arXiv Machine Learning
2d ago

RaSFNet: Ray-aligned and Scan-aware Fusion Network for LiDAR Semantic Segmentation

RaSFNet introduces a Ray-aligned and Scan-aware Fusion Network for LiDAR semantic segmentation, addressing limitations of projection-based methods by preserving geometric differences within each frustum and modeling spatial relationships across scanning regions. It employs a Ray-Aligned Geometric Distribution Encoding (RAGDE) module, a Scan-Topology-Aware Mamba (STAM) block, and a Range-Constrained Point-Frustum Fusion (RCPFF) mechanism to integrate point cloud geometry, LiDAR scanning characteristics, and range information. The network achieves competitive mIoU scores of 70.2% on SemanticKITTI and 77.7% on nuScenes validation sets.

By Chuang Chen
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