scholarly journals The Segmentation Method of Target Point Cloud for Polarization-Modulated 3D Imaging

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengjie Wang ◽  
Bo Liu ◽  
Zhen Chen ◽  
Heping Li ◽  
Shuo Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Time Resolution ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
3D Imaging ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Target Point ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
Electron Multiplier ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Gray Image

To implement target point cloud segmentation for a polarization-modulated 3D imaging system in practical projects, an efficient segmentation concept of multi-dimensional information fusion is designed. As the electron multiplier charge coupled device (EMCCD) camera can only acquire the gray image, but has no ability for time resolution owing to the time integration mechanism, large diameter electro-optic modulators (EOM) are used to provide time resolution for the EMCCD cameras to obtain the polarization-modulated images, from which a 3D image can also be simultaneously reconstructed. According to the characteristics of the EMCCD camera’s plane array imaging, the point-to-point mapping relationship between the gray image pixels and point cloud data coordinates is established. The target’s pixel coordinate position obtained by image segmentation is mapped to 3D point cloud data to get the segmented target point cloud data. On the basis of the specific environment characteristics of the experiment, the maximum entropy test method is applied to the target segmentation of the gray image, and the image morphological erosion algorithm is used to improve the segmentation accuracy. This method solves the problem that conventional point clouds’ segmentation methods cannot effectively segment irregular objects or closely bound objects. Meanwhile, it has strong robustness and stability in the presence of noise, and reduces the computational complexity and data volume. The experimental results show that this method is better for the segmentation of the target in the actual environment, and can avoid the over-segmentation and under-segmentation to some extent. This paper illustrates the potential and feasibility of the segmentation method based on this system in real-time data processing.

scholarly journals A GROSS ERROR ELIMINATION METHOD FOR POINT CLOUD DATA BASED ON KD-TREE

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-3 ◽  
pp. 719-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. Kang ◽  
G. Huang ◽  
S. Yang
Keyword(s):  
Point Cloud ◽  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Target Point ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
K Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Gross Error ◽  
Error Elimination ◽  
K Nearest Neighbor Algorithm ◽  
Key Steps

Point cloud data has been one type of widely used data sources in the field of remote sensing. Key steps of point cloud data’s pro-processing focus on gross error elimination and quality control. Owing to the volume feature of point could data, existed gross error elimination methods need spend massive memory both in space and time. This paper employed a new method which based on Kd-tree algorithm to construct, k-nearest neighbor algorithm to search, settled appropriate threshold to determine with result turns out a judgement that whether target point is or not an outlier. Experimental results show that, our proposed algorithm will help to delete gross error in point cloud data and facilitate to decrease memory consumption, improve efficiency.

scholarly journals An Automatic Density Clustering Segmentation Method for Laser Scanning Point Cloud Data of Buildings

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Jianghong Zhao ◽  
Yan Dong ◽  
Siyu Ma ◽  
Huajun Liu ◽  
Shuangfeng Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Point Cloud ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Dbscan Algorithm ◽  
Density Clustering ◽  
Low Efficiency ◽  
Definition Of

Segmentation is an important step in point cloud data feature extraction and three-dimensional modelling. Currently, it is also a challenging problem in point cloud processing. There are some disadvantages of the DBSCAN method, such as requiring the manual definition of parameters and low efficiency when it is used for large amounts of calculation. This paper proposes the AQ-DBSCAN algorithm, which is a density clustering segmentation method combined with Gaussian mapping. The algorithm improves upon the DBSCAN algorithm by solving the problem of automatic estimation of the parameter neighborhood radius. The improved algorithm can carry out density clustering processing quickly by reducing the amount of computation required.

scholarly journals SCAN PROFILES BASED METHOD FOR SEGMENTATION AND EXTRACTION OF PLANAR OBJECTS IN MOBILE LASER SCANNING POINT CLOUDS

2016 ◽  
Vol XLI-B3 ◽  
pp. 351-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoang Long Nguyen ◽  
David Belton ◽  
Petra Helmholz
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Point Clouds ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Processing Steps ◽  
Carrier Vehicle

The demand for accurate spatial data has been increasing rapidly in recent years. Mobile laser scanning (MLS) systems have become a mainstream technology for measuring 3D spatial data. In a MLS point cloud, the point clouds densities of captured point clouds of interest features can vary: they can be sparse and heterogeneous or they can be dense. This is caused by several factors such as the speed of the carrier vehicle and the specifications of the laser scanner(s). The MLS point cloud data needs to be processed to get meaningful information e.g. segmentation can be used to find meaningful features (planes, corners etc.) that can be used as the inputs for many processing steps (e.g. registration, modelling) that are more difficult when just using the point cloud. Planar features are dominating in manmade environments and they are widely used in point clouds registration and calibration processes. There are several approaches for segmentation and extraction of planar objects available, however the proposed methods do not focus on properly segment MLS point clouds automatically considering the different point densities. This research presents the extension of the segmentation method based on planarity of the features. This proposed method was verified using both simulated and real MLS point cloud datasets. The results show that planar objects in MLS point clouds can be properly segmented and extracted by the proposed segmentation method.

scholarly journals Software to Determine Sphere Center from Terrestrial Laser Scanner Data per ASTM Standard E3125-17

2018 ◽  
Vol 123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prem Rachakonda ◽  
Bala Muralikrishnan ◽  
Luc Cournoyer ◽  
Daniel Sawyer
Keyword(s):  
Point Cloud ◽  
High Speed ◽  
3D Imaging ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Imaging Systems ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Dimensional Metrology ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Point To Point ◽  
Point Distance

Terrestrial laser scanners (TLSs) are instruments that can measure 3D coordinates of objects at high speed using a laser, resulting in high density 3D point cloud data. The Dimensional Metrology Group (DMG) at NIST performed research to support the development of documentary standards within ASTM E57 committee on 3D imaging systems. This led to the publication of the ASTM E3125-2017 standard on point-to-point distance performance evaluation of 3D imaging systems such as TLSs. To ensure that the data from different TLS systems are processed identically, the ASTM E3125- 2017 mandates the use of a common algorithm to determine the center of a sphere from point cloud data. This paper describes this algorithm and software code is provided as a download.

A new segmentation method for point cloud data

2002 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Woo ◽  
E. Kang ◽  
Semyung Wang ◽  
Kwan H. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Point Cloud ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
Cloud Data

scholarly journals Optimization Algorithm for Point Cloud Quality Enhancement Based on Statistical Filtering

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Qian Zhao ◽  
Xiaorong Gao ◽  
Jinlong Li ◽  
Lin Luo
Keyword(s):  
Point Cloud ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Target Point ◽  
Quality Enhancement ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Plane Projection ◽  
Enhancement Algorithm

In the process of acquiring point cloud data by a 3D laser scanner, some problems, such as outliers, mixed points, and holes, may be caused in the target point cloud due to the external environment, the discreteness of the laser beam, and the occlusion of objects. In this paper, a point cloud quality optimization and enhancement algorithm is designed. A self-adaptive octree is established to rasterize the point cloud and calculate the density of each grid, combing with the statistical filtering to remove outliers from the point cloud data. Then, a plane projection method is used for removing the confounding points from the point cloud data. Finally, the point cloud is triangulated and a priority value is set, and then, points are preferentially inserted where the priority value is the largest to repair the holes. Experiments show that while removing outliers and confounding points, the detailed features of the point cloud can be maintained, holes are effectively filled, and the quality of the point cloud is effectively improved.

Design and Test of Subway 3D Point Cloud Data Obtained Based on Ground 3D Laser Scanning Technology

2013 ◽  
Vol 846-847 ◽  
pp. 981-985
Author(s):  
Xian Ge Cao ◽  
Jin Ling Yang ◽  
Dong Hai Li ◽  
Jin Yu Feng ◽  
Xiang Lai Meng
Keyword(s):  
Point Cloud ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
3D Visualization ◽  
Target Point ◽  
3D Point Cloud ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
3D Laser Scanning ◽  
High Precision Measurement ◽  
Cloud Data

3D laser scanning technology can fast, efficient and accurate access high-precision measurement of the target point cloud data and provides the necessary conditions for the development of digital measuring. This paper gives an example of Subway and elaborates the method of 3D point cloud data acquisition, data processing and modeling, and verifies the feasibility of 3D visualization of Subway based on 3D laser.

scholarly journals SCAN PROFILES BASED METHOD FOR SEGMENTATION AND EXTRACTION OF PLANAR OBJECTS IN MOBILE LASER SCANNING POINT CLOUDS

2016 ◽  
Vol XLI-B3 ◽  
pp. 351-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoang Long Nguyen ◽  
David Belton ◽  
Petra Helmholz
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Point Clouds ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Processing Steps ◽  
Carrier Vehicle

The demand for accurate spatial data has been increasing rapidly in recent years. Mobile laser scanning (MLS) systems have become a mainstream technology for measuring 3D spatial data. In a MLS point cloud, the point clouds densities of captured point clouds of interest features can vary: they can be sparse and heterogeneous or they can be dense. This is caused by several factors such as the speed of the carrier vehicle and the specifications of the laser scanner(s). The MLS point cloud data needs to be processed to get meaningful information e.g. segmentation can be used to find meaningful features (planes, corners etc.) that can be used as the inputs for many processing steps (e.g. registration, modelling) that are more difficult when just using the point cloud. Planar features are dominating in manmade environments and they are widely used in point clouds registration and calibration processes. There are several approaches for segmentation and extraction of planar objects available, however the proposed methods do not focus on properly segment MLS point clouds automatically considering the different point densities. This research presents the extension of the segmentation method based on planarity of the features. This proposed method was verified using both simulated and real MLS point cloud datasets. The results show that planar objects in MLS point clouds can be properly segmented and extracted by the proposed segmentation method.

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