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3D object detection is a key perception component in autonomous driving. Most recent approaches are based on Lidar sensors only or fused with cameras. Maps (e.g., High Definition Maps), a basic infrastructure for intelligent vehicles,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-11 Jin Fang , Dingfu Zhou , Xibin Song , Liangjun Zhang

High Definition (HD) maps play an important role in modern traffic scenes. However, the development of HD maps coverage grows slowly because of the cost limitation. To efficiently model HD maps, we proposed a convolutional neural network…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-17 Dun Liang , Yuanchen Guo , Shaokui Zhang , Song-Hai Zhang , Peter Hall , Min Zhang , Shimin Hu

High-Definition (HD) maps can provide precise geometric and semantic information of static traffic environments for autonomous driving. Road-boundary is one of the most important information contained in HD maps since it distinguishes…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-08 Zhenhua Xu , Yuxuan Liu , Lu Gan , Xiangcheng Hu , Yuxiang Sun , Ming Liu , Lujia Wang

As an essential component of autonomous driving systems, high-definition (HD) maps provide rich and precise environmental information for auto-driving scenarios; however, existing methods, which primarily rely on query-based detection…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Jing Yang , Sen Yang , Xiao Tan , Hanli Wang

Acquisition and maintenance are central problems in deploying high-definition (HD) maps for autonomous driving, with two lines of research prevalent in current literature: Online HD map generation and HD map change detection. However, the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Lena Wild , Ludvig Ericson , Rafael Valencia , Patric Jensfelt

We present AutoMerge, a LiDAR data processing framework for assembling a large number of map segments into a complete map. Traditional large-scale map merging methods are fragile to incorrect data associations, and are primarily limited to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-28 Peng Yin , Haowen Lai , Shiqi Zhao , Ruohai Ge , Ji Zhang , Howie Choset , Sebastian Scherer

High-definition (HD) maps provide essential semantic information of road structures for autonomous driving systems, yet current HD map construction methods require calibrated multi-camera setups and either implicit or explicit 2D-to-BEV…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Run Wang , Chaoyi Zhou , Amir Salarpour , Xi Liu , Zhi-Qi Cheng , Feng Luo , Mert D. Pesé , Siyu Huang

Mobile mapping, in particular, Mobile Lidar Scanning (MLS) is increasingly widespread to monitor and map urban scenes at city scale with unprecedented resolution and accuracy. The resulting point cloud sampling of the scene geometry can be…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Teng Wu , Bruno Vallet , Cédric Demonceaux

Accurate, up-to-date High-Definition (HD) maps are critical for urban planning, infrastructure monitoring, and autonomous navigation. However, these maps quickly become outdated as environments evolve, creating a need for robust methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Chun-Jung Lin , Tat-Jun Chin , Sourav Garg , Feras Dayoub

Ensuring adherence to traffic sign regulations is essential for both human and autonomous vehicle navigation. While current online mapping solutions often prioritize the construction of the geometric and connectivity layers of HD maps,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Xinyuan Chang , Maixuan Xue , Xinran Liu , Zheng Pan , Xing Wei

Autonomous driving requires 3D maps that provide accurate and up-to-date information about semantic landmarks. Due to the wider availability and lower cost of cameras compared with laser scanners, vision-based mapping solutions, especially…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-20 Aziza Zhanabatyrova , Clayton Souza Leite , Yu Xiao

High-definition (HD) maps are essential in testing autonomous driving systems (ADSs). HD maps essentially determine the potential diversity of the testing scenarios. However, the current HD maps suffer from two main limitations: lack of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Yun Tang , Yuan Zhou , Kairui Yang , Ziyuan Zhong , Baishakhi Ray , Yang Liu , Ping Zhang , Junbo Chen

Today's autonomous vehicles rely extensively on high-definition 3D maps to navigate the environment. While this approach works well when these maps are completely up-to-date, safe autonomous vehicles must be able to corroborate the map's…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-12-09 Ari Seff , Jianxiong Xiao

Robust localization is the cornerstone of autonomous driving, especially in challenging urban environments where GPS signals suffer from multipath errors. Traditional localization approaches rely on high-definition (HD) maps, which consist…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-12 Hang Wu , Zhenghao Zhang , Siyuan Lin , Xiangru Mu , Qiang Zhao , Ming Yang , Tong Qin

For autonomous vehicles to operate persistently in a typical urban environment, it is essential to have high accuracy position information. This requires a mapping and localisation system that can adapt to changes over time. A localisation…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-08-31 Julie Stephany Berrio , Stewart Worrall , Mao Shan , Eduardo Nebot

For connected vehicles to have a substantial effect on road safety, it is required that accurate positions and trajectories can be shared. To this end, all vehicles must be accurately geolocalized in a common frame. This can be achieved by…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-30 Alexis Stoven-Dubois , Kuntima Kiala Miguel , Aziz Dziri , Bertrand Leroy , Roland Chapuis

High-Definition Maps (HD maps) are essential for the precise navigation and decision-making of autonomous vehicles, yet their creation and upkeep present significant cost and timeliness challenges. The online construction of HD maps using…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Shuang Zeng , Xinyuan Chang , Xinran Liu , Yujian Yuan , Shiyi Liang , Zheng Pan , Mu Xu , Xing Wei

Autonomous driving needs various line-of-sight sensors to perceive surroundings that could be impaired under diverse environment uncertainties such as visual occlusion and extreme weather. To improve driving safety, we explore to wirelessly…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-12-21 Qiang Liu , Tao Han , Jiang , Xie , BaekGyu Kim

High-definition (HD) maps have played an integral role in the development of modern autonomous vehicle (AV) stacks, albeit with high associated labeling and maintenance costs. As a result, many recent works have proposed methods for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-26 Xunjiang Gu , Guanyu Song , Igor Gilitschenski , Marco Pavone , Boris Ivanovic

High-definition (HD) Map systems will play a pivotal role in advancing autonomous driving to a higher level, thanks to the significant improvement over traditional two-dimensional (2D) maps. Creating an HD Map requires a huge amount of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-02-23 Jeffrey Redondo , Zhenhui Yuan , Nauman Aslam