New dataset for urban point cloud segmentation and classification.
problem Lack of high-quality urban point cloud datasets for machine learning.
method Acquired by Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS), post-processed and labeled.
result Dataset can be used for learning classification and segmentation algorithms.
DALES offers a large annotated aerial LiDAR dataset for 3D deep learning.
problem Lack of large-scale annotated aerial LiDAR datasets for deep learning.
method Collection and annotation of over half a billion hand-labeled points from an ALS scanner.
result DALES is the most extensive publicly available ALS data set with improved resolution and coverage.
New method upsamples sparse, non-uniform point clouds more accurately.
problem Suboptimal results from existing point cloud upsampling methods.
method Imposes manifold distribution constraints using Gaussian functions.
result Generates higher-quality, more uniformly distributed dense point clouds.
Study reveals how dengue spread patterns vary across different years in Recife, Brazil.
problem Understanding spatial organization of dengue transmission in urban areas.
method Spatial analysis of dengue cases using topological data analysis and Vietoris-Rips filtrations.
result Critical percolation thresholds define distinct geometric regimes of dengue spread.
Generative model for 3D point clouds using invertible flows.
problem Generating realistic 3D point clouds.
method Invertible flow-based models for point cloud generation with parameter sharing and embedding vectors.
result The model generates high-quality 3D point clouds with good similarity.
In recent decades, the use of 3D point clouds has been widespread in computer industry. The development of techniques in analyzing point clouds is increasingly important. In particular, mapping of point clouds has been a challenging problem. In this paper, we develop a discrete analogue of the Teichmüller extremal mapp…
Graph neural network constructs a sparse latent point cloud from dense point clouds.
problem Efficiently reconstructing and simulating point clouds with fine details.
method Irregular graph convolutional neural network with non-isotropic operations.
result The model can reconstruct dense point clouds from a sparse latent representation.
A novel method compresses point cloud attributes by folding them onto a 2D grid.
problem Efficiently compressing point cloud attributes for storage and transmission.
method Interpreting point clouds as 2D manifolds, folding onto a grid, and mapping attributes to the grid using optimized methods.
result The proposed folding-based approach achieves performance comparable to state-of-the-art codecs.
Self-supervised method learns from unlabelled point clouds by reconstructing them.
problem Efficiently learning from large, unlabelled 3D point cloud datasets.
method Trains neural networks to reconstruct point clouds with randomly rearranged parts.
result Method learns semantic properties of point clouds and improves downstream object classification.
A novel method compares 3D point clouds using information geometry.
problem Comparing 3D point clouds in machine learning applications.
method Interprets point clouds as probability density functions on a statistical manifold, using GMM and Modified Symmetric KL divergence.
result Demonstrates effectiveness through various case studies.
Develops a method for conformal parameterization of point clouds without fixed boundaries.
problem Desirable distortion in fixed-boundary parameterizations of point clouds.
method Free-boundary conformal parameterization method involving approximation of point cloud Laplacian and boundary treatment.
result High-quality point cloud meshing achieved through the proposed method.
Estimating boundaries from point clouds with improved accuracy and rigorous error estimates.
problem Identifying the boundary of a domain from point cloud samples.
method Developed new estimators for normal vectors, distances, and boundary tests; provided error estimates.
result Efficient and accurate estimators for boundary properties on point clouds.
Algorithm classifies point clouds using deep set linearized optimal transport.
problem Classifying point clouds efficiently and accurately.
method Deep Set Linearized Optimal Transport, ICNNs, and a discriminator network.
result Efficiently distinguishes between various classes of point clouds.
The paper transforms a convex hull into a concave surface around a point cloud.
problem Creating a concave surface that encloses all points in a point cloud.
method Iterative facet replacement and expansion of the convex hull.
result A method to evolve a convex hull into a concave surface that fits the point cloud.
Paper uses tensor regression to analyze point clouds for process optimization.
problem Challenges in modeling and analyzing high-dimensional point cloud data.
method Utilizes multilinear algebra and tensor regression techniques.
result Successfully models and links point cloud variational patterns to process variables.
Estimator calculates surface curvature from point cloud samples.
problem Accurately estimating curvature from limited point cloud data.
method Algorithm using probability distribution and nearby points control.
result Controlled number of points ensures accurate curvature estimation.
CloudLSTM forecasts geospatial point-cloud data streams accurately.
problem Forecasting over geospatial point-cloud data streams.
method Introduces CloudLSTM, a recurrent neural model with a Dynamic Point-cloud Convolution (DConv) operator.
result CloudLSTM outperforms competitor models in long-term predictions for point-cloud data.
Point cloud is the most fundamental representation of 3D geometric objects. Analyzing and processing point cloud surfaces is important in computer graphics and computer vision. However, most of the existing algorithms for surface analysis require connectivity information. Therefore, it is desirable to develop a mesh st…
The article discusses how to create a special type of triangle mesh for surfaces in 3D space.
problem Creating a special type of triangle mesh for surfaces in 3D space.
method Using sufficient conditions and the diagonal switch algorithm to find an embedded Delaunay triangulation.
result The diagonal switch algorithm can find an embedded Delaunay triangulation for a point cloud on an embedded surface in R3. 3D point cloud attacks examine how neural networks can be fooled.
problem Understanding how 3D neural networks can be exploited by attackers.
method Examined two categories of attacks: distributional and shape attacks.
result Some shape attacks can fool 3D point cloud classification models even after preprocessing.
Generative model creates high-quality meshes from point clouds.
problem Creating accurate meshes from point cloud data.
method Modeling point cloud generation as sphere deformation through deep neural networks.
result The model efficiently generates high-quality meshes from point clouds.
Self-supervised learning improves few-shot classification and segmentation on point clouds.
problem Efficiently learn from limited labeled data in point cloud applications.
method Hierarchical cover-tree partitioning for self-supervised pre-training; restricted to support set for few-shot learning.
result Self-supervised learning significantly improves downstream classification and segmentation accuracy.
Method computes harmonic and conformal maps from point clouds.
problem Computing maps from irregular point cloud data.
method Meshless method using cubic lattice approximations.
result Harmonic and conformal maps computed accurately.
A new method compresses point clouds efficiently, outperforming existing techniques.
problem Efficiently compressing large point cloud datasets for VR applications.
method Learned convolutional transforms and uniform quantization for joint rate and distortion optimization.
result Significant rate-distortion improvement (51.5% BDBR savings) on Microsoft Voxelized Upper Bodies dataset.
The concept of a Point Cloud has played an increasingly important role in many areas of Engineering, Science, and Mathematics. Examples are: LIDAR, 3D-Printing, Data Analysis, Computer Graphics, Machine Learning, Mathematical Visualization, Numerical Analysis, and Monte Carlo Methods. Entering point cloud into Google r…
A new CNN method for point cloud data.
problem Processing 3D point cloud data efficiently.
method Creating a mapping of nearest neighbors and applying weights to spatial relationships.
result Achieves a CNN-like architecture for point clouds without extensive feature engineering.
A new method learns stable, temporally coherent features in point clouds.
problem Flickering and halo structures in inferred solutions for time-varying point clouds.
method Proposes a novel temporal loss function and super-resolution method.
result Demonstrates flexibility and effectiveness on large, deforming point sets.
Risk, including economic risk, is increasingly a concern for public policy and management. The possibility of dealing effectively with risk is hampered, however, by lack of a sound empirical basis for risk assessment and management. The paper demonstrates the general point for cost and demand risks in urban rail projec…
A GMM-based method generates new 3D structures from medical images.
problem Generating new medical images from limited data and different modalities.
method Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) for point-cloud generation.
result Generated point-clouds closely match training samples from the same class.
Generative Adversarial Networks are adapted for point cloud generation.
problem Applying GAN to point clouds is challenging due to data structure differences.
method Proposed PC-GAN framework with hierarchical sampling, posterior inference, and sandwiching objective.
result PC-GAN trained with sandwiching objective outperforms existing methods on point cloud generation.
LatticeNet segments 3D point clouds faster and more efficiently.
problem Challenges in applying CNNs to 3D point cloud data.
method Embeds point cloud geometry into a permutohedral lattice for fast convolutions.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance in 3D segmentation.
Graph-CNN for 3D point cloud classification tackles non-regular graph topology.
problem Classifying 3D point cloud data with non-regular graph topology.
method Developed PointGCN combining localized graph convolutions and graph downsampling.
result Achieves competitive performance on 3D object classification benchmark ModelNet.
PointPillars improves object detection speed and accuracy in point clouds.
problem Encoding point clouds for efficient object detection.
method PointPillars uses PointNets to learn pillar representations of point clouds, combined with a lean downstream network.
result PointPillars outperforms previous encoders in both speed and accuracy.
I propose and briefly define the concept of Urban Isobenefit Lines by using functions as easy as efficient, whose results can offer a rich tool to use into spatial equilibrium analysis involving cities. They are line joining urban points with equal level of positional advantage from city amenities. The results which on…
New method improves Gaussian process regression on complex, sparse point clouds.
problem Traditional Gaussian processes struggle with restricted domains and point clouds.
method Atlas Gaussian Processes (RC-AGPs) combining heat kernel and RBF kernels.
result RC-AGPs outperform existing methods in regression accuracy.
Improved road segmentation on low-res LIDAR data for autonomous vehicles.
problem Low-resolution LIDAR data affects road segmentation accuracy in autonomous vehicles.
method Subsampled LIDAR data transformation into feature maps, use local normal vector with spherical coordinates.
result Improves road segmentation accuracy on low-resolution LIDAR data.
SCENE-Net improves 3D point cloud segmentation with low resource usage and transparency.
problem Lack of resources and transparency in 3D semantic segmentation models.
method SCENE-Net uses signature shapes identified via GENEOs to achieve semantic segmentation with minimal resources.
result SCENE-Net achieves comparable IoU to state-of-the-art methods with less data and computational resources.
Paper improves deep point cloud compression techniques.
problem Efficiently compressing 3D point cloud data for various applications.
method Integrates scale hyperprior model, deeper transforms, focal loss, and optimal thresholding.
result Achieves significant BD-PSNR gains over existing methods.
Paper reduces false positives in lung nodule detection using deep learning on point clouds.
problem Reduces false positives in lung nodule detection.
method Uses deep learning models for point clouds to transform 3D CT scan data.
result Achieved 85.98 FROC compared to 77.26 FROC for baseline models.
The paper introduces REQNNs for robust 3D point cloud processing.
problem 3D point cloud processing robustness to rotations.
method Revised neural networks using quaternion features for rotation-equivariance.
result REQNNs exhibit higher rotation robustness compared to original networks.
Proposes a robust 3D classification method for sparse point clouds.
problem Invariance to rotation, positional shift, scaling, and robustness to point sparsity in point cloud classification.
method Introduces a graph-based feature learning approach with an end-to-end neural network.
result Significantly improves 3D object classification and retrieval tasks with sparse point clouds.
A 1D-fully convolutional network classifies 3D point clouds efficiently.
problem Efficiently classifying 3D point clouds with reliable features.
method Directly consumes terrain-normalized points and spectral data, implicitly learning contextual features.
result Ranked second in ISPRS 3D Semantic Labeling Contest with 81.6% overall accuracy.
A registration-free framework monitors shape and color in 4D point clouds.
problem Monitoring shape and color changes in complex parts without registration.
method Laplace-Beltrami operator spectral properties for geometric and color feature capture; combined monitoring scheme for shape and color anomalies.
result Effective detection of shape deformations and color anomalies without registration or mesh reconstruction.
Research evaluates adversarial attacks and defenses on 3D point cloud classifiers.
problem Robustness of 3D object classifiers against adversarial attacks.
method Extending 2D adversarial attacks to 3D point clouds and proposing new defenses.
result 3D point cloud classifiers are weak to adversarial attacks but more defensible.
Proposes a new layer for efficient 3D shape discrimination.
problem Irregular structure and redundancy in 3D point clouds hinder efficient inter-class discrimination.
method Integrates Blended Convolution and Synthesis layer that projects and synthesizes 3D point clouds, followed by 3D convolution in the unit ball.
result End-to-end architecture achieves compelling results on 3D shape recognition and retrieval.
Novel neural network layer improves long-range interactions in point clouds.
problem Efficiently treating long-range interactions in point clouds.
method Long-range convolutional (LRC)-layer that incorporates Fourier transforms.
result Global all-to-all convolution operation performed in nearly-linear time.
Trans-Unet predicts brain folding patterns from 3D point-clouds using novel 3D-to-2D transformation.
problem Challenges in learning high-fidelity 3D point-cloud features, including permutation invariance and fine-grained surface reconstruction.
method Transform 3D point-clouds into a 2D grid domain, then use a U-shaped hybrid model with CNNs and self-attention mechanisms.
result Trans-Unet achieves high-resolution predictions of brain patch growth, surpassing existing methods in fidelity and accuracy.
New method tackles instance segmentation on 3D point clouds with improved metrics.
problem Evaluation metrics are affected by small regions containing few instances.
method Proposes a new method with O(Np) space complexity that learns embeddings for clusters of instances.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance using both existing and proposed metrics.