{"id":980,"date":"2014-06-20T23:15:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T23:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.4\/?p=980"},"modified":"2018-01-09T06:49:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T14:49:37","slug":"range-imaging-how-far-with-this-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cloudacm.com\/?p=980","title":{"rendered":"Range Imaging – How far will this go?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It started with a book…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apress Publishing sent me an email a few days ago with an offer on a book.\u00a0 The title was “Computer Vision Metrics<\/a>” and they had a promotion for members for a free download.\u00a0 The description looked interesting so I went ahead and downloaded it.\u00a0 The content is intense, with my not having covered the material in an introductory fashion before.\u00a0 A fifth of the book contains references that branch out further for the reader intent on doing some additional research.\u00a0 The Intel Labs in Seattle grabbed my attention.<\/p>\n

Right under my nose…<\/strong><\/p>\n

It turns out that Intel funds a lab at the University of Washington.\u00a0 They have a website titled “RGB-D: Techniques and usages for Kinect style depth cameras<\/a>“, which is was clear and to the point.\u00a0 I didn’t have to second guess what was going on.\u00a0 Range imaging, human input, and robotic automation were demonstrated using range imaging<\/a> technology.\u00a0 The references to Kinect cameras gravitated my attention toward the hardware side.<\/p>\n

Near IR, pun intented…<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are several manufacturers of the Kinect style depth cameras.\u00a0 SoftKinetic<\/a> stood out for me, mainly because they demonstrated<\/a> the product clearly.\u00a0 But it doesn’t stop there, the price range was reasonable for a technology still new to the public.\u00a0 Then I found a teardown.\u00a0 I didn’t want to watch it, I had to.
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