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Collaborative perception enables more accurate and comprehensive scene understanding by learning how to share information between agents, with LiDAR point clouds providing essential precise spatial data. Due to the substantial data volume…

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In this study, we propose a novel parallel processing method for point cloud ground segmentation, aimed at the technology evolution from mechanical to solid-state Lidar (SSL). We first benchmark point-based, grid-based, and range…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-19 Xiao Zhang , Zhanhong Huang , Garcia Gonzalez Antony , Xinming Huang

Identifying changes in a pair of 3D aerial LiDAR point clouds, obtained during two distinct time periods over the same geographic region presents a significant challenge due to the disparities in spatial coverage and the presence of noise…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-31 Peter Naylor , Diego Di Carlo , Arianna Traviglia , Makoto Yamada , Marco Fiorucci

The incorporation of LiDAR technology into some high-end smartphones has unlocked numerous possibilities across various applications, including photography, image restoration, augmented reality, and more. In this paper, we introduce a novel…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-28 Alessandro Gnutti , Stefano Della Fiore , Mattia Savardi , Yi-Hsin Chen , Riccardo Leonardi , Wen-Hsiao Peng

Currently, visual odometry and LIDAR odometry are performing well in pose estimation in some typical environments, but they still cannot recover the localization state at high speed or reduce accumulated drifts. In order to solve these…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Jintao Cheng , Bohuan Xue , Shiyang Chen , Qiuchi Xiang , Xiaoyu Tang

Recently, 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has emerged as a mainstream rendering technique due to its photorealistic quality and low latency. However, processing massive numbers of non-contributing Gaussian points introduces significant…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Wenhui Ou , Zhuoyu Wu , Yipu Zhang , Dongjun Wu , Freddy Ziyang Hong , Chik Patrick Yue

The 4D millimeter-wave (mmWave) radar, with its robustness in extreme environments, extensive detection range, and capabilities for measuring velocity and elevation, has demonstrated significant potential for enhancing the perception…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-09 Zeyu Han , Junkai Jiang , Xiaokang Ding , Qingwen Meng , Shaobing Xu , Lei He , Jianqiang Wang

In this study, we present a novel LiDAR-based semantic segmentation framework tailored for autonomous forklifts operating in complex outdoor environments. Central to our approach is the integration of a dual LiDAR system, which combines…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Benjamin Serfling , Hannes Reichert , Lorenzo Bayerlein , Konrad Doll , Kati Radkhah-Lens

3D LiDAR point cloud data is crucial for scene perception in computer vision, robotics, and autonomous driving. Geometric and semantic scene understanding, involving 3D point clouds, is essential for advancing autonomous driving…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-04 Li Li

LiDAR semantic segmentation plays a pivotal role in 3D scene understanding for edge applications such as autonomous driving. However, significant challenges remain for real-world deployments, particularly for on-device post-deployment…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Ivannia Gomez Moreno , Yi Yao , Ye Tian , Xiaofan Yu , Flavio Ponzina , Michael Sullivan , Jingyi Zhang , Mingyu Yang , Hun Seok Kim , Tajana Rosing

Multi-sensor fusion of multi-modal measurements from commodity inertial, visual and LiDAR sensors to provide robust and accurate 6DOF pose estimation holds great potential in robotics and beyond. In this paper, building upon our prior work…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-08-18 Xingxing Zuo , Yulin Yang , Patrick Geneva , Jiajun Lv , Yong Liu , Guoquan Huang , Marc Pollefeys

LiDAR-based localization is valuable for applications like mining surveys and underground facility maintenance. However, existing methods can struggle when dealing with uninformative geometric structures in challenging scenarios. This paper…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-18 Zhiqiang Chen , Hongbo Chen , Yuhua Qi , Shipeng Zhong , Dapeng Feng , Wu Jin , Weisong Wen , Ming Liu

High-quality point cloud data is a critical foundation for tasks such as autonomous driving and 3D reconstruction. However, LiDAR-based point cloud acquisition is often affected by various disturbances, resulting in a large number of noise…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Ge Zhang , Chunyang Wang , Bin Liu , Guan Xi

Robust local feature representations are essential for spatial intelligence tasks such as robot navigation and augmented reality. Establishing reliable correspondences requires descriptors that provide both high discriminative power and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-15 Haodi Yao , Fenghua He , Ning Hao , Yao Su

Because LiDAR sensors acquire point clouds with a fixed angular resolution, the resulting data can be systematically parameterized and efficiently compressed in the spherical coordinate system. Traditional spherical coordinate-based point…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Chang Sun , Hui Yuan , Shiqi Jiang , Chongzhen Tian , Guanghui Zhang , Raouf Hamzaoui

LiDAR sensors play an important role in the perception stack of modern autonomous driving systems. Adverse weather conditions such as rain, fog and dust, as well as some (occasional) LiDAR hardware fault may cause the LiDAR to produce…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Chiyu Zhang , Ji Han , Yao Zou , Kexin Dong , Yujia Li , Junchun Ding , Xiaoling Han

LiDARs are usually more accurate than cameras in distance measuring. Hence, there is strong interest to apply LiDARs in autonomous driving. Different existing approaches process the rich 3D point clouds for object detection, tracking and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-10-15 You Li , Clément Le Bihan , Txomin Pourtau , Thomas Ristorcelli

Recent advancements in diffusion-based generative priors have enabled visually plausible image compression at extremely low bit rates. However, existing approaches suffer from slow sampling processes and suboptimal bit allocation due to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Yichong Xia , Yimin Zhou , Jinpeng Wang , Bin Chen

LiDAR sensors are essential for autonomous systems, yet LiDAR fiducial markers (LFMs) lag behind visual fiducial markers (VFMs) in adoption and utility. Bridging this gap is vital for robotics and computer vision but challenging due to the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-07 Yibo Liu

Modern LiDARs are rapidly transitioning from bulky, mechanically scanned systems to ultra-compact, low-cost, solid-state arrays. This miniaturization-while enabling scalability, affordability, and camera-like data structures-introduces a…

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