• DocumentCode
    2012345
  • Title

    Efficient segmentation of 3D LIDAR point clouds handling partial occlusion

  • Author

    Aue, Jan ; Langer, Dirk ; Müller-Bessler, Bernhard ; Huhnke, Burkhard

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. Res. Lab., Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Belmont, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    5-9 June 2011
  • Firstpage
    423
  • Lastpage
    428
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a novel approach to segmentation of a dense 3D point cloud, generated by a flash lidar type camera. Incorporating symmetries of the sensor, the algorithm is using a 2D grid approach to cluster data points and extrude object segments in complex scenes. The data representation allows for the handling of partially occluded, but connected objects at different ranges. The algorithm was tested on a variety of different sensor data sets and the obtained results are presented and discussed.
  • Keywords
    computer graphics; data structures; image segmentation; optical radar; 2D grid approach; 3D LIDAR point cloud segmentation; complex scenes; data point cluster; data representation; flash lidar type camera; object segments; partial occlusion; sensor data sets; Clustering algorithms; Image segmentation; Laser radar; Lasers; Pixel; Robot sensing systems; Three dimensional displays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Baden-Baden
  • ISSN
    1931-0587
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0890-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVS.2011.5940442
  • Filename
    5940442