Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-30-2013
Abstract
We demonstrate a compressed sensing, photon counting lidar system based on the single-pixel camera. Our technique recovers both depth and intensity maps from a single under-sampled set of incoherent, linear projections of a scene of interest at ultra-low light levels around 0.5 picowatts. Only two-dimensional reconstructions are required to image a three-dimensional scene. We demonstrate intensity imaging and depth mapping at 256 × 256 pixel transverse resolution with acquisition times as short as 3 seconds. We also show novelty filtering, reconstructing only the difference between two instances of a scene. Finally, we acquire 32 × 32 pixel real-time video for three-dimensional object tracking at 14 frames-per-second.
Recommended Citation
G. A. Howland, D. J. Lum, M. R. Ware, and J. C. Howell, Photon Counting Compressive Depth Mapping, Optics Express 21(20), 23822-23837. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.023822
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
Optica
Comments
This article was originally published in Optics Express, volume 21, issue 20, in 2013. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.023822