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Robust 3D object detection is critical for safe autonomous driving. Camera and radar sensors are synergistic as they capture complementary information and work well under different environmental conditions. Fusing camera and radar data is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-19 Jyh-Jing Hwang , Henrik Kretzschmar , Joshua Manela , Sean Rafferty , Nicholas Armstrong-Crews , Tiffany Chen , Dragomir Anguelov

Multi-sensor fusion is crucial for improving the performance and robustness of end-to-end autonomous driving systems. Existing methods predominantly adopt either attention-based flatten fusion or bird's eye view fusion through geometric…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Shuai Liu , Quanmin Liang , Zefeng Li , Boyang Li , Kai Huang

We present PointFusion, a generic 3D object detection method that leverages both image and 3D point cloud information. Unlike existing methods that either use multi-stage pipelines or hold sensor and dataset-specific assumptions,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-08-28 Danfei Xu , Dragomir Anguelov , Ashesh Jain

In addition to low light, night images suffer degradation from light effects (e.g., glare, floodlight, etc). However, existing nighttime visibility enhancement methods generally focus on low-light regions, which neglects, or even amplifies…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Shufan Pei , Junhong Lin , Wenxi Liu , Tiesong Zhao , Chia-Wen Lin

Sharing collective perception messages (CPM) between vehicles is investigated to decrease occlusions so as to improve the perception accuracy and safety of autonomous driving. However, highly accurate data sharing and low communication…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-16 Yunshuang Yuan , Hao Cheng , Monika Sester

Multi-modal fusion is imperative to the implementation of reliable object detection and tracking in complex environments. Exploiting the synergy of heterogeneous modal information endows perception systems the ability to achieve more…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Kun Shi , Shibo He , Zhenyu Shi , Anjun Chen , Zehui Xiong , Jiming Chen , Jun Luo

Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) use multiple sensors to gather information about their surroundings. By sharing sensor data between Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs), the safety and reliability of these vehicles can be improved through a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-11 Donghao Qiao , Farhana Zulkernine

Human-vehicle cooperative driving has become the critical technology of autonomous driving, which reduces the workload of human drivers. However, the complex and uncertain road environments bring great challenges to the visual perception of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-22 Yiyue Zhao , Cailin Lei , Yu Shen , Yuchuan Du , Qijun Chen

We present an end-to-end method for object detection and trajectory prediction utilizing multi-view representations of LiDAR returns and camera images. In this work, we recognize the strengths and weaknesses of different view…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-20 Sudeep Fadadu , Shreyash Pandey , Darshan Hegde , Yi Shi , Fang-Chieh Chou , Nemanja Djuric , Carlos Vallespi-Gonzalez

Sensor fusion is a crucial augmentation technique for improving the accuracy and reliability of perception systems for automated vehicles under diverse driving conditions. However, adverse weather and low-light conditions remain…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-30 Can Cui , Yunsheng Ma , Juanwu Lu , Ziran Wang

This survey analyzes intermediate fusion methods in collaborative perception for autonomous driving, categorized by real-world challenges. We examine various methods, detailing their features and the evaluation metrics they employ. The…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Melih Yazgan , Thomas Graf , Min Liu , Tobias Fleck , J. Marius Zoellner

As a critical task in autonomous driving perception systems, 3D object detection is used to identify and track key objects, such as vehicles and pedestrians. However, detecting distant, small, or occluded objects (hard instances) remains a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Feiyang Jia , Caiyan Jia , Ailin Liu , Shaoqing Xu , Qiming Xia , Lin Liu , Lei Yang , Yan Gong , Ziying Song

Multi-modal fusion is a fundamental task for the perception of an autonomous driving system, which has recently intrigued many researchers. However, achieving a rather good performance is not an easy task due to the noisy raw data,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-18 Keli Huang , Botian Shi , Xiang Li , Xin Li , Siyuan Huang , Yikang Li

3D object detection is essential for autonomous driving. As an emerging sensor, 4D imaging radar offers advantages as low cost, long-range detection, and accurate velocity measurement, making it highly suitable for object detection.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Xiaozhi Li , Huijun Di , Jian Li , Feng Liu , Wei Liang

The perception of autonomous vehicles has to be efficient, robust, and cost-effective. However, cameras are not robust against severe weather conditions, lidar sensors are expensive, and the performance of radar-based perception is still…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-04 Felix Fent , Andras Palffy , Holger Caesar

Object detection in camera images, using deep learning has been proven successfully in recent years. Rising detection rates and computationally efficient network structures are pushing this technique towards application in production…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-18 Felix Nobis , Maximilian Geisslinger , Markus Weber , Johannes Betz , Markus Lienkamp

Object detection is an essential task for autonomous robots operating in dynamic and changing environments. A robot should be able to detect objects in the presence of sensor noise that can be induced by changing lighting conditions for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-11-20 Oier Mees , Andreas Eitel , Wolfram Burgard

When localizing and detecting 3D objects for autonomous driving scenes, obtaining information from multiple sensor (e.g. camera, LIDAR) typically increases the robustness of 3D detectors. However, the efficient and effective fusion of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-11 Can Chen , Luca Zanotti Fragonara , Antonios Tsourdos

Accurate 3D object detection in autonomous driving is critical yet challenging due to occlusions, varying object sizes, and complex urban environments. This paper introduces the KAN-RCBEVDepth method, an innovative approach aimed at…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-28 Zhihao Lai , Chuanhao Liu , Shihui Sheng , Zhiqiang Zhang

Depth-guided multimodal fusion combines depth information from visible and infrared images, significantly enhancing the performance of 3D reconstruction and robotics applications. Existing thermal-visible image fusion mainly focuses on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Jinchang Zhang , Zijun Li , Guoyu Lu