A range-gated depth camera assembly, comprising: an illumination source configured to emit illumination light pulses; an imaging device configured to generate image data of a local area; and a controller configured to: determine one or more illumination parameters based at least on an image resolution of an image of a scene, the one or more illumination parameters comprising at least one of a pulse width, an amplitude, a frequency, a number of the pulses included, and a wavelength; regulate the illumination source to emit a plurality of illumination light pulses to illuminate the scene of a local area according to the one or more illumination parameters, the local area being divided into a plurality of depth zones (350, 352, 354) comprising at least one non-empty depth zone, the non-empty depth zone being identified as including at least one object; for each non-empty depth zone of the plurality of depth zones (350, 352, 354), regulate the imaging device to record a set of reflected light pulses to generate image data for the non-empty depth zone, the set of reflected light pulses being the illumination light pulses reflected off one or more objects included in the non-empty depth zone; generate the image of the scene using the image data generated for the at least one non-empty depth zone of the plurality of non-empty depth zones; and provide the image of the scene to a console. an illumination source configured to emit illumination light pulses; an imaging device configured to generate image data of a local area; and a controller configured to: determine one or more illumination parameters based at least on an image resolution of an image of a scene, the one or more illumination parameters comprising at least one of a pulse width, an amplitude, a frequency, a number of the pulses included, and a wavelength; regulate the illumination source to emit a plurality of illumination light pulses to illuminate the scene of a local area according to the one or more illumination parameters, the local area being divided into a plurality of depth zones (350, 352, 354) comprising at least one non-empty depth zone, the non-empty depth zone being identified as including at least one object; for each non-empty depth zone of the plurality of depth zones (350, 352, 354), regulate the imaging device to record a set of reflected light pulses to generate image data for the non-empty depth zone, the set of reflected light pulses being the illumination light pulses reflected off one or more objects included in the non-empty depth zone; generate the image of the scene using the image data generated for the at least one non-empty depth zone of the plurality of non-empty depth zones; and provide the image of the scene to a console. determine one or more illumination parameters based at least on an image resolution of an image of a scene, the one or more illumination parameters comprising at least one of a pulse width, an amplitude, a frequency, a number of the pulses included, and a wavelength; regulate the illumination source to emit a plurality of illumination light pulses to illuminate the scene of a local area according to the one or more illumination parameters, the local area being divided into a plurality of depth zones (350, 352, 354) comprising at least one non-empty depth zone, the non-empty depth zone being identified as including at least one object; for each non-empty depth zone of the plurality of depth zones (350, 352, 354), regulate the imaging device to record a set of reflected light pulses to generate image data for the non-empty depth zone, the set of reflected light pulses being the illumination light pulses reflected off one or more objects included in the non-empty depth zone; generate the image of the scene using the image data generated for the at least one non-empty depth zone of the plurality of non-empty depth zones; and provide the image of the scene to a console.