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Semantic segmentation of 3D LiDAR point clouds, essential for autonomous driving and infrastructure management, is best achieved by supervised learning, which demands extensive annotated datasets and faces the problem of domain shifts. We…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-07 Andrew Caunes , Thierry Chateau , Vincent Frémont

The use of infrastructure sensor technology for traffic detection has already been proven several times. However, extrinsic sensor calibration is still a challenge for the operator. While previous approaches are unable to calibrate the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-04 Laurent Kloeker , Christian Kotulla , Lutz Eckstein

Predicting how the world can evolve in the future is crucial for motion planning in autonomous systems. Classical methods are limited because they rely on costly human annotations in the form of semantic class labels, bounding boxes, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Tarasha Khurana , Peiyun Hu , David Held , Deva Ramanan

Recent research has begun exploring novel view synthesis (NVS) for LiDAR point clouds, aiming to generate realistic LiDAR scans from unseen viewpoints. However, most existing approaches do not reconstruct semantic labels, which are crucial…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-14 Yi Chen , Tianchen Deng , Wentao Zhao , Xiaoning Wang , Wenqian Xi , Weidong Chen , Jingchuan Wang

Autonomous driving datasets are often skewed and in particular, lack training data for objects at farther distances from the ego vehicle. The imbalance of data causes a performance degradation as the distance of the detected objects…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-02 Jordan S. K. Hu , Steven L. Waslander

In this paper, we introduce a deep encoder-decoder network, named SalsaNet, for efficient semantic segmentation of 3D LiDAR point clouds. SalsaNet segments the road, i.e. drivable free-space, and vehicles in the scene by employing the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-07 Eren Erdal Aksoy , Saimir Baci , Selcuk Cavdar

Autonomous driving has achieved rapid development over the last few decades, including the machine perception as an important issue of it. Although object detection based on conventional cameras has achieved remarkable results in 2D/3D,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-20 Rui Yang , Zhi Yan , Tao Yang , Yassine Ruichek

In recent years, the field of autonomous driving has witnessed remarkable advancements, driven by the integration of a multitude of sensors, including cameras and LiDAR systems, in different prototypes. However, with the proliferation of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Irene Cortés , Jorge Beltrán , Arturo de la Escalera , Fernando García

The light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology allows to sense surrounding objects with fine-grained resolution in a large areas. Their data (aka point clouds), generated continuously at very high rates, can provide information to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-11-07 Hannaneh Najdataei , Yiannis Nikolakopoulos , Vincenzo Gulisano , Marina Papatriantafilou

Poles and building edges are frequently observable objects on urban roads, conveying reliable hints for various computer vision tasks. To repetitively extract them as features and perform association between discrete LiDAR frames for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-08-04 Xiangrui Zhao , Sheng Yang , Tianxin Huang , Jun Chen , Teng Ma , Mingyang Li , Yong Liu

This paper describes an end-to-end pipeline for tree diameter estimation based on semantic segmentation and lidar odometry and mapping. Accurate mapping of this type of environment is challenging since the ground and the trees are…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-01-01 Steven W. Chen , Guilherme V. Nardari , Elijah S. Lee , Chao Qu , Xu Liu , Roseli A. F. Romero , Vijay Kumar

In recent times, the scope of LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensor-based technology has spread across numerous fields. It is popularly used to map terrain and navigation information into reliable 3D point cloud data, potentially…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-15 Aakash Kumar , Jyoti Kini , Mubarak Shah , Ajmal Mian

The growing demand for intelligent environments unleashes an extraordinary cycle of privacy-aware applications that makes individuals' life more comfortable and safe. Examples of these applications include pedestrian tracking systems in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-23 Masakazu Ohno , Riki Ukyo , Tatsuya Amano , Hamada Rizk , Hirozumi Yamaguchi

3D detection is a critical task that enables machines to identify and locate objects in three-dimensional space. It has a broad range of applications in several fields, including autonomous driving, robotics and augmented reality. Monocular…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-11 Aakash Kumar , Chen Chen , Ajmal Mian , Neils Lobo , Mubarak Shah

Vehicle localization using roadside LiDARs can provide centimeter-level accuracy for cloud-controlled vehicles while simultaneously serving multiple vehicles, enhanc-ing safety and efficiency. While most existing studies rely on repetitive…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Runxin Zhao , Chunxiang Wang , Hanyang Zhuang , Ming Yang

Detecting road boundaries, the static physical edges of the available driving area, is important for safe navigation and effective path planning in autonomous driving and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). Traditionally, road…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Yuyan Wu , Hae Young Noh

Visual data in autonomous driving perception, such as camera image and LiDAR point cloud, can be interpreted as a mixture of two aspects: semantic feature and geometric structure. Semantics come from the appearance and context of objects to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-18 Xia Chen , Jianren Wang , David Held , Martial Hebert

In this paper, we study the problem of unsupervised object detection from 3D point clouds in self-driving scenes. We present a simple yet effective method that exploits (i) point clustering in near-range areas where the point clouds are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-06 Lunjun Zhang , Anqi Joyce Yang , Yuwen Xiong , Sergio Casas , Bin Yang , Mengye Ren , Raquel Urtasun

Localization and Mapping is an essential component to enable Autonomous Vehicles navigation, and requires an accuracy exceeding that of commercial GPS-based systems. Current odometry and mapping algorithms are able to provide this accurate…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-09 Victor Vaquero , Kai Fischer , Francesc Moreno-Noguer , Alberto Sanfeliu , Stefan Milz

Accurate tree segmentation is a key step in extracting individual tree metrics from forest laser scans, and is essential to understanding ecosystem functions in carbon cycling and beyond. Over the past decade, tree segmentation algorithms…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Yihang She , Andrew Blake , David Coomes , Srinivasan Keshav