This Solid-State ToF Infrared LiDAR CE30-C is equipped with its special hardware design. It can complete the measurement of wide horizontal FOV and output the grey and depth information at the same time. This CE30-C outputs a 320 * 24 depth matrix which presents the distance information in front of its field of vision. This is the main feature that really differs from the CE30-A because it will offer more information about one area and can be used in other applications, such as counting people and object recognition.
Compared with single-line scanning LiDAR, CE30-C does not contain any rotating compartments, which could ensure the reliability of the long-time work and a wider vertical detecting range.
The ranging principle of CE30 is based on Time of Flight (TOF). The modulated near-infrared light is emitted from CE30, which will be reflected by an object and received by CE30 again. CE30 calculates the phase difference and time difference between the emitted and received light, which will be converted to the clearance of the shot scene.
The depth image of 320x24 is outputted from the SDK in units of frame. The data is arranged in form of one-dimensional array. The sequence is from left to right and top to bottom, with the pixel in the upper left corner of the image as the origin. For the distance from detected object to the plane of the camera, it is expressed in cm by each pixel through the data format of 16-bit unsigned short int.
Applications
This LiDAR can be used for many applications, because it can count the number of individuals, and much more, in several different contexts: elevators, front doors, etc.