Imaging with SPADs and DMDs: Seeing through Diffraction-Photons

05/31/2018
by   Ibrahim Alsolami, et al.
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This paper addresses the problem of imaging in the presence of diffraction-photons. Diffraction-photons arise from the low contrast-ratio of DMDs (∼ 1000: 1), and very much degrade the quality of images captured by SPAD-based systems. Herein, a joint illumination/deconvolution scheme is designed to overcome diffraction-photons, enabling the acquisition of intensity and depth images. Additionally, a proof-of-concept experiment is conducted to demonstrate the viability of the designed scheme. It is shown that by co-designing the illumination and deconvolution phases of imaging, one can substantially overcome diffraction-photons.

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