A Point Cloud Segmentation Method Based on Ground Point Cloud Removal and Multi-Scale Twin Range Image

• Published in: Chinese Control Conference pp. 4602 - 4609
• Main Authors: Zhou, Yicheng, Peng, Gang, Duan, Hangqi, Wu, Zhangang, Zhu, Xukang
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Technical Committee on Control Theory, Chinese Association of Automation 24.07.2023
• Subjects: Adaptive threshold clustering; Clustering algorithms; Filtering; Fitting; Ground point filtering; Image segmentation; Laser radar; Multi-scale twin range image; Point cloud compression; Point cloud segmentation; Three-dimensional displays
• ISSN: 1934-1768
• DOI: 10.23919/CCC58697.2023.10239765

Aiming at the shortcomings of traditional point cloud segmentation algorithms, this paper proposes a 3D lidar point cloud segmentation method combining ground filtering and multi-scale twin range image construction. This method fully considers the geometric space distribution characteristics of the point cloud and the randomness of the positions between objects. Based on the assumption of multi plane model, the point cloud is divided into sectors. The ground points are removed through region ground plane fitting and growth, and then the multi-scale twin range image is constructed according to non-ground points. On the basis of the twin range image, the Breadth First Search algorithm is improved, the depth-breadth joint search strategy is proposed, all the points to be clustered are traversed, and the adaptive clustering threshold is used for point cloud clustering, which realizes a point cloud segmentation method with higher accuracy and robustness. Through the experimental analysis of KITTI dataset and collected campus outdoor scene dataset, compared with the traditional point cloud segmentation algorithm, the method proposed in this paper can effectively improve the point cloud segmentation accuracy and robustness of mobile robots in complex environments.