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Time-of-flight camera characterization with functional modeling for synthetic scene generation

October 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2021 10/31/21
Azure Depth Platform team
Staying at the forefront of 3D sensing technology development requires continuous investment and innovation. Microsoft's paper : “Time-of-flight camera characterization with functional modeling for synthetic scene generation”, which was recently published in "Optics express" is a clear demonstration of the depth (pun intended) we go to ...

DS Smith, provider of sustainable packaging solutions, pilots digital 3D dimensioning to transform logistic operations

July 8, 2021 Jul 8, 2021 07/8/21
Azure Depth Platform team
DS Smith, a worldwide leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services, needed to upgrade an end-of-line monitoring solution to automate a labor-intensive process, by replacing it with one that provides higher precision, real-time measurement capabilities. They turned to a solution based on ...

Case Study: dnata digitally transforms air cargo ground operations with Microsoft 3D technology and Azure.

June 11, 2021 Jun 11, 2021 06/11/21
Azure Depth Platform team
The aviation industry relies heavily on service providers to efficiently transport cargo between locations. Related processes which are part of what is known as ground operations, are poised to experience tremendous growth, according to Boeing’s World Air Cargo Forecast (2020-2039), “Overall, world air cargo traffic will more than double ...

Time of Flight Camera – System Overview

May 27, 2021 May 27, 2021 05/27/21
paulo
The Azure Depth Platform program is delighted to have Paul O’Sullivan - System Engineer, and Nicolas Le Dortz - System Engineer Manager at Analog Devices as our guest blog authors for this edition of the Azure Depth Platform blog. Paul O'Sullivan      Nicolas LeDortz Analog Devices (ADI) is building on the core Microsoft ToF pixel ...

Understanding Indirect ToF Depth Sensing

April 16, 2021 Apr 16, 2021 04/16/21
Oliver
Now that you’ve had a chance to read the Intro to Indirect Time-of-Flight (ToF) post, let’s dig a little deeper into the mechanics behind the Microsoft implementation of time-of-flight depth sensing, as well as a couple functional advantages it presents. How does “Indirect” ToF work? To recap, “time-of-flight” refers to emitting ...

Raw-to-Depth: Advanced 3D Sensing

February 4, 2021 Feb 4, 2021 02/4/21
Sergio
Brief: Microsoft ToF technology is now available to industry and Azure customers can access premium processing for enhanced 3D depth sensing that delivers improvements in spatial frequencies, ambience resilience, pixel resolution, processing time, and more. Microsoft has made a strategic decision to make its Time-of-Flight technology ...