arXiv Computer Vision
Aug 31

iOSPointMapper: RealTime Pedestrian and Accessibility Mapping with Mobile AI

iOSPointMapper is a mobile app that performs real‑time, privacy‑conscious sidewalk mapping using on‑device semantic segmentation, LiDAR depth estimation, and fused GPS/IMU data on recent iPhones and iPads. It detects and localizes sidewalk‑relevant features such as traffic signs, traffic lights, and poles, and includes a user‑guided annotation interface for validating outputs before submission. The anonymized data is transmitted to the Transportation Data Exchange Initiative (TDEI), where it integrates with broader multimodal transportation datasets, and evaluations show the app’s potential for enhanced pedestrian mapping.

By Himanshu Naidu, Yuxiang Zhang, Sachin Mehta, Anat Caspi
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 30

RadarTwin: Scene-Specific mmWave Radar Simulation and Learning for Mobile Indoor Perception

arXiv:2606. 28396v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Millimeter-wave (mmWave) radar perception is limited by data scarcity: models trained on existing radar datasets fail to generalize to new objects, environments, and sensing trajectories.

By Emily Bejerano, Federico Tondolo, Devang Gupta, Aaron Mano Cherian, Taeyoo Kim, Ayaan Qayyum, Xiaofan Yu, Xiaofan Jiang
arXiv AI
Aug 13

LiDAR-based 3D Change Detection at City Scale

arXiv:2510. 21112v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: High-definition 3D city maps enable city planning and change detection, which is essential for municipal compliance, map maintenance, and asset monitoring, including both built structures and urban greenery.

By Hezam Albaqami, Haitian Wang, Xinyu Wang, Muhammad Ibrahim, Zainy M. Malakan, Abdullah M. Algamdi, Mohammed H. Alghamdi, Ajmal Mian