A Simulator for the Cafadis Real Time 3DTV Camera

This paper presents a computer simulator for the CAFADIS camera. CAFADIS is a patented camera (PCT/ES2007/000046) that measures wave-front phases and 3D distances under different scenarios (from microns to kilometres), using highly specialised electronic technology, namely Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Since 3DTV is one of the most important applications for future information systems it is essential to know the camera design that is capable to satisfy the demands of real time 3DTV. To study the optimal design of the CAFADIS camera for 3DTV and other applications, we have developed a computer simulator that places a virtual CAFADIS camera in a virtual world. Such simulator provides the accuracy of the camera 3D reconstruction for a specific CAFADIS camera configuration and is valuable tool for the improvement process of the device.