MartyG-RealSense
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4 years ago - Like the 400 Series cameras, the L515 uses the OmniVision OV2740 imager component for RGB. The L515 uses an IR laser beam though (the 400 Series used an OmniVision imager for IR). The L515's MEMS component is used to scan the IR laser beam over the entire field-of-view (FOV).
In regard to how depth is generated, the data sheet states:
"The L515 vision ASIC will process the data from the reflected beam captured by the photodiode and will output a depth point representing the accurate distance of a specific point in the scene from the camera. Aggregation of the depth points will generate a point cloud depth data representing the full scene".
If the RGB sensor is separate from the IR laser component and they are in different physical locations on the camera, I would expect depth to color alignment to still need to be configured rather than aligned by default. @dorodnic could clarify how the L515 handles depth-color alignment.
- In addition to the L515 data sheet document, there is also an official information web-page.
https://www.intelrealsense.com/lidar-camera-l515/
The FAQ at the base of the page is not working at the time of writing this. When it was working though, it stated that the L515 has a depth error average of < 5 mm at 1 m range.
- There are not papers currently available for the L515. A company called LUMOplay recently did an analysis on YouTube of the L515 with a pre-release sample of the camera though, and this may provide useful insights ahead of the L515's release.
dorodnic
JiamingSuen
talbenach
5trobl
I am trying to find information on the L515 camera beyond the datasheet Intel provides. Some questions that we have are: