Moving event detection from LiDAR point streams

Huajie Wu, Yihang Li, Wei Xu, Fanze Kong and Fu Zhang ()
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Huajie Wu: The University of Hong Kong
Yihang Li: The University of Hong Kong
Wei Xu: The University of Hong Kong
Fanze Kong: The University of Hong Kong
Fu Zhang: The University of Hong Kong

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Abstract In dynamic environments, robots require instantaneous detection of moving events with microseconds of latency. This task, known as moving event detection, is typically achieved using event cameras. While light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors are essential for robots due to their dense and accurate depth measurements, their use in event detection has not been thoroughly explored. Current approaches involve accumulating LiDAR points into frames and detecting object-level motions, resulting in a latency of tens to hundreds of milliseconds. We present a different approach called M-detector, which determines if a point is moving immediately after its arrival, resulting in a point-by-point detection with a latency of just several microseconds. M-detector is designed based on occlusion principles and can be used in different environments with various types of LiDAR sensors. Our experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of M-detector on various datasets and applications, showcasing its superior accuracy, computational efficiency, detection latency, and generalization ability.

Date: 2024
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