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FOR: Point Cloud Outlier Removal Based on Fuzzy Theory and Informativeness and Its Application to 3D Object

Lili Gan1, Zhengyi Yang1, Yiyi Liu1

  • 1School of Big Data and Software Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China.

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This study introduces a fuzzy outlier removal (FOR) method for LiDAR point clouds in autonomous driving. FOR effectively removes noise while preserving crucial environmental data, improving perception accuracy and reducing processing time.

Keywords:
denoising filteringfuzzy theoryoutlier removalpoint cloud

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Area of Science:

  • Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • Computer Vision
  • Data Processing

Background:

  • LiDAR is crucial for autonomous driving, but large point cloud data volumes present challenges.
  • Noise and outliers in LiDAR data can degrade environmental perception accuracy.
  • Existing outlier removal methods may eliminate valid points, negatively impacting downstream tasks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel fuzzy outlier removal (FOR) method for LiDAR point clouds.
  • To address the trade-off between outlier removal effectiveness and perception accuracy.
  • To enhance the quality of LiDAR data for autonomous driving applications.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a fuzzy outlier removal (FOR) method utilizing fuzzy theory and informativeness.
  • Modeled point membership uncertainty and calculated informativeness sums for filtering.
  • Prioritized retaining central point cloud regions while filtering edge outliers.

Main Results:

  • FOR effectively removes outliers while preserving essential environmental information.
  • Experiments on KITTI and nuScenes datasets demonstrated FOR's effectiveness with multiple object detection models.
  • FOR achieved reduced inference time compared to other methods, maintaining detection accuracy.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed FOR method offers a balanced approach to outlier removal in LiDAR data.
  • FOR improves perception task performance by minimizing the loss of valid points.
  • This method enhances the efficiency and accuracy of autonomous driving systems.