ICRA 201613 citations

A smartphone-based laser distance sensor for outdoor environments

Jason H. Gao, Li-Shiuan Peh

Abstract

Laser distance sensors such as LIDAR are useful for many outdoor robotic vehicles, but their high cost and complexity precludes their use in low-cost applications, while other low-cost depth sensing technologies are not suitable for outdoor use. We present a low-cost, smartphone-based planar laser distance sensor design for outdoor use with 6 cm accuracy at 5 meters, 30 Hz scan rate, and 0.1 degree resolution over the field of view. The cost of the hardware additions to the off-the-shelf smartphone used in our prototype is under $50.

BibTeX
@inproceedings{icra2016_asmartphonebased,
  title = {A smartphone-based laser distance sensor for outdoor environments},
  author = {Jason H. Gao and Li-Shiuan Peh},
  booktitle = {ICRA 2016},
  year = {2016}
}