Calibration targets and standards for 3D lidar systems

Brian H. Miles; Gary W. Kamerman; Donald K. Fronek; Paul Eadon

doi:10.1117/12.854700

4 May 2010 Calibration targets and standards for 3D lidar systems

Brian H. Miles, Gary W. Kamerman, Donald K. Fronek, Paul Eadon

Proceedings Volume 7684, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XV; 76840F (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.854700
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2010, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

3-D Lidar systems are capable of measuring complex three-dimensional scenes. Like traditional two dimensional imaging systems, 3-D lidar systems have limitations that limit the spatial resolution of the measured data. Herein two types of lidar resolution targets are presented, a point reflector target and an MTF bar target, for the calculation of spatial resolution. Supporting analysis points to their utility and indicates the results derived via MTF for the point source and CTF derived from the bar target are well within similarity expectations and are consistent with typical comparisons of CTF and MTF curves.

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Brian H. Miles, Gary W. Kamerman, Donald K. Fronek, and Paul Eadon "Calibration targets and standards for 3D lidar systems", Proc. SPIE 7684, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XV, 76840F (4 May 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.854700

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