Characterizations of noise in Kinect depth images: A review

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1731-1740

  Mallick, Tanwi ^a   Das, Partha Pratim ^a   Majumdar, Arun Kumar ^a  

^a Department of Computer Science and Engineering ^*  (India)

Author keywords

depth accuracy; depth image; depth precision; Kinect; noise characterization; noise model; Range imaging

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; SENSORS;

DEPTH ACCURACY; DEPTH IMAGE; DEPTH PRECISION; KINECT; NOISE CHARACTERIZATION; NOISE MODELING; RANGE IMAGING;

CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 84898974692     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2014.2309987     Document Type: Review

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