Title
Range image smoothing and completion utilizing laser intensity.
Abstract
In this paper, we propose new denoising techniques for a deteriorated range image taken by a laser scanner. Laser scanner acquires a range value from the scanner to the target by measuring the round-trip time of the emitted laser pulse. At the same time, they can obtain the strength of the reflected light as a side product of the range value. Focusing on the laser intensity, we propose two denoising techniques for a deteriorated range image utilizing the intensity image: smoothing by extended bilateral filter, and completion by belief propagation. The extended bilateral filter makes use of laser intensity in addition to the spatial and range information in order that we can smooth a range image corrupted by noises while the geometric features such as jump and roof edges are preserved. The range image completion technique with belief propagation restores a deteriorated range image using the adjacent range values and the corresponding intensity values simultaneously. We conduct simulations and experiments using synthesized images and actual range images taken by a laser scanner and verify that the proposed techniques suppress noise while preserving jump and roof edges and repair deteriorated range images.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1080/01691864.2013.797141
ADVANCED ROBOTICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
laser scanner,range image,intensity image,extended bilateral filter,belief propagation
Noise reduction,Control theory,Artificial intelligence,Bilateral filter,Belief propagation,Computer vision,Laser scanning,Optics,Laser,Smoothing,Scanner,Reflection (physics),Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
27
12
0169-1864
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
17
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Shuji Oishi153.79
Ryo Kurazume262274.18
Yumi Iwashita321223.59
Tsutomu Hasegawa448571.41