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SDR-ToF: Million Optical Depth Samples per Second Using Software-Defined Radio

visual microphone fast depth rates enable vibration sensing.

tuning fork
tuning fork
tuning fork vibration result
measured vibration and damping

Position X at the tip does not excite the clang mode; middle hit Y does. The damping behavior is visible.


direct audio setup
direct audio
microphone — guitar tones
ours — guitar tones
microphone — mary had a little lamb
ours — mary had a little lamb
indirect audio setup
indirect audio
microphone — guitar tones
ours — guitar tones
microphone — mary had a little lamb
ours — mary had a little lamb

static depth Scans static depth scans obtained from point sensors steered with mirrors.

pawn

static
Pawn RGB image
RGB
static
Pawn intensity image
intensity
magnitude of IQ measurement
interactive viewer
phase
atan2(Q, I)

king & queen

static
King and queen RGB image
RGB
static
King and queen intensity image
intensity
magnitude of IQ measurement
interactive viewer
phase
atan2(Q, I)

dynamic depth Scans dynamic depth scans obtained from point sensors steered with mirrors.

1D scan
Ref. RGB 1D scan scene (scan line is moving left and right on the blade at 200 kHz)
1D scan RGB image
1D depth scan (obtained at 200 lines/second)
2D scans
Ref. RGB 2D scan scene
2D depth scan (Obtained at 4 FPS)

optical velocimetry fast depth rates enable velocity from depth derivatives.

Optical velocimetry result for Hackzall
Hackzall
Optical velocimetry result for multitool
Multitool

hardware reproducibility reproducibility of hardware implementation