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In complex environments, autonomous robot navigation and environmental perception pose higher requirements for SLAM technology. This paper presents a novel method for semantically enhancing 3D point cloud maps with thermal information. By…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-15 Jiajun Sun , Yangyi Ou , Haoyuan Zheng , Chao yang , Yue Ma

Mobile robots and autonomous vehicles rely on multi-modal sensor setups to perceive and understand their surroundings. Aside from cameras, LiDAR sensors represent a central component of state-of-the-art perception systems. In addition to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-04-27 Florian Piewak , Peter Pinggera , Manuel Schäfer , David Peter , Beate Schwarz , Nick Schneider , David Pfeiffer , Markus Enzweiler , Marius Zöllner

Semantic segmentation of LiDAR data presents considerable challenges, particularly when dealing with diverse sensor types and configurations. However, incorporating semantic information can significantly enhance the accuracy and robustness…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-26 Sven Ochs , Philip Schörner , Marc René Zofka , J. Marius Zöllner

This paper presents a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) design of a segmentation algorithm based on convolutional neural network (CNN) that can process light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data in real-time. For autonomous vehicles,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-07 Yecheng Lyu , Lin Bai , Xinming Huang

In this paper, we present LaserNet, a computationally efficient method for 3D object detection from LiDAR data for autonomous driving. The efficiency results from processing LiDAR data in the native range view of the sensor, where the input…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-03-22 Gregory P. Meyer , Ankit Laddha , Eric Kee , Carlos Vallespi-Gonzalez , Carl K. Wellington

Despite the rapid evolution of semantic segmentation for land cover classification in high-resolution remote sensing imagery, integrating multiple data modalities such as Digital Surface Model (DSM), RGB, and Near-infrared (NIR) remains a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Tong Wang , Guanzhou Chen , Xiaodong Zhang , Chenxi Liu , Xiaoliang Tan , Jiaqi Wang , Chanjuan He , Wenlin Zhou

Training deep models for LiDAR semantic segmentation is challenging due to the inherent sparsity of point clouds. Utilizing temporal data is a natural remedy against the sparsity problem as it makes the input signal denser. However,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Xiaopei Wu , Yuenan Hou , Xiaoshui Huang , Binbin Lin , Tong He , Xinge Zhu , Yuexin Ma , Boxi Wu , Haifeng Liu , Deng Cai , Wanli Ouyang

Semantic segmentation algorithms that can robustly segment objects across multiple camera viewpoints are crucial for assuring navigation and safety in emerging applications such as autonomous driving. Existing algorithms treat each image in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-04 Brigit Schroeder , Hanlin Tang , Alexandre Alahi

Semantic segmentation is an important component in the perception systems of autonomous vehicles. In this work, we adopt recent advances in both image and point cloud segmentation to achieve a better accuracy in the task of segmenting LiDAR…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-24 Deyvid Kochanov , Fatemeh Karimi Nejadasl , Olaf Booij

Within a perception framework for autonomous mobile and robotic systems, semantic analysis of 3D point clouds typically generated by LiDARs is key to numerous applications, such as object detection and recognition, and scene reconstruction.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-14 Samir Abou Haidar , Alexandre Chariot , Mehdi Darouich , Cyril Joly , Jean-Emmanuel Deschaud

Accurate semantic segmentation of remote sensing imagery is critical for various Earth observation applications, such as land cover mapping, urban planning, and environmental monitoring. However, individual data sources often present…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-02 Ivica Dimitrovski , Vlatko Spasev , Ivan Kitanovski

LiDAR semantic segmentation is crucial for autonomous vehicles and mobile robots, requiring high accuracy and real-time processing, especially on resource-constrained embedded systems. Previous state-of-the-art methods often face a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Samir Abou Haidar , Alexandre Chariot , Mehdi Darouich , Cyril Joly , Jean-Emmanuel Deschaud

This technical report presents the 1st place winning solution for the Waymo Open Dataset 3D semantic segmentation challenge 2022. Our network, termed LidarMultiNet, unifies the major LiDAR perception tasks such as 3D semantic segmentation,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-06-27 Dongqiangzi Ye , Weijia Chen , Zixiang Zhou , Yufei Xie , Yu Wang , Panqu Wang , Hassan Foroosh

For real-time semantic segmentation, how to increase the speed while maintaining high resolution is a problem that has been discussed and solved. Backbone design and fusion design have always been two essential parts of real-time semantic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-21 Tan Sixiang

The autonomous car must recognize the driving environment quickly for safe driving. As the Light Detection And Range (LiDAR) sensor is widely used in the autonomous car, fast semantic segmentation of LiDAR point cloud, which is the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Jaehyun Park , Chansoo Kim , Kichun Jo

In this work, we propose \textit{MVFuseNet}, a novel end-to-end method for joint object detection and motion forecasting from a temporal sequence of LiDAR data. Most existing methods operate in a single view by projecting data in either…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-23 Ankit Laddha , Shivam Gautam , Stefan Palombo , Shreyash Pandey , Carlos Vallespi-Gonzalez

Semantic grids are a useful representation of the environment around a robot. They can be used in autonomous vehicles to concisely represent the scene around the car, capturing vital information for downstream tasks like navigation or…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-29 Manuel Alejandro Diaz-Zapata , Özgür Erkent , Christian Laugier , Jilles Dibangoye , David Sierra González

LiDAR has become a standard sensor for autonomous driving applications as they provide highly precise 3D point clouds. LiDAR is also robust for low-light scenarios at night-time or due to shadows where the performance of cameras is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-07-18 Khaled El Madawy , Hazem Rashed , Ahmad El Sallab , Omar Nasr , Hanan Kamel , Senthil Yogamani

In autonomous driving, the novel objects and lack of annotations challenge the traditional 3D LiDAR semantic segmentation based on deep learning. Few-shot learning is a feasible way to solve these issues. However, currently few-shot…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-06 Jilin Mei , Junbao Zhou , Yu Hu

LiDAR semantic segmentation provides 3D semantic information about the environment, an essential cue for intelligent systems during their decision making processes. Deep neural networks are achieving state-of-the-art results on large public…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-06 Inigo Alonso , Luis Riazuelo , Luis Montesano , Ana C. Murillo