Point Cloud Preprocessing on 3D LiDAR data for Unmanned Surface Vehicle in Marine Environment

Xianzhi Qi, Wenxing Fu, Pei An, Bingli Wu, Jie Ma

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Abstract

Point cloud preprocessing is still a challenging task in the marine environment, for it is difficult to filter out non-obstacle points while avoiding damage to the obstacle completeness. In this paper, we propose a novel data preprocessing method on 3D LiDAR data for the unmanned surface vehicle in the marine environment. It consists of two tasks: outlier removal and wake filtering. As the spatial resolution of LiDAR changes with distance, we exploit distance normalization on statistical outlier filter for robust outlier removal. Considering the gradient difference between wave wake and obstacle surface near the water, we define and calculate the vertical state of point cloud on the range image to obtain the pre-filtering point set, and then use the RANSAC method to filter out the wake points. Experiments on real data has demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm both in terms of feasibility and accuracy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2020 IEEE International Conference on Information Technology, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, ICIBA 2020
EditorsBing Xu, Kefen Mou
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages983-990
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781728152240
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Nov 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event2020 IEEE International Conference on Information Technology, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, ICIBA 2020 - Chongqing, China
Duration: 6 Nov 20208 Nov 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2020 IEEE International Conference on Information Technology, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, ICIBA 2020

Conference

Conference2020 IEEE International Conference on Information Technology, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, ICIBA 2020
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChongqing
Period6/11/208/11/20

Keywords

  • 3D LIDAR Data Preprocessing
  • Outliers Fitlering
  • Unmanned Surface Vehicle
  • Wake Points Removal

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