Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 56, Issue 6, 062801(2019)

Method for Filtering Dense Noise from Laser Scanning Data

Shichao Chen1, Huayang Dai1, Cheng Wang2, Xiaohuan Xi2、*, and Li Guan1
Author Affiliations
  • 1 College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China;
  • 2 Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
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    Figures & Tables(9)
    Spatial distribution of noise. (a) Point clouds data nearby TLS; (b) vertical profile along one direction
    Intensity map of point cloud. (a) All point clouds; (b) point clouds after points with intensity less than 2σ removed
    Flow chart of point cloud denoising algorithm
    Denoising results for all point clouds. (a) Data 1, original data; (b)data 1, Cloud compare; (c) data 1, statistical filter & radius filter; (d) data 1, proposed method; (e) data 2, original data; (f) data 2, Cloud compare; (g) data 2, statistical filter & radius filter; (f) data 2, proposed method
    Denoising results for edges of partial buildings and partial electric wires from data 1. (a) Original data; (b) Cloud compare; (c) statistical filter & radius filter; (d) proposed method
    Denoising results for edges of partial buildings and partial electric wires from data 2. (a) Original data; (b) Cloud compare; (c) statistical filter & radius filter; (d) proposed method
    • Table 1. Parameters for proposed method and Cloud compare software

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      Table 1. Parameters for proposed method and Cloud compare software

      TestdataProposed methodStatistical filter & radius filterCloudcompare
      Minimumsegmentation angleIntensitycriticalvalue /dBRangecriticalvalue /mT1T2Number ofneighboringpointsMultiple ofstandarddeviationsSearchradius /mR /m
      φ /(°)θ /(°)
      10.100.5118646010d0.14030.50.5
      20.080.4116253810d0.14030.50.5
    • Table 2. Denoising accuracy of proposed method, statistical filter & radius filter and Cloud compare

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      Table 2. Denoising accuracy of proposed method, statistical filter & radius filter and Cloud compare

      DataHorizontaldirection /(°)KN /%K /%RK /%
      ProposedmethodStatisticalfilter &radiusfilterCloudcompareProposedmethodStatisticalfilter &radiusfilterCloudcompareProposedmethodStatisticalfilter &radiusfilterCloudcompare
      172-7390.455.852.398.759.662.395.658.460.3
      146-14792.357.359.895.566.869.794.463.865.8
      271-27294.965.250.196.565.165.195.361.161.6
      332-33393.356.355.796.359.660.394.457.657.0
      Average92.758.754.596.862.7864.494.960.261.2
      240-4293.962.973.896.066.481.395.163.278.3
      159-16193.564.967.696.366.780.295.466.177.6
      215-21791.767.561.798.762.175.297.260.771.4
      323 - 32592.558.260.998.773.875.696.971.169.3
      Average92.961.166.097.467.278.196.265.374.2
    • Table 3. Operation efficiency and ratio of number of denoised points to original points of proposed method, statistical filter & radius filter and Cloud compare

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      Table 3. Operation efficiency and ratio of number of denoised points to original points of proposed method, statistical filter & radius filter and Cloud compare

      DataOperation efficiencyRatio of number of denoised points to original points /%
      Proposedmethod /minStatistical filter &radius filter /minCloudcompare /minProposedmethodStatistical filter &radius filterCloudcompare
      11.51.2>3097.461.372.2
      22.42.0>3097.562.770.6
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    Shichao Chen, Huayang Dai, Cheng Wang, Xiaohuan Xi, Li Guan. Method for Filtering Dense Noise from Laser Scanning Data[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(6): 062801

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    Paper Information

    Category: Remote Sensing and Sensors

    Received: Sep. 14, 2018

    Accepted: Sep. 29, 2018

    Published Online: Jul. 30, 2019

    The Author Email: Xi Xiaohuan (xixh@radi.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP56.062801

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