Longitudinal resolution improving of 3D range imaging Lidar through redundant detection and intensity distribution analysis

Weiguo Kong*, Siying Chen, Yinchao Zhang, He Chen, Zongjia Qiu, Yuzhao Wang, Peng Liu, Guoqiang Ni

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Abstract

3D detection is an important application of Lidar. A 3D range imaging Lidar system is presented in this paper. The longitudinal resolution of 3D range imaging Lidar is poor because of the length of pulse width and gate time of ICCD, which together determine the detected longitudinal range from a single laser pulse shot. To improve the longitudinal resolution, power distribution received by one pixel of ICCD is analyzed, and a method is put forward. In this method, by setting the gate time and step interval of delay time to the value of pulse width, one object will be detected in two neighboring images, and it can be precisely located through analysis of the pixel values in the two images. The locating precision of this method is verified by experiments, and results show that the longitudinal resolution is improved by ten times, that is from 1.65m to about 0.15m. Meanwhile, the detection efficiency is reduced only a little.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationVideometrics, Range Imaging, and Applications XI
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
EventVideometrics, Range Imaging, and Applications XI - Munich, Germany
Duration: 25 May 201126 May 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8085
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceVideometrics, Range Imaging, and Applications XI
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period25/05/1126/05/11

Keywords

  • 3D range imaging Lidar
  • intensity distribution
  • longitudinal resolution
  • redundant detection

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