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Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are an emerging sensor technology capable of detecting individual incident photons, and capturing their time-of-arrival with high timing precision. While these sensors were limited to single-pixel or…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-23 Sizhuo Ma , Shantanu Gupta , Arin C. Ulku , Claudio Bruschini , Edoardo Charbon , Mohit Gupta

Advances in 3D reconstruction using neural rendering have enabled high-quality 3D capture. However, they often fail when the input imagery is corrupted by motion blur, due to fast motion of the camera or the objects in the scene. This work…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-30 Sai Sri Teja , Sreevidya Chintalapati , Vinayak Gupta , Mukund Varma T , Haejoon Lee , Aswin Sankaranarayanan , Kaushik Mitra

Imaging across both the full transverse spatial and temporal dimensions of a scene with high precision in all three coordinates is key to applications ranging from LIDAR to fluorescence lifetime imaging. However, compromises that sacrifice,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-12 C. Callenberg , A. Lyons , D. den Brok , A. Fatima , A. Turpin , V. Zickus , L. Machesky , J. Whitelaw , D. Faccio , M. B. Hullin

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

Single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) arrays have transformed optical imaging by enabling photon-counting sensitivity, picosecond resolution, and high frame-rate operation. These capabilities, however, have remained confined to the visible…

3D single-photon LiDAR imaging has an important role in many applications. However, full deployment of this modality will require the analysis of low signal to noise ratio target returns and a very high volume of data. This is particularly…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-19 Mohamed Amir Alaa Belmekki , Jonathan Leach , Rachael Tobin , Gerald S. Buller , Stephen Mclaughlin , Abderrahim Halimi

In this work, we propose using camera arrays coupled with coherent illumination as an effective method of improving spatial resolution in long distance images by a factor of ten and beyond. Recent advances in ptychography have demonstrated…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-11-29 Jason Holloway , M. Salman Asif , Manoj Kumar Sharma , Nathan Matsuda , Roarke Horstmeyer , Oliver Cossairt , Ashok Veeraraghavan

The development of single-photon counting detectors and arrays has made tremendous steps in recent years, not the least because of various new applications in, e.g., LIDAR devices. In this work, a 3D imaging device based on real thermal…

Here we introduce three-dimensional single-shot ptychography (3DSSP). 3DSSP leverages an additional constraint unique to the single-shot geometry to deconvolve multiple 2D planes of a 3D object. Numeric simulations and analytic calculations…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-15 David Goldberger , Jonathan Barolak , Charles G. Durfee , Daniel E. Adams

Millimeter-wave (mmW) radar is widely applied to advanced autopilot assistance systems. However, its small antenna aperture causes a low imaging resolution. In this paper, a new distributed mmW radar system is designed to solve this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-23 Yanqin Xu , Xiaoling Zhang , Shunjun Wei , Jun Shi , Xu Zhan , Tianwen Zhang

We demonstrate an efficient and scalable compressive Raman parallelization scheme based on single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) arrays to reach pixel dwell times of 23 $\mu$s, representing over 10$\times$ speed-up using the otherwise weak…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-01-20 Clémence Gentner , Samuel Burri , Edoardo Charbon , Claudio Bruschini , Hilton B. de Aguiar

Single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are starting to play a pivotal role in the development of photon-efficient, long-range LiDAR systems. However, due to non-linearities in their image formation model, a high photon flux (e.g., due to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-30 Anant Gupta , Atul Ingle , Andreas Velten , Mohit Gupta

Conventional approaches for 3D imaging in or through scattering media are usually limited to 2D reconstruction of objects at some discontinuous locations, although the time-consuming iteration, guide-star, or complex system are implemented.…

Optics · Physics 2021-10-26 Aiping Zhai , Yuancheng Li , Wenjing Zhao , Dong Wang

Thin leaves, fine stems, self-occlusion, non-rigid and slowly changing structures make plants difficult for three-dimensional (3D) scanning and reconstruction -- two critical steps in automated visual phenotyping. Many current solutions…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-02-28 Chuong V Nguyen , Jurgen Fripp , David R Lovell , Robert Furbank , Peter Kuffner , Helen Daily , Xavier Sirault

Background The accuracy of photomechanics measurements critically relies on image quality,particularly under extreme illumination conditions such as welding arc monitoring and polished metallic surface analysis. High dynamic range (HDR)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-16 Banglei Guan , Jing Tao , Liang Xu , Dongcai Tan , Pengju Sun , Jianbing Liu , Yang Shang , Qifeng Yu

The usually reported pixel resolution of single pixel imaging (SPI) varies between $32 \times 32$ and $256 \times 256$ pixels falling far below imaging standards with classical methods. Low resolution results from the trade-off between the…

Optics · Physics 2022-06-22 Rafał Stojek , Anna Pastuszczak , Piotr Wróbel , Rafał Kotyński

We introduce a new method that efficiently computes a set of viewpoints and trajectories for high-quality 3D reconstructions in outdoor environments. Our goal is to automatically explore an unknown area, and obtain a complete 3D scan of a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-09-19 Benjamin Hepp , Matthias Nießner , Otmar Hilliges

Temporal photon correlation measurement, instrumental to probing the quantum properties of light, typically requires multiple single photon detectors. Progress in single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array technology highlights their…

Improving robotic navigation is critical for extending exploration range and enhancing operational efficiency. Vision-based navigation relying on traditional CCD or CMOS cameras faces major challenges when complex illumination conditions…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-14 David Rodríguez-Martínez , C. J. Pérez del Pulgar

High frame rate 3-D ultrasound imaging technology combined with super-resolution processing method can visualize 3-D microvascular structures by overcoming the diffraction limited resolution in every spatial direction. However, 3-D…