Imaging technology is an important research area and it is widely utilized in a growing number
of disciplines ranging from gaming robotics and automation to medicine. In the last decade 3D
imaging became popular mainly driven by the introduction of novel 3D cameras and measuring
devices. These cameras are usually limited to indoor scenes with relatively low distances.
Benjamin Langmann introduces medium and long-range 2D 3D cameras to overcome these limitations.
He reports measurement results for these devices and studies their characteristic behavior. In
order to facilitate the application of these cameras common algorithms are adapted to the 2D
3D data and new approaches for standard computer vision tasks are introduced.
