Three-dimensional imaging is increasingly becoming important in a number of applications that observe and analyze real-world environments. Range sensors, such as flash imaging Lidar and Time-of-flight camera, which can deliver high accuracy range measurement images, but are limited by the low resolution. To overcome this limitation, this paper shows the benefit of multimodal sensor system, combining a low-resolution range sensor with a high-resolution optical sensor, in order to provide a high-resolution, low-noise range image of the scene. First, an extrinsic calibration algorithm is used to align the range map with optical image. Then, an image-guided algorithm is proposed to solve the super-resolution optimization problem. This algorithm using the Markov Random Field framework. It defines an energy function that combines a standard quadratic data term and a regularizing term with the weighting factors that relate optical image edges to range map edges. Experiments on synthetic and real data are provided and analyzed to validate this method. The result confirms that the quality of the estimated high-resolution range map is improved. This work can be extended for video super-resolution with the consideration of temporal coherence.
Nowadays, there are two main methods to realize three-dimensional non-scanning laser imaging detection, which are detection method based on APD and detection method based on Streak Tube. However, the detection method based on APD possesses some disadvantages, such as small number of pixels, big pixel interval and complex supporting circuit. The detection method based on Streak Tube possesses some disadvantages, such as big volume, bad reliability and high cost. In order to resolve the above questions, this paper proposes an improved three-dimensional non-scanning laser imaging system based on Digital Micromirror Device. In this imaging system, accurate control of laser beams and compact design of imaging structure are realized by several quarter-wave plates and a polarizing beam splitter. The remapping fiber optics is used to sample the image plane of receiving optical lens, and transform the image into line light resource, which can realize the non-scanning imaging principle. The Digital Micromirror Device is used to convert laser pulses from temporal domain to spatial domain. The CCD with strong sensitivity is used to detect the final reflected laser pulses. In this paper, we also use an algorithm which is used to simulate this improved laser imaging system. In the last, the simulated imaging experiment demonstrates that this improved laser imaging system can realize three-dimensional non-scanning laser imaging detection.
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