A ToF camera delivers 3D image information and helps to solve tasks where 2D data isn't enough. For inspection tasks in low-contrast situations or varying light conditions in particular, 3D technology offers an added dimension for capturing the properties needed for measurement. Factory automation, robotics and logistics are often used in applications where 3D image data can effectively supplement 2D data. In the latest Vision Campus video our expert Thies Moeller explains how this kind of camera works. Beyond this, he describes the benefits inherent to this camera, as well as influencing factors that can diminish the effectiveness of a ToF camera.

What is Time-of-Flight?
00:07 Introduction
01:15 Main components of Time-of-Flight camera
01:58 Advantages of Time-of-Flight cameras
02:11 Operating principle
02:21 Time-of-Flight cameras based on the principle of pulsed light sources
02:43 Time-of-Flight cameras using continuous waves
03:23 What does a ToF image look like?
03:46 Advantages and disadvantages of different 3D measuring techniques
04:01 Limitations: Scattered light, ambient light, multiple reflections, multiple cameras
04:58 Working range, depth accuracy
05:19 Applications (Logistics, Robotics. Medical, Autonomous Vehicles
05:55 Conclusion

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