuning Yang1, Zhuang Miao1, Ye Yang1, and Wenwen Zhang2、*
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  • 1Science and Technology on Low-Light-Level Night Vision Laboratory, Xi’an 710065, China
  • 2Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Spectral Imaging & Intelligent Sense, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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    In a Computational Ghost Imaging (CGI) system, the axial depth of the target can be obtained by estimating the degree of blur of the reconstructed image. However, this method is easy to be affected by background noise and requires a long working distance for the image quality evaluation function, so this method needs more samplings and the practicability is reduced. To solve this problem, a target depth estimated algorithm with adapted focusing window was proposed. Firstly the local search interval was divided according to the global characteristics of the evaluation function, and then the actual axial depth of the target was searched iteratively in a given region. In iterations, the use of adaptive window decreased the area of background and contained the whole target. Experiments show that the proposed method greatly reduces the necessary working distance, increases the robustness of this method, reduces the effect of background noise on the evaluation function, and achieves the depth of target under low samplings. This work promotes the development of depth estimation method based on computational ghost imaging system.

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    Feng Shi, Daquan Yu, Zitao Lin, Shuning Yang, Zhuang Miao, Ye Yang, Wenwen Zhang. Depth estimation in computational ghost imaging system using auto-focusing method with adaptive focus window[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(3): 0303020

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    Paper Information

    Received: Nov. 3, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 22, 2020

    The Author Email: Zhang Wenwen (zhangww@njust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3378/IRLA202049.0303020

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