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Point cloud upsampling aims to generate dense point clouds from given sparse ones, which is a challenging task due to the irregular and unordered nature of point sets. To address this issue, we present a novel deep learning-based model,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-06-09 Aihua Mao , Zihui Du , Junhui Hou , Yaqi Duan , Yong-jin Liu , Ying He

This paper proposes a novel point-cloud-based place recognition system that adopts a deep learning approach for feature extraction. By using a convolutional neural network pre-trained on color images to extract features from a range image…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-24 Ting Sun , Ming Liu , Haoyang Ye , Dit-Yan Yeung

Existing position based point cloud filtering methods can hardly preserve sharp geometric features. In this paper, we rethink point cloud filtering from a non-learning non-local non-normal perspective, and propose a novel position based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-15 Jinxi Wang , Jincen Jiang , Xuequan Lu , Meili Wang

In this paper, we introduce a reinforcement learning approach utilizing a novel topology-based information gain metric for directing the next best view of a noisy 3D sensor. The metric combines the disjoint sections of an observed surface…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-23 Christopher Collander , William J. Beksi , Manfred Huber

This paper addresses the problem of generating dense point clouds from given sparse point clouds to model the underlying geometric structures of objects/scenes. To tackle this challenging issue, we propose a novel end-to-end learning-based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-30 Yue Qian , Junhui Hou , Sam Kwong , Ying He

In this paper, we tackle the challenging problem of point cloud completion from the perspective of feature learning. Our key observation is that to recover the underlying structures as well as surface details, given partial input, a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-15 Zejia Su , Haibin Huang , Chongyang Ma , Hui Huang , Ruizhen Hu

Reconstructing high-quality point clouds from images remains challenging in computer vision. Existing generative-model-based approaches, particularly diffusion-model approaches that directly learn the posterior, may suffer from…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Seunghyeok Shin , Dabin Kim , Hongki Lim

Recovering point clouds involves the sequential process of sampling and restoration, yet existing methods struggle to effectively leverage both topological and geometric attributes. To address this, we propose an end-to-end architecture…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Kaiyue Zhou , Zelong Tan , Hongxiao Wang , Ya-Li Li , Shengjin Wang

Recent advances in generative modeling have demonstrated strong promise for high-quality point cloud upsampling. In this work, we present PUFM++, an enhanced flow-matching framework for reconstructing dense and accurate point clouds from…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Zhi-Song Liu , Chenhang He , Roland Maier , Andreas Rupp

In this paper, we propose a point cloud classification method based on graph neural network and manifold learning. Different from the conventional point cloud analysis methods, this paper uses manifold learning algorithms to embed point…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-19 Dinghao Yang , Wei Gao

This paper presents a robust fine-tuning method designed for pre-trained 3D point cloud models, to enhance feature robustness in downstream fine-tuned models. We highlight the limitations of current fine-tuning methods and the challenges of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-26 Zhibo Zhang , Ximing Yang , Weizhong Zhang , Cheng Jin

The growing size of point clouds enlarges consumptions of storage, transmission, and computation of 3D scenes. Raw data is redundant, noisy, and non-uniform. Therefore, simplifying point clouds for achieving compact, clean, and uniform…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-18 Yuanqi Li , Jianwei Guo , Xinran Yang , Shun Liu , Jie Guo , Xiaopeng Zhang , Yanwen Guo

Point clouds have attracted increasing attention. Significant progress has been made in methods for point cloud analysis, which often requires costly human annotation as supervision. To address this issue, we propose a novel…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-31 Bi'an Du , Xiang Gao , Wei Hu , Xin Li

Point clouds provide a compact and efficient representation of 3D shapes. While deep neural networks have achieved impressive results on point cloud learning tasks, they require massive amounts of manually labeled data, which can be costly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-20 Omid Poursaeed , Tianxing Jiang , Han Qiao , Nayun Xu , Vladimir G. Kim

Sampling is a key operation in point-cloud task and acts to increase computational efficiency and tractability by discarding redundant points. Universal sampling algorithms (e.g., Farthest Point Sampling) work without modification across…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-31 Ta-Ying Cheng , Qingyong Hu , Qian Xie , Niki Trigoni , Andrew Markham

As deep learning models continue to scale, the growing computational demands have amplified the need for effective coreset selection techniques. Coreset selection aims to accelerate training by identifying small, representative subsets of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Wei-Kai Chang , Rajiv Khanna

Large and rich data is a prerequisite for effective training of deep neural networks. However, the irregularity of point cloud data makes manual annotation time-consuming and laborious. Self-supervised representation learning, which…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-07 Xin Cao , Xinxin Han , Yifan Wang , Mengna Yang , Kang Li

Given the rapid development of 3D scanners, point clouds are becoming popular in AI-driven machines. However, point cloud data is inherently sparse and irregular, causing significant difficulties for machine perception. In this work, we…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-04 Shi Qiu , Saeed Anwar , Nick Barnes

Estimating the normal of a point requires constructing a local patch to provide center-surrounding context, but determining the appropriate neighborhood size is difficult when dealing with different data or geometries. Existing methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Qing Li , Huifang Feng , Kanle Shi , Yue Gao , Yi Fang , Yu-Shen Liu , Zhizhong Han

Robotic manipulation systems benefit from complementary sensing modalities, where each provides unique environmental information. Point clouds capture detailed geometric structure, while RGB images provide rich semantic context. Current…