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Time-of-Flight Sensors in Computer Graphics (2009)
| Venue: | EUROGRAPHICS 2009 / M. PAULY AND G. GREINER STAR – STATE OF THE ART REPORT |
| Citations: | 37 - 0 self |
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@MISC{Kolb09time-of-flightsensors,
author = {Andreas Kolb and Erhardt Barth and Reinhard Koch and Rasmus Larsen},
title = {Time-of-Flight Sensors in Computer Graphics},
year = {2009}
}
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Abstract
A growing number of applications depend on accurate and fast 3D scene analysis. Examples are model and lightfield acquisition, collision prevention, mixed reality, and gesture recognition. The estimation of a range map by image analysis or laser scan techniques is still a time-consuming and expensive part of such systems. A lower-priced, fast and robust alternative for distance measurements are Time-of-Flight (ToF) cameras. Re-cently, significant improvements have been made in order to achieve low-cost and compact ToF-devices, that have the potential to revolutionize many fields of research, including Computer Graphics, Computer Vision and Man Machine Interaction (MMI). These technologies are starting to have an impact on research and commercial applications. The upcoming gen-eration of ToF sensors, however, will be even more powerful and will have the potential to become “ubiquitous real-time geometry devices ” for gaming, web-conferencing, and numerous other applications. This STAR gives an account of recent developments in ToF-technology and discusses the current state of the integration of this technology into various graphics-related applications.
Keyphrases
computer graphic greiner star state art report time-of-flight sensor ubiquitous real-time geometry device current state man machine interaction many field upcoming gen-eration compact tof-devices significant improvement gesture recognition collision prevention range map computer vision numerous application recent development laser scan technique distance measurement various graphics-related application mixed reality robust alternative lightfield acquisition image analysis scene analysis expensive part commercial application tof sensor
