Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-4-2018
Abstract
We present an inexpensive architecture for converting a frequency-modulated continuous-wave LiDAR system into a compressive-sensing based depth-mapping camera. Instead of raster scanning to obtain depth-maps, compressive sensing is used to significantly reduce the number of measurements. Ideally, our approach requires two difference detectors. Due to the large flux entering the detectors, the signal amplification from heterodyne detection, and the effects of background subtraction from compressive sensing, the system can obtain higher signal-to-noise ratios over detector-array based schemes while scanning a scene faster than is possible through raster-scanning. Moreover, by efficiently storing only 2m data points from m < n measurements of an n pixel scene, we can easily extract depths by solving only two linear equations with efficient convex-optimization methods.
Recommended Citation
D. J. Lum, S. H. Knarr, and J. C. Howell, Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave LiDAR Compressive Depth-Mapping, Optics Express 26(12), 15420-15435. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.015420
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
Optica
Comments
This article was originally published in Optics Express, volume 26, issue 12, in 2018. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.015420