Kinect range sensing: Structured-light versus Time-of-Flight Kinect

@article{Sarbolandi2015KinectRS,
  title={Kinect range sensing: Structured-light versus Time-of-Flight Kinect},
  author={Hamed Sarbolandi and Damien Lefloch and Andreas Kolb},
  journal={Comput. Vis. Image Underst.},
  year={2015},
  volume={139},
  pages={1-20}
}
This work compares Kinect Structured-Light with Kinect Time-of-Flight cameras.The results offer descriptions under which condition one is superior to the other.Solid insight of the devices is given to make decisions on their application.We propose a set of nine tests for comparing both Kinects, five of which are novel. Recently, the new Kinect One has been issued by Microsoft, providing the next generation of real-time range sensing devices based on the Time-of-Flight (ToF) principle. As the… Expand
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