Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 16, 1615008(2025)
Dynamic Crowd Occlusion Inference Algorithm Using Single-Wire LiDAR
Autonomous navigation faces significant challenges due to the limited field of view of sensors and occlusions caused by people, which can create obstructed regions. To address this, this paper proposes a dynamic crowd occlusion inference algorithm based on single-wire LiDAR, designed to integrate multimodal sensor data through occlusion inference in order to improve detection and navigation capabilities. The algorithm employs a pedestrian angle grid for interactive insights, a two-stage batch-normalized variational self-encoder to compress visible pedestrian dynamics and obstacle information into a one-dimensional representation, and a LiDAR point cloud map along with environmental background data to efficiently predict occlusion regions. Experimental results show that the algorithm achieves comparable navigation performance to that of a fully observable environment by estimating pedestrians in occluded areas. The success rate remains above 91% without the need to retrain the network for varying participant numbers. Additionally, this algorithm has been successfully applied to a wheeled mobile platform in real-world scenarios.
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Chengfeng Bao, Zhuoheng Xiang, Suilian You, Bo Zhang, Bo Lu, Cui Wang, Yan Li, Shifeng Wang. Dynamic Crowd Occlusion Inference Algorithm Using Single-Wire LiDAR[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(16): 1615008
Category: Machine Vision
Received: Dec. 3, 2024
Accepted: Mar. 18, 2025
Published Online: Aug. 11, 2025
The Author Email: Shifeng Wang (sf.wang@cust.edu.cn)
CSTR:32186.14.LOP242368