Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 16, 1615005(2025)
Point Cloud Semantic Segmentation for Nursery Based on Multi-Scale Feature Fusion
To address semantic confusion in point cloud semantic segmentation algorithms when processing fine details of nursery plants, this paper introduces NurSegNet, a specialized point cloud semantic segmentation network designed for nursery environments. To overcome the challenges of low inter-class variability and high semantic category similarity, the model incorporates a multi-scale feature weighted fusion module that integrates characteristics at various scales to enhance detail recognition capabilities. For comprehensive neighborhood feature extraction, a multi-head self-attention local feature aggregation module implements multi-head self-attention in neighborhood spaces, enriching local feature semantic information. The model also incorporates horizontal distance encoding to expand local feature spatial information. Additionally, a maximum probability sampling method is implemented, which substantially improves sampling efficiency compared to farthest point sampling while maintaining downsampling coverage. Semantic segmentation experiments conducted on a custom nursery dataset demonstrate that NurSegNet achieves a mean intersection over union (mIoU) of 87.89%, an overall accuracy of 97.42%, and a mean accuracy of 94.27%, surpassing conventional point cloud segmentation networks such as PointNet++ and RandLA-Net. This approach effectively addresses semantic confusion and fulfills the requirements for high-precision nursery semantic map construction.
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Hui Liu, Siyuan Wang, Jie Xu, Yue Shen, Jinru Kai, Xinpeng Zheng. Point Cloud Semantic Segmentation for Nursery Based on Multi-Scale Feature Fusion[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(16): 1615005
Category: Machine Vision
Received: Jan. 15, 2025
Accepted: Mar. 11, 2025
Published Online: Aug. 11, 2025
The Author Email: Yue Shen (shen@ujs.edu.cn)
CSTR:32186.14.LOP250521