A theoretical and experimental investigation of the systematic errors and statistical uncertainties of Time-Of-Flight-cameras

International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 402-413

  Rapp, H ^a   Frank, M ^a   Hamprecht, F A ^a   Jahne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

PMD; statistical errors; systematic errors; Time of Flight; TOF; uncertainties

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950195681     PISSN: 17408865     EISSN: 17408873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISTA.2008.021303     Document Type: Article

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16. Note that the camera delivers a high digit in the raw channels on low exposure.
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