Combining time of flight and photometric stereo imaging for 3D reconstruction of discontinuous scenes

Emma Le Francois; Alexander D. Griffiths; Jonathan J. D. McKendry; Haochang Chen; David Day-Uei Li; Robert K. Henderson; Johannes Herrnsdorf; Martin D. Dawson; Michael J. Strain

doi:10.1364/OL.424000

Combining time of flight and photometric stereo imaging for 3D reconstruction of discontinuous scenes

Emma Le Francois, Alexander D. Griffiths, Jonathan J. D. McKendry, Haochang Chen, David Day-Uei Li, Robert K. Henderson, Johannes Herrnsdorf, Martin D. Dawson, Michael J. Strain

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Abstract

Time of Flight and Photometric Stereo are two three-dimensional (3D) imaging techniques with complementary properties where the former can achieve depth-accuracy in discontinuous scenes and the latter can reconstruct surfaces of objects with fine depth details and high-spatial resolution. In this work, we demonstrate the surface reconstruction of complex 3D fields with discontinuity between objects by combining the two imaging methods. Using commercial LEDs, a single-photon avalanche diode camera and a mobile phone device, high-resolution of surface reconstruction is achieved with a RMS error of 6% for an object, auto-selected from a scene imaged at a distance of 50~cm.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3612-3615
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	46
Issue number	15
Early online date	23 Jul 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.424000
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2021

Keywords

photometric stereo-imaging
time-of-flight
3D surface reconstruction
LEDs
3D imaging
SPAD camera

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QuantIC - The UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Imaging
Dawson, M. (Principal Investigator), Jeffers, J. (Co-investigator) & Strain, M. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/12/19 → 31/05/25
Project: Research
UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Enhanced Imaging (Quantic)
Birch, D. (Principal Investigator), Dawson, M. (Principal Investigator), Dawson, M. (Principal Investigator), Strain, M. (Principal Investigator), Chen, Y. (Co-investigator), Gu, E. (Co-investigator), Li, D. (Co-investigator), Strain, M. (Co-investigator), Watson, I. (Co-investigator), Jeffers, J. (Researcher), Oppo, G.-L. (Researcher) & Yao, A. (Researcher)
HORIBA Jobin Yvon IBH Ltd, EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/14 → 31/10/19
Project: Research

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Le Francois, E. (Creator), Dawson, M. (Supervisor), Strain, M. (Supervisor) & Herrnsdorf, J. (Contributor), University of Strathclyde, 11 Mar 2021
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