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Depth imaging through realistic fog using Gm-APD Lidar

  • Science and Technology on Complex System Control and Intelligent Agent Cooperation Laboratory
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

When using Gm-APD Lidar for depth imaging through realistic fog, the echo signal of the target is submerged in the background noise due to the strong absorption and scattering characteristics of the fog particles, resulting in serious defect of the recovered depth image of the target. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a dual-parameter estimation algorithm based on continuous wavelet transform (CWT) and maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) to improve the accuracy of fog signal estimation. Then the target and the fog signal are separated by estimating the fog signal of each pixel. Finally, the depth image of the separated target is processed by cross pixel complement and median filtering algorithms to improve the integrity of the target image. The experimental results show that, compared with the traditional algorithm, the target recovery of the reconstructed image is improved by 0.337, and the relative average ranging error is reduced by 0.3897. This research improves the weather adaptability of Gm-APD Lidar.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSixteenth National Conference on Laser Technology and Optoelectronics
EditorsWeibiao Chen, Jianrong Qiu, Pu Wang, Zhenxi Zhang, Jianqiang Zhu
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510646636
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event16th National Conference on Laser Technology and Optoelectronics - Shanghai, China
Duration: 3 Jun 20216 Jun 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11907
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference16th National Conference on Laser Technology and Optoelectronics
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period3/06/216/06/21

Keywords

  • Depth imaging through fog
  • Gamma distribution
  • Gm-APD Lidar
  • Target recovery

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