Timing Jitter in Time-of-Flight Range Imaging Cameras

Gehan Anthonys is a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) since 2007 and recently completed his Ph.D. degree in Electronics in the School of Engineering at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He received a B.Sc. degree in Applied Sciences at the University of Sri Jayawardanepura in 2001, and a B.Tech. degree in Computer Engineering at OUSL in 2005. He received M.Sc. degrees in Industrial Automation at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, and in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Manitoba, Canada, in 2009 and 2014, respectively. He has more than 12 publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings together. In addition, he has authored a research monograph and a book chapter. His current research interests are in the fields of mathematical modelling, signal and image processing, applied electromagnetic and control systems. Furthermore, he is a senior memberof IEEE and an associate member of the Institution of Engineers in Sri Lanka (AMIESL).

• Introduction.- ToF Range Imaging Cameras.- Measurement Error in Range Imaging Systems.- Jitter and Measurement of Jitter.- Proposed Methodology for Jitter Measurement.- Evaluation of the Proposed Methodology.- Jitter Extraction in ToF Cameras.- Software Defined Radio Technology for Jitter Extraction.- Influence of Periodic Jitter.- Influence of Random Jitter.- Conclusions and Outlook.