Time of Flight Depth Sensor (ToF)

Time of Flight Depth Sensor (ToF) - Pros and Cons

Pros

- Lightweight
- Full frame time-of-flight data (3D array) collected with a single laser pulse
- Unambiguous direct calculation of range
- Blur-free imager without motion distortion
- Co-registeration of range and intensity for each pixel
- Perfectly registered pixels within a frame
- Ability to represent the camera-oblique objects
- No precision scanning mechanism required
- 3D flash LIDAR with 2D cameras (EO and IR) to combine 2D texture over 3D depth
- Multiple 3D flash LIDAR cameras for full volumetric 3D scene
- Lighter and smaller than point scanning systems
- Non-moving parts
- Lower power consumption
- Ability to scan through range-gating, natural obscurants

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