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We introduce PointGauss, a novel point cloud-guided framework for real-time multi-object segmentation in Gaussian Splatting representations. Unlike existing methods that suffer from prolonged initialization and limited multi-view…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-04 Wentao Sun , Hanqing Xu , Quanyun Wu , Dedong Zhang , Yiping Chen , Lingfei Ma , John S. Zelek , Jonathan Li

Extracting high-level structural information from 3D point clouds is challenging but essential for tasks like urban planning or autonomous driving requiring an advanced understanding of the scene at hand. Existing approaches are still not…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-25 Lukas Bode , Michael Weinmann , Reinhard Klein

This paper presents novel hybrid architectures that combine grid- and point-based processing to improve the detection performance and orientation estimation of radar-based object detection networks. Purely grid-based detection models…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Michael Ulrich , Sascha Braun , Daniel Köhler , Daniel Niederlöhner , Florian Faion , Claudius Gläser , Holger Blume

3D object detection using LiDAR-based point cloud data and deep neural networks is essential in autonomous driving technology. However, deploying state-of-the-art models on edge devices present challenges due to high computational demands…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Taisuke Noguchi , Takayuki Nishio , Takuya Azumi

Localization is a key challenge in many robotics applications. In this work we explore LIDAR-based global localization in both urban and natural environments and develop a method suitable for online application. Our approach leverages…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-01 Georgi Tinchev , Adrian Penate-Sanchez , Maurice Fallon

Point cloud semantic segmentation has attracted attentions due to its robustness to light condition. This makes it an ideal semantic solution for autonomous driving. However, considering the large computation burden and bandwidth demanding…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-14 Lin Bai , Yiming Zhao , Xinming Huang

The need for fine-grained perception in autonomous driving systems has resulted in recently increased research on online semantic segmentation of single-scan LiDAR. Despite the emerging datasets and technological advancements, it remains…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-04-28 Yang Zhang , Zixiang Zhou , Philip David , Xiangyu Yue , Zerong Xi , Boqing Gong , Hassan Foroosh

In a fully autonomous driving framework, where vehicles operate without human intervention, information sharing plays a fundamental role. In this context, new network solutions have to be designed to handle the large volumes of data…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-03-08 Andrea Varischio , Francesco Mandruzzato , Marcello Bullo , Marco Giordani , Paolo Testolina , Michele Zorzi

Stack interchanges are essential components of transportation systems. Mobile laser scanning (MLS) systems have been widely used in road infrastructure mapping, but accurate mapping of complicated multi-layer stack interchanges are still…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-22 Weikai Tan , Dedong Zhang , Lingfei Ma , Ying Li , Lanying Wang , Jonathan Li

Processing point clouds using deep neural networks is still a challenging task. Most existing models focus on object detection and registration with deep neural networks using point clouds. In this paper, we propose a deep model that learns…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-08 Farzan Erlik Nowruzi , Dhanvin Kolhatkar , Prince Kapoor , Robert Laganiere

This paper presents an analysis of utilizing elevation data to aid outdoor point cloud semantic segmentation through existing machine-learning networks in remote sensing, specifically in urban, built-up areas. In dense outdoor point clouds,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-31 Kevin Qiu , Dimitri Bulatov , Dorota Iwaszczuk

Point cloud data from 3D LiDAR sensors are one of the most crucial sensor modalities for versatile safety-critical applications such as self-driving vehicles. Since the annotations of point cloud data is an expensive and time-consuming…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-05-23 Khaled Saleh , Ahmed Abobakr , Mohammed Attia , Julie Iskander , Darius Nahavandi , Mohammed Hossny

This research advances individual tree crown (ITC) segmentation in lidar data, using a deep learning model applicable to various laser scanning types: airborne (ULS), terrestrial (TLS), and mobile (MLS). It addresses the challenge of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-30 Maciej Wielgosz , Stefano Puliti , Binbin Xiang , Konrad Schindler , Rasmus Astrup

Semantic segmentation of 3D point cloud data is essential for enhanced high-level perception in autonomous platforms. Furthermore, given the increasing deployment of LiDAR sensors onboard of cars and drones, a special emphasis is also…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-09 Yara Ali Alnaggar , Mohamed Afifi , Karim Amer , Mohamed Elhelw

LiDAR scanning for surveying applications acquire measurements over wide areas and long distances, which produces large-scale 3D point clouds with significant local density variations. While existing 3D semantic segmentation models conduct…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Ryan Faulkner , Luke Haub , Simon Ratcliffe , Ian Reid , Tat-Jun Chin

In this paper, we developed the solution of roadside LiDAR object detection using a combination of two unsupervised learning algorithms. The 3D point clouds are firstly converted into spherical coordinates and filled into the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-06-14 Tianya Zhang , Peter J. Jin

Recently, the advancement of deep learning in discriminative feature learning from 3D LiDAR data has led to rapid development in the field of autonomous driving. However, automated processing uneven, unstructured, noisy, and massive 3D…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-21 Ying Li , Lingfei Ma , Zilong Zhong , Fei Liu , Dongpu Cao , Jonathan Li , Michael A. Chapman

The advancement of UAV technology has enabled efficient, non-contact structural health monitoring. Combined with photogrammetry, UAVs can capture high-resolution scans and reconstruct detailed 3D models of infrastructure. However, a key…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Siqi Chen , Shanyue Guan

LiDAR sensor is essential to the perception system in autonomous vehicles and intelligent robots. To fulfill the real-time requirements in real-world applications, it is necessary to efficiently segment the LiDAR scans. Most of previous…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-16 Song Wang , Jianke Zhu , Ruixiang Zhang

In this paper we introduce a novel way to predict semantic information from sparse, single-shot LiDAR measurements in the context of autonomous driving. In particular, we fuse learned features from complementary representations. The…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-03 Frank Bieder , Maximilian Link , Simon Romanski , Haohao Hu , Christoph Stiller