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Light detection and ranging (Lidar) data can be used to capture the depth and intensity profile of a 3D scene. This modality relies on constructing, for each pixel, a histogram of time delays between emitted light pulses and detected photon…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-13 Julián Tachella , Yoann Altmann , Ximing Ren , Aongus McCarthy , Gerald S. Buller , Jean-Yves Tourneret , Steve McLaughlin

Light detection and ranging (Lidar) single-photon devices capture range and intensity information from a 3D scene. This modality enables long range 3D reconstruction with high range precision and low laser power. A multispectral…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-20 Julián Tachella , Yoann Altmann , Miguel Márquez , Henry Arguello-Fuentes , Jean-Yves Tourneret , Stephen McLaughlin

3D Lidar imaging can be a challenging modality when using multiple wavelengths, or when imaging in high noise environments (e.g., imaging through obscurants). This paper presents a hierarchical Bayesian algorithm for the robust…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-19 Abderrahim Halimi , Aurora Maccarone , Robert Lamb , Gerald S. Buller , Stephen McLaughlin

Single-photon lidar has emerged as a prime candidate technology for depth imaging through challenging environments. Until now, a major limitation has been the significant amount of time required for the analysis of the recorded data. Here…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-08 Julián Tachella , Yoann Altmann , Nicolas Mellado , Aongus McCarthy , Rachael Tobin , Gerald S. Buller , Jean-Yves Tourneret , Stephen McLaughlin

In this paper, we present a novel Bayesian approach for estimating spectral and range profiles from single-photon Lidar waveforms associated with single surfaces in the photon-limited regime. In contrast to classical multispectral Lidar…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-13 Quentin Legros , Sylvain Meignen , Stephen McLaughlin , Yoann Altmann

In this paper, we present a new algorithm for fast, online 3D reconstruction of dynamic scenes using times of arrival of photons recorded by single-photon detector arrays. One of the main challenges in 3D imaging using single-photon lidar…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-03 Quentin Legros , Julian Tachella , Rachael Tobin , Aongus McCarthy , Sylvain Meignen , Gerald S. Buller , Yoann Altmann , Stephen McLaughlin , Michael E. Davies

Deploying 3D single-photon Lidar imaging in real world applications faces multiple challenges including imaging in high noise environments. Several algorithms have been proposed to address these issues based on statistical or learning-based…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-28 Jakeoung Koo , Abderrahim Halimi , Stephen McLaughlin

Single-Photon Light Detection and Ranging (SP-LiDAR is emerging as a leading technology for long-range, high-precision 3D vision tasks. In SP-LiDAR, timestamps encode two complementary pieces of information: pulse travel time (depth) and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Hashan K. Weerasooriya , Prateek Chennuri , Weijian Zhang , Istvan Gyongy , Stanley H. Chan

We consider the problem of few-viewpoint 3D surface reconstruction using raw measurements from a lidar system. Lidar captures 3D scene geometry by emitting pulses of light to a target and recording the speed-of-light time delay of the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Weihan Luo , Anagh Malik , David B. Lindell

3D single-photon LiDAR imaging plays an important role in numerous applications. However, long acquisition times and significant data volumes present a challenge to LiDAR imaging. This paper proposes a task-optimized adaptive sampling…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-07 Mohamed Amir Alaa Belmekki , Rachael Tobin , Gerald S. Buller , Stephen McLaughlin , Abderrahim Halimi

Deploying 3D single-photon Lidar imaging in real world applications faces several challenges due to imaging in high noise environments and with sensors having limited resolution. This paper presents a deep learning algorithm based on…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-25 Abderrahim Halimi , Jakeoung Koo , Stephen McLaughlin

Single-photon light detection and ranging (lidar) captures depth and intensity information of a 3D scene. Reconstructing a scene from observed photons is a challenging task due to spurious detections associated with background illumination…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-03 Julián Tachella , Michael P. Sheehan , Mike E. Davies

Long-range active imaging has a variety of applications in remote sensing and target recognition. Single-photon LiDAR (light detection and ranging) offers single-photon sensitivity and picosecond timing resolution, which is desirable for…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-07 Zheng-Ping Li , Xin Huang , Yuan Cao , Bin Wang , Yu-Huai Li , Weijie Jin , Chao Yu , Jun Zhang , Qiang Zhang , Cheng-Zhi Peng , Feihu Xu , Jian-Wei Pan

Single-photon LiDAR achieves high-precision 3D imaging in extreme environments through quantum-level photon detection technology. Current research primarily focuses on reconstructing 3D scenes from sparse photon events, whereas the semantic…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-09 Zili Zhang , Ziting Wen , Yiheng Qiang , Hongzhou Dong , Wenle Dong , Xinyang Li , Xiaofan Wang , Xiaoqiang Ren

Single-photon Lidar imaging offers a significant advantage in 3D imaging due to its high resolution and long-range capabilities, however it is challenging to apply in noisy environments with multiple targets per pixel. To tackle these…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-06 Kyungmin Choi , JaKeoung Koo , Stephen McLaughlin , Abderrahim Halimi

Recently, there has been increased attention towards 3D imaging using single-pixel single-photon detection (also known as temporal data) due to its potential advantages in terms of cost and power efficiency. However, to eliminate the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-28 Tingqin Lai , Xiaolin Liang , Yi Zhu , Xinyi Wu , Lianye Liao , Xuelin Yuan , Ping Su , Shihai Sun

This paper presents a new Bayesian spectral unmixing algorithm to analyse remote scenes sensed via sparse multispectral Lidar measurements. To a first approximation, in the presence of a target, each Lidar waveform consists of a main peak,…

3D scene reconstruction from a single measurement is challenging, especially in the presence of occluded regions and specular materials, such as mirrors. We address these challenges by leveraging single-photon lidars. These lidars estimate…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Tzofi Klinghoffer , Siddharth Somasundaram , Xiaoyu Xiang , Yuchen Fan , Christian Richardt , Akshat Dave , Ramesh Raskar , Rakesh Ranjan

Single-photon light detection and ranging (LiDAR) has been widely applied to 3D imaging in challenging scenarios. However, limited signal photon counts and high noises in the collected data have posed great challenges for predicting the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-30 Gongxin Yao , Yiwei Chen , Yong Liu , Xiaomin Hu , Yu Pan

Single-photon light detection and ranging (LiDAR), offering single-photon sensitivity and picosecond time resolution, has been widely adopted for active imaging applications. Long-range active imaging is a great challenge, because the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-31 Zheng-Ping Li , Xin Huang , Peng-Yu Jiang , Yu Hong , Chao Yu , Yuan Cao , Jun Zhang , Feihu Xu , Jian-Wei Pan
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