TOF cameras have the advantages of high frame rate, strong light resistance, stable data, compact structure, and low computing load. The future development potential and application scenarios will become more and more extensive. At the same time, compared with other 3D vision technologies, the high cost performance of TOF cameras is also one of the reasons why they are favored by more scenes. TOF cameras can provide users with a depth data environment with millimeter-level precision at less price.
TOF cameras are also quickly favored by major smart home manufacturers, and are applied to the innovation and upgrading of various products, mainly for distance detection, proximity sensing, presence detection and other scenarios that require accurate distance measurement. For example, the human body proximity recognition of smart door locks, the human eye protection of projectors or the automatic focus function when watching, the human body proximity detection of smart TVs, and so on. Due to the advantages of high precision, low power consumption, and high reliability of TOF cameras, solutions such as high-quality bathrooms and automatic faucets are also using ToF sensors.
In machine vision technology, the introduction of TOF cameras is also being validated from various application upgrades. The robot vacuum is a good example of an improved performance case after successfully adding a TOF camera. TOF camera is added to the vision of the robot vacuum to sense the 3D position of the obstacle, so there is no need to worry that it will get stuck in low-rise furniture or fall over. In intelligent warehousing and logistics systems, drones, AGVs, and collaborative robots are also the main application where TOF cameras are densely distributed. The main thing is to avoid obstacles, or to control various safe distances in automated logistics or factories. From the perspective of solution selection, the cost of the lidar solution is relatively expensive, and the dual-camera solution requires a lot of computation and debugging. The addition of the TOF camera solves the above problems from the root, and is the preferred solution with higher cost performance.