ToF sensor,A newly emerging electronic perception technology enables a large variety of present and future applications.
The uniqueness of ToF technology is the capability to combine an ambient light insensitive image and high resolution distance measurement.
Time-of-flight (ToF) sensors or commonly known as 3D depth sensors, measure the time it takes something to travel a distance through a medium. Normally, this is the measurement of the time elapsed between the emission of a wave pulse, its reflection off of an object, and its return to this sensor. Time-of-flight is the novel electronic technology used for depth sensing applications. It has mostly deployed for highly pinpoint distance mapping and 3D imaging technology. Ease of use, low latency, direct depth data with minimum post-processing, excellent integration and high sensitivity makes time-of-flight sensors the best solution for a varied range of applications.
Time-of-flight is an extremely accurate distance mapping and 3D imaging technology. The time-of-flight 3D depth sensors emit a very short infrared light pulse and each pixel of the camera sensor measures the return time. This new 3D time-of-flight sensor technology provides accurate depth information at high frame rates in a low-cost solid-state camera. The additional third dimension is taking standard image processing and image understanding to an entirely new level.
It is opening up numerous new techniques in industrial inspection, automation, and logistics along with medical applications comprising human-computer interaction. The global time-of-flight sensor market is experiencing steady growth during the forecast period. Moreover, the rapid expansion and developments in the manufacturing industry with machine vision and industrial automation along with increased demand for smart consumer electronics devices is anticipated to surge the demand of time-of-flight sensor globally.
