Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 16, 1615008(2025)

Dynamic Crowd Occlusion Inference Algorithm Using Single-Wire LiDAR

Chengfeng Bao1, Zhuoheng Xiang1, Suilian You1, Bo Zhang1, Bo Lu2, Cui Wang2, Yan Li3, and Shifeng Wang1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, Jilin , China
  • 2Zhongshan Institute of Changchun University of Science and Technology, Zhongshan 528400, Guangdong , China
  • 3School of Computing, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, Australia
  • show less

    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.

    Keywords
    Tools

    Get Citation

    Copy Citation Text

    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

    Download Citation

    EndNote(RIS)BibTexPlain Text
    Save article for my favorites
    Paper Information

    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)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP242368

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP242368

    Topics