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LiDAR-camera extrinsic calibration is essential for multi-modal data fusion in robotic perception systems. However, existing approaches typically rely on handcrafted calibration targets (e.g., checkerboards) or specific, static scene types,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Zhiwei Huang , Yanwei Fu , Yi Zhou , Xieyuanli Chen , Qijun Chen , Rui Fan

The recent years have given rise to a large number of techniques for "looking around corners", i.e., for reconstructing occluded objects from time-resolved measurements of indirect light reflections off a wall. While the direct view of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-19 Jonathan Klein , Martin Laurenzis , Matthias B. Hullin , Julian Iseringhausen

Reliable deep learning models require not only accurate predictions but also well-calibrated confidence estimates to ensure dependable uncertainty estimation. This is crucial in safety-critical applications like autonomous driving, which…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Hanieh Shojaei Miandashti , Qianqian Zou , Claus Brenner

This paper proposes an automated method to obtain the extrinsic calibration parameters between a camera and a 3D lidar with as low as 16 beams. We use a checkerboard as a reference to obtain features of interest in both sensor frames. The…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-30 Surabhi Verma , Julie Stephany Berrio , Stewart Worrall , Eduardo Nebot

We present a novel target-based lidar-camera extrinsic calibration methodology that can be used for non-overlapping field of view (FOV) sensors. Contrary to previous work, our methodology overcomes the non-overlapping FOV challenge using a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Nicholas Charron , Huaiyuan Weng , Steven L. Waslander , Sriram Narasimhan

Sensor calibration, which can be intrinsic or extrinsic, is an essential step to achieve the measurement accuracy required for modern perception and navigation systems deployed on autonomous robots. To date, intrinsic calibration models for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-29 Jiunn-Kai Huang , Chenxi Feng , Madhav Achar , Maani Ghaffari , Jessy W. Grizzle

Accurate extrinsic calibration of multiple LiDARs is crucial for improving the foundational performance of three-dimensional (3D) map reconstruction systems. This paper presents a novel targetless extrinsic calibration framework for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Han Ye , Yuqiang Jin , Jinyuan Liu , Tao Li , Wen-An Zhang , Minglei Fu

Multiple LiDARs have progressively emerged on autonomous vehicles for rendering a wide field of view and dense measurements. However, the lack of precise calibration negatively affects their potential applications in localization and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-05-14 Jianhao Jiao , Yang Yu , Qinghai Liao , Haoyang Ye , Ming Liu

Accurate and reliable sensor calibration is critical for fusing LiDAR and inertial measurements in autonomous driving. This paper proposes a novel three-stage extrinsic calibration method between LiDAR and GNSS/INS for autonomous driving.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-01 Guohang Yan , Jiahao Pi , Chengjie Wang , Xinyu Cai , Yikang Li

This paper introduces a novel targetless method for joint intrinsic and extrinsic calibration of LiDAR-camera systems using plane-constrained bundle adjustment (BA). Our method leverages LiDAR point cloud measurements from planes in the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-25 Liang Li , Haotian Li , Xiyuan Liu , Dongjiao He , Ziliang Miao , Fanze Kong , Rundong Li , Zheng Liu , Fu Zhang

Sensor setups consisting of a combination of 3D range scanner lasers and stereo vision systems are becoming a popular choice for on-board perception systems in vehicles; however, the combined use of both sources of information implies a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-07-28 Carlos Guindel , Jorge Beltrán , David Martín , Fernando García

Mobile robotic applications need precise information about the geometric position of the individual sensors on the platform. This information is given by the extrinsic calibration parameters which define how the sensor is rotated and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-11 Philipp Glira , Christoph Weidinger , Johann Weichselbaum

This paper presents a novel semantic-based online extrinsic calibration approach, SOIC (so, I see), for Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and camera sensors. Previous online calibration methods usually need prior knowledge of rough…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-03-26 Weimin Wang , Shohei Nobuhara , Ryosuke Nakamura , Ken Sakurada

Modern 3D laser-range scanners have a high data rate, making online simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) computationally challenging. Recursive state estimation techniques are efficient but commit to a state estimate immediately…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-10-17 David Droeschel , Sven Behnke

With the advent of autonomous vehicles, LiDAR and cameras have become an indispensable combination of sensors. They both provide rich and complementary data which can be used by various algorithms and machine learning to sense and make…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-05-30 Ankit Dhall , Kunal Chelani , Vishnu Radhakrishnan , K. M. Krishna

For autonomous vehicles, an accurate calibration for LiDAR and camera is a prerequisite for multi-sensor perception systems. However, existing calibration techniques require either a complicated setting with various calibration targets, or…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-09 Tao Ma , Zhizheng Liu , Guohang Yan , Yikang Li

Sensor setups of robotic platforms commonly include both camera and LiDAR as they provide complementary information. However, fusing these two modalities typically requires a highly accurate calibration between them. In this paper, we…

Most sensor setups for onboard autonomous perception are composed of LiDARs and vision systems, as they provide complementary information that improves the reliability of the different algorithms necessary to obtain a robust scene…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-16 Jorge Beltrán , Carlos Guindel , Arturo de la Escalera , Fernando García

In this paper, we propose a method of targetless and automatic Camera-LiDAR calibration. Our approach is an extension of hand-eye calibration framework to 2D-3D calibration. By using the sensor fusion odometry method, the scaled camera…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-04-17 Ryoichi Ishikawa , Takeshi Oishi , Katsushi Ikeuchi

In this paper, we present TEScalib, a novel extrinsic self-calibration approach of LiDAR and stereo camera using the geometric and photometric information of surrounding environments without any calibration targets for automated driving…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-01 Haohao Hu , Fengze Han , Frank Bieder , Jan-Hendrik Pauls , Christoph Stiller