While ensuring the quality of 3D imaging, the small size of tof camera modules meet the demand trend of the smartphones industry. Therefore, there are more models of mobile phones equipped with tof camera, and tof technology is expected to become the mainstream technology for 3D sensing.
In the field of consumer electronics, 3D sensing technologies for commercial applications are mainly 3D structured light technology and tof technology. In 2017, 3D structured light technology was installed in the 3D camera of iPhoneX. After that, Xiaomi and Huawei also successively installed 3D cameras that applied 3D structured light. In 2018, tof technology was used in the 3D camera of OPPO R17 Pro. After that, smartphones from brands such as vivo, Huawei, Samsung, LG, and Lenovo were equipped with 3D cameras that applied tof technology. Compared with 3D structured light, there are more models of smartphones equipped with tof camera.
Compared with 3D structured light, the structure of tof camera is simpler, Production technology is more mature, it can be supplied in batches, and the structural parts of tof camera can be closely fitted and have a smaller volume. While ensuring the quality of 3D imaging, the small size of the tof camera meets the demand trend of the mobile phone industry, so there are more smartphones equipped with tof cameras.
