Laser ranging: a critical review of usual techniques for distance measurement

By M. Amann, T. Bosch, M. Lescure, R. Myllylä, M. Rioux. 2001

912 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Instrumentation, Mechanical Engineering

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In Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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2. A. M. Wallace
3. E. Shafir
4. Gerald S. Buller
5. Guofeng Zhang
6. Shuming Yang

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Citations in the corpus

• Optical methods for distance and displacement measurements (2012, methodology): “Triangulation-based optical sensors [1,26] will usually operate as shown in Fig.”
• Laser diode self-mixing technique for sensing applications (2002, neutral): “A comparison is worthwhile with other ranging techniques such as time-of-flight [36], triangulation [36, 37] and absolute distance interferometry [38].”
• Ranging and Three-Dimensional Imaging Using Time-Correlated Single-Photon Counting and Point-by-Point Acquisition (2007, background): “HERE is an increasing need for three-dimensional imaging systems to acquire range and surface profile data for a number of industrial and defense applications [1].”
• View planning for automated three-dimensional object reconstruction and inspection (2003, background): “Timeof-flight systems require very accurate timing sources and typically provide modest resolution (generally centimeter but occasionally millimeter accuracy) for longer range applications, that is, tens to thousands of meters [Amann et al. 2001].”
• Comparison of 905 nm and 1550 nm semiconductor laser rangefinders’ performance deterioration due to adverse environmental conditions (2014, background): “Laser rangefinder maximum achievable range is related to numerous factors [1–3].”
• 100 000 Frames/s 64 × 32 Single-Photon Detector Array for 2-D Imaging and 3-D Ranging (2014, background): “TCSPC typically outperforms TGSPC when complex waveforms are to be acquired, achieving higher accuracy in lifetime measurement [42], [43], whilst dTOF generally reaches better distance precision than iTOF, in light-starved condition [44].”