Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 56, Issue 14, 142801(2019)

Curvature-Grading-Based Compression for Point Cloud Data

Jintao Li1, Xiaojun Cheng1,2、*, Zexin Yang1, and Rongqi Yang3
Author Affiliations
  • 1 College of Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
  • 2 Key Laboratory of Advanced Engineering Surveying of NASMG (National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation), Shanghai 200092, China
  • 3 Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute, Shanghai 201203, China
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    The large number of raw point cloud data collected with three-dimensional laser scanners presents a challenge during the subsequent data processing. Unfortunately, the existing curvature-based point cloud compression methods can lead to loss of details in the sub-feature regions. Therefore, we propose a curvature-grading-based compression method for point cloud data in this study. First, the feature distribution is obtained by estimating the curvature of every point. Then, the curvature level of each point is acquired based on the logarithmic function and its normalized curvature. Finally, voxelized grids are created over the input point cloud and are used to perform grading compression according to the levels. The experimental results denote that the proposed method can preserve the details of raw data while reducing the amount of data, resulting in an efficient pathway to compress the point cloud data.

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    Paper Information

    Category: Remote Sensing and Sensors

    Received: Dec. 19, 2018

    Accepted: Feb. 20, 2019

    Published Online: Jul. 12, 2019

    The Author Email: Cheng Xiaojun (cxj@tongji.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP56.142801

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