Three-dimensional(3D)parametric measurements of individual gravels in the Gobi region using point cloud technique

Gobi spans a large area of China,surpassing the combined expanse of mobile dunes and semi-fixed dunes.Its presence significantly influences the movement of sand and dust.However,the complex origins and diverse materials constituting the Gobi result in notable differences in saltation processes across various Gobi surfaces.It is challenging to describe these processes according to a uniform morphology.Therefore,it becomes imperative to articulate surface characteristics through parameters such as the three-dimensional(3D)size and shape of gravel.Collecting morphology information for Gobi gravels is essential for studying its genesis and sand saltation.To enhance the efficiency and information yield of gravel parameter measurements,this study conducted field experiments in the Gobi region across Dunhuang City,Guazhou County,and Yumen City(administrated by Jiuquan City),Gansu Province,China in March 2023.A research framework and methodology for measuring 3D parameters of gravel using point cloud were developed,alongside improved calculation formulas for 3D parameters including gravel grain size,volume,flatness,roundness,sphericity,and equivalent grain size.Leveraging multi-view geometry technology for 3D reconstruction allowed for establishing an optimal data acquisition scheme characterized by high point cloud reconstruction efficiency and clear quality.Additionally,the proposed methodology incorporated point cloud clustering,segmentation,and filtering techniques to isolate individual gravel point clouds.Advanced point cloud algorithms,including the Oriented Bounding Box(OBB),point cloud slicing method,and point cloud triangulation,were then deployed to calculate the 3D parameters of individual gravels.These systematic processes allow precise and detailed characterization of individual gravels.For gravel grain size and volume,the correlation coefficients between point cloud and manual measurements all exceeded 0.9000,confirming the feasibility of the proposed methodology for measuring 3D parameters of individual gravels.The proposed workflow yields accurate calculations of relevant parameters for Gobi gravels,providing essential data support for subsequent studies on Gobi environments.

A modified method of discontinuity trace mapping using three-dimensional point clouds of rock mass surfaces

This paper presents an automated method for discontinuity trace mapping using three-dimensional point clouds of rock mass surfaces.Specifically,the method consists of five steps:(1)detection of trace feature points by normal tensor voting theory,(2)co ntraction of trace feature points,(3)connection of trace feature points,(4)linearization of trace segments,and(5)connection of trace segments.A sensitivity analysis was then conducted to identify the optimal parameters of the proposed method.Three field cases,a natural rock mass outcrop and two excavated rock tunnel surfaces,were analyzed using the proposed method to evaluate its validity and efficiency.The results show that the proposed method is more efficient and accurate than the traditional trace mapping method,and the efficiency enhancement is more robust as the number of feature points increases.

Automatic three-dimensional reconstruction based on four-view stereo vision using checkerboard pattern

An automatic three-dimensional(3D) reconstruction method based on four-view stereo vision using checkerboard pattern is presented. Mismatches easily exist in traditional binocular stereo matching due to the repeatable or similar features of binocular images. In order to reduce the probability of mismatching and improve the measure precision, a four-camera measurement system which can add extra matching constraints and offer multiple measurements is applied in this work. Moreover, a series of different checkerboard patterns are projected onto the object to obtain dense feature points and remove mismatched points. Finally, the 3D model is generated by performing Delaunay triangulation and texture mapping on the point cloud obtained by four-view matching. This method was tested on the 3D reconstruction of a terracotta soldier sculpture and the Buddhas in the Mogao Grottoes. Their point clouds without mismatched points were obtained and less processing time was consumed in most cases relative to binocular matching. These good reconstructed models show the effectiveness of the method.

Weakly-Supervised Single-view Dense 3D Point Cloud Reconstruction via Differentiable Renderer

In recent years,addressing ill-posed problems by leveraging prior knowledge contained in databases on learning techniques has gained much attention.In this paper,we focus on complete three-dimensional(3D)point cloud reconstruction based on a single red-green-blue(RGB)image,a task that cannot be approached using classical reconstruction techniques.For this purpose,we used an encoder-decoder framework to encode the RGB information in latent space,and to predict the 3D structure of the considered object from different viewpoints.The individual predictions are combined to yield a common representation that is used in a module combining camera pose estimation and rendering,thereby achieving differentiability with respect to imaging process and the camera pose,and optimization of the two-dimensional prediction error of novel viewpoints.Thus,our method allows end-to-end training and does not require supervision based on additional ground-truth(GT)mask annotations or ground-truth camera pose annotations.Our evaluation of synthetic and real-world data demonstrates the robustness of our approach to appearance changes and self-occlusions,through outperformance of current state-of-the-art methods in terms of accuracy,density,and model completeness.

Feature detection on point clouds via Gabriel Triangles creation and l1 normal reconstruction

In this paper, we present a robust subneighborhoods selection technique for feature detection on point clouds scattered over a piecewise smooth surface. The proposed method first identifies all potential features using covariance analysis of the local- neighborhoods. To further extract the accurate features from potential features, Gabriel triangles are created in local neighborhoods of each potential feature vertex. These triangles tightly attach to underlying surface and effectively reflect the local geometry struc- ture. Applying a shared nearest neighbor clustering algorithm on ~ 1 reconstructed normals of created triangle set, we classify the lo- cal neighborhoods of the potential feature vertex into multiple subneighborhoods. Each subneighborhood indicates a piecewise smooth surface. The final feature vertex is identified by checking whether it is locating on the intersection of the multiple surfaces. An advantage of this framework is that it is not only robust to noise, but also insensitive to the size of selected neighborhoods. Ex- perimental results on a variety of models are used to illustrate the effectiveness and robustness of our method.

Fast Estimation of Loader’s Shovel Load Volume by 3D Reconstruction of Material Piles

Fast and accurate measurement of the volume of earthmoving materials is of great signifcance for the real-time evaluation of loader operation efciency and the realization of autonomous operation. Existing methods for volume measurement, such as total station-based methods, cannot measure the volume in real time, while the bucket-based method also has the disadvantage of poor universality. In this study, a fast estimation method for a loader’s shovel load volume by 3D reconstruction of material piles is proposed. First, a dense stereo matching method (QORB–MAPM) was proposed by integrating the improved quadtree ORB algorithm (QORB) and the maximum a posteriori probability model (MAPM), which achieves fast matching of feature points and dense 3D reconstruction of material piles. Second, the 3D point cloud model of the material piles before and after shoveling was registered and segmented to obtain the 3D point cloud model of the shoveling area, and the Alpha-shape algorithm of Delaunay triangulation was used to estimate the volume of the 3D point cloud model. Finally, a shovel loading volume measurement experiment was conducted under loose-soil working conditions. The results show that the shovel loading volume estimation method (QORB–MAPM VE) proposed in this study has higher estimation accuracy and less calculation time in volume estimation and bucket fll factor estimation, and it has signifcant theoretical research and engineering application value.

A state-of-the-art review of automated extraction of rock mass discontinuity characteristics using three-dimensional surface models

In the last two decades,significant research has been conducted in the field of automated extraction of rock mass discontinuity characteristics from three-dimensional(3D)models.This provides several methodologies for acquiring discontinuity measurements from 3D models,such as point clouds generated using laser scanning or photogrammetry.However,even with numerous automated and semiautomated methods presented in the literature,there is not one single method that can automatically characterize discontinuities accurately in a minimum of time.In this paper,we critically review all the existing methods proposed in the literature for the extraction of discontinuity characteristics such as joint sets and orientations,persistence,joint spacing,roughness and block size using point clouds,digital elevation maps,or meshes.As a result of this review,we identify the strengths and drawbacks of each method used for extracting those characteristics.We found that the approaches based on voxels and region growing are superior in extracting joint planes from 3D point clouds.Normal tensor voting with trace growth algorithm is a robust method for measuring joint trace length from 3D meshes.Spacing is estimated by calculating the perpendicular distance between joint planes.Several independent roughness indices are presented to quantify roughness from 3D surface models,but there is a need to incorporate these indices into automated methodologies.There is a lack of efficient algorithms for direct computation of block size from 3D rock mass surface models.

Geographic,Geometrical and Semantic Reconstruction of Urban Scene from High Resolution Oblique Aerial Images

An effective approach is proposed for 3D urban scene reconstruction in the form of point cloud with semantic labeling. Starting from high resolution oblique aerial images,our approach proceeds through three main stages: geographic reconstruction, geometrical reconstruction and semantic reconstruction. The absolute position and orientation of all the cameras relative to the real world are recovered in the geographic reconstruction stage. Then, in the geometrical reconstruction stage,an improved multi-view stereo matching method is employed to produce 3D dense points with color and normal information by taking into account the prior knowledge of aerial imagery.Finally the point cloud is classified into three classes(building,vegetation, and ground) by a rule-based hierarchical approach in the semantic reconstruction step. Experiments on complex urban scene show that our proposed 3-stage approach could generate reasonable reconstruction result robustly and efficiently.By comparing our final semantic reconstruction result with the manually labeled ground truth, classification accuracies from86.75% to 93.02% are obtained.

Indoor 3D Reconstruction Using Camera, IMU and Ultrasonic Sensors

The recent advances in sensing and display technologies have been transforming our living environments drastically. In this paper, a new technique is introduced to accurately reconstruct indoor environments in three-dimensions using a mobile platform. The system incorporates 4 ultrasonic sensors scanner system, an HD web camera as well as an inertial measurement unit (IMU). The whole platform is mountable on mobile facilities, such as a wheelchair. The proposed mapping approach took advantage of the precision of the 3D point clouds produced by the ultrasonic sensors system despite their scarcity to help build a more definite 3D scene. Using a robust iterative algorithm, it combined the structure from motion generated 3D point clouds with the ultrasonic sensors and IMU generated 3D point clouds to derive a much more precise point cloud using the depth measurements from the ultrasonic sensors. Because of their ability to recognize features of objects in the targeted scene, the ultrasonic generated point clouds performed feature extraction on the consecutive point cloud to ensure a perfect alignment. The range measured by ultrasonic sensors contributed to the depth correction of the generated 3D images (the 3D scenes). Experiments revealed that the system generated not only dense but precise 3D maps of the environments. The results showed that the designed 3D modeling platform is able to help in assistive living environment for self-navigation, obstacle alert, and other driving assisting tasks.

Surface reconstruction by offset surface filtering

The problem of computing a piecewise linear approximation to a surface from its sample has been a focus of research in geometry modeling and graphics due to its widespread applications in computer aided design. In this paper, we give a new algorithm, to be called offset surface filtering (OSF) algorithm, which computes a piecewise-linear approximation of a smooth surface from a finite set of cloud points. The algorithm has two main stages. First, the surface normal on every point is estimated by the least squares best fitting plane method. Second, we construct a restricted Delaunay triangulation, which is a tubular neighborhood of the surface defined by two offset surfaces. The algorithm is simple and robust. We describe an implementation of it and show example outputs.

Automatic extraction and reconstruction of a 3D wireframe of an indoor scene from semantic point clouds

Accurate indoor 3D models are essential for building administration and applications in digital city construction and operation.Developing an automatic and accurate method to reconstruct an indoor model with semantics is a challenge in complex indoor environments.Our method focuses on the permanent structure based on a weak Manhattan world assumption,and we propose a pipeline to reconstruct indoor models.First,the proposed method extracts boundary primitives from semantic point clouds,such as floors,walls,ceilings,windows,and doors.The primitives of the building boundary,are aligned to generate the boundaries of the indoor scene,which contains the structure of the horizontal plane and height change in the vertical direction.Then,an optimization algorithm is applied to optimize the geometric relationships among all features based on their categories after the classification process.The heights of feature points are captured and optimized according to their neighborhoods.Finally,a 3D wireframe model of the indoor scene is reconstructed based on the 3D feature information.Experiments on three different datasets demonstrate that the proposed method can be used to effectively reconstruct 3D wireframe models of indoor scenes with high accuracy.

Visual perception driven 3D building structure representa tion from airborne laser scanning point cloud

Background Three-dimensional(3D)building models with unambiguous roof plane geometry parameters,roof structure units,and linked topology provide essential data for many applications related to human activities in urban environments.The task of 3D reconstruction from point clouds is still in the development phase,especially the recognition and interpretation of roof topological structures.Methods This study proposes a novel visual perception-based approach to automatically decompose and reconstruct building point clouds into meaningful and simple parametric structures,while the associated mutual relationships between the roof plane geometry and roof structure units are expressed by a hierarchical topology tree.First,a roof plane extraction is performed by a multi-label graph cut energy optimization framework and a roof structure graph(RSG)model is then constructed to describe the roof topological geometry with common adjacency,symmetry,and convexity rules.Moreover,a progressive roof decomposition and refinement are performed,generating a hierarchical representation of the 3D roof structure models.Finally,a visual plane fitted residual or area constraint process is adopted to generate the RSG model with different levels of details.Results Two airborne laser scanning datasets with different point densities and roof styles were tested,and the performance evaluation metrics were obtained by International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing,achieving a correctness and accuracy of 97.7%and 0.29m,respectively.Conclusions The standardized assessment results demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed approach,showing its ability to generate a variety of structural models,even with missing data.

基于无人机点云与BIM模型的桥梁施工进度识别方法

为准确实现桥梁施工进度监控自动化,提出一种基于无人机(unmanned aerial vehicle,UAV)点云和BIM模型的桥梁施工进度识别方法。该方法基于UAV路径规划及三维重建获取实际进度点云,通过BIM模型转点云的方式将BIM模型转化为计划进度点云,配准实际与计划进度点云,基于最近邻搜索及颜色区域生长分割桥梁构件,获得桥梁各构件的完成度。以山西临猗黄河大桥为研究对象,采集实际与计划点云数据,计算所得的各构件完成度准确度均在95%以上。该方法可快速采集进度数据并实现构件级别的桥梁施工进度识别,提高桥梁施工进度监控的自动化。

基于空间传播的多视图三维重建

针对多视图三维重建任务中点云完整性欠佳的问题,提出一种基于空间传播的多视图深度估计网络(SPMVSNet)。引入空间传播思想用于复杂条件下的稠密点云重建,并分别设计基于空间传播的混合深度假设策略和空间感知优化模块。混合深度假设策略采用由粗糙到精细的深度推理方式,将深度估计视为多标签分类任务,对正则化概率体执行交叉熵损失以约束代价体,从而避免回归方法过拟合和收敛速度过慢的问题。空间感知优化模块从包含高级语义特征表示的特征图中获得引导,在进行置信度检查后采用卷积空间传播网络,通过构建亲和矩阵来细化最终的深度图。同时,为解决大多数方法存在的对不满足多视图一致性的不可靠区域重建质量较低的问题,进一步结合注意力机制设计具有样本自适应能力的动态特征提取网络,用于增强模型的局部感知能力。实验结果表明,在DTU数据集上,SP-MVSNet的重建完整性相比于CVP-MVSNet提升32.8%,整体质量提升11.4%。在Tanks and Temples基准和Blended MVS数据集上,SP-MVSNet的表现也优于大多数已知方法,取得了良好的三维重建效果。

基于激光雷达扫描的料仓原料储料量测量方法

为提高仓内原料储料量测量自动化和智能化水平,设计了一种基于二维激光雷达扫描的储料量测量装置与系统。本系统采用RPLIDARS1型二维激光雷达扫描获取不同储料量物料的原始点云数据,通过坐标变换、重叠点提取、滤波、分割等方法对原始点云进行预处理,采用贪婪投影三角化算法将预处理后的点云进行三维重建,获得仓内原料的三维模型,结合物料三维模型和物料的容重获得仓内原料的储料量,从而实现储料量的自动测量。以玉米为试验对象,测量小型储料塔内玉米储料量并对玉米不同储料量进行扫描测量,验证模型的准确性,结果显示:测量结果的平均绝对误差为8.05kg,平均相对误差为1.52%。研究结果表明,基于二维激光雷达扫描的储料量测量方法是可行的,具有较好的稳定性和测量精度,能够满足实际生产需求。

改进的3D-BoNet算法应用于点云实例分割与三维重建

为了更好地利用点云数据重建室内三维模型,本文提出了一种基于3D-BoNet-IAM算法的室内场景三维重建方法。该方法通过改进3D-BoNet算法提高点云数据的实例分割精度。针对点云数据缺失问题,提出了基于平面基元合并优化的拟合平面方法,利用拟合得到的新平面重建建筑表面模型。在S3DIS和ScanNet V2数据集上验证3D-BoNet算法的改进效果。试验结果表明,本文提出的3D-BoNet-IAM算法比原始算法分割精度提高了3.3%;对比本文建模效果与其他建模效果发现,本文方法的建模效果更准确。本文方法能够提高室内点云数据的实例分割精度,同时得到高质量的室内三维模型。

基于残差优化的综采工作面煤壁点云补全方法

煤矿综采工作面巷道的数字化三维重建过程中需要完整且密集的煤壁点云数据。受遮挡、视角限制等因素影响,采集的综采工作面煤壁点云数据往往不完整且稀疏,影响下游任务,需进行煤壁点云修复和补全。目前缺少针对井下点云补全任务的数据集和网络模型,现有模型用于煤壁点云补全时存在点云密度分布不均匀、点云特征信息丢失等情况。针对上述问题,设计了一种基于残差优化的煤壁点云补全网络模型,采用监督学习方式学习点云特征信息,通过最小化密度采样和残差网络迭代优化输出完整点云。采集煤矿井下真实综采工作面煤壁点云数据,预处理后筛选可用数据,通过模拟随机空洞制作煤壁点云缺失数据集,并用缺失数据集训练基于残差优化的煤壁点云补全网络模型。实验结果表明:与经典的FoldingNet,TopNet,AtlasNet,PCN,3D-Capsule点云补全网络模型相比,基于残差优化的煤壁点云补全网络模型针对构造的缺失煤壁点云和稀疏煤壁点云补全的倒角距离、地移距离及F1分数均能达到最优水平,整体补全效果最佳;针对实际缺失的煤壁点云,该模型能够实现有效补全。

基于RGB-D双目视觉的苗期玉米三维模型重构方法研究

以玉米幼苗为对象,研究基于RGB-D双目视觉的苗期玉米三维模型重构方法,实现了部分重构参数的优化。首先,针对目标进行固定步距角环绕图像采集,依据RGB图像中目标区域分割结果,对深度图像进行目标区域深度数据分割,并采用改进后的均值滤波对苗期玉米区域内深度数据孔洞进行自适应填充;其次,针对苗期玉米各角度的深度点云数据,采用先粗后精完成多角度点云配准与融合;最后,对比两种体素精简方法对点云的精简平滑效果,实现苗期玉米三维模型的重构。通过试验对比步距角对苗期玉米模型的重构效率与精度,结果表明:采用八叉树滤波精简效果较好,60°步距角建模误差最小,重构的模型与苗期玉米株高精度误差为4.4 mm,茎粗平均精度误差为0.62 mm,能满足苗期玉米的三维重构形态测量需求。

基于多尺度时空特征和篡改概率改善换脸检测的跨库性能

目前大多DeepFake换脸检测算法过于依赖局部特征,尽管库内检测性能尚佳,但容易出现过拟合,导致跨库检测性能不理想,即泛化性能不够好。有鉴于此,文中提出一种基于多尺度时空特征和篡改概率的换脸视频检测算法,目的是利用假脸视频中广泛存在的帧间时域不连续性缺陷来解决现有检测算法在跨库、跨伪造方式和视频压缩时性能明显下降的问题,改善泛化检测能力。该算法包括3个模块:为检测假脸视频在时域上留下的不连续痕迹,设计了一个多尺度时空特征提取模块;为自适应计算多尺度时空特征之间的时空域关联性,设计了一个三维双注意力机制模块;为预测随机选取的像素点的篡改概率和构造监督掩膜,设计了一个辅助监督模块。将所提出的算法在FF++、DFD、DFDC、CDF等公开大型标准数据库中进行实验,并与基线算法和近期发布的同类算法进行对比。结果显示:文中算法在保持库内平均检测性能优良的同时,跨库检测和抗视频压缩时的综合性能最好,跨伪造方法检测时的综合性能中等偏上。实验结果验证了文中算法的有效性。

基于边缘强化神经拉动模型的三维表面重建

通过学习空间点云数据的符号距离函数(Signed Distance Functions, SDFs)进行三维表面重建是当前的研究热点。为重建出高精度的水密模型,神经拉动(Neural-pull, NP)采用点云拉动,以训练同步更新SDFs,但在实际重建过程中,重建模型会因为点云存在噪声和缺失而导致重建结果不够精细,带来错误的表面重建。针对以上问题,引入边缘提取强化输入点云的边缘信息,提出利用残差学习机制的边缘强化神经拉动模型(Neural Pull based on Edge Enhancement, NPEE)。为确保重建表面平滑的同时能够获取更多的表面细节,该方法在保留原本神经网络用于学习SDFs的基础上引入一个新的网络,利用残差学习机制学习点云的边缘SDFs。同时在原始点云的基础上,引入边缘因子σ,结合学习的边缘SDFs,通过点云边缘的鲁棒提取强化输入点云。为验证算法模型的优化效果,采用目前广泛使用的ABC数据集、斯坦福扫描模型和模拟扫描数据集设计对比实验,实验结果以及评估指标(CD)表明,NPEE可以有效改善神经拉动算法在边缘表面重建的缺陷,同时和其他重建方法相比,NPEE在面对稀疏点云和含噪点云时仍能保证重建的精确性和完整性。