DenserRadar: A 4D millimeter-wave radar point cloud detector based on dense LiDAR point clouds

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Main Authors: Han, Zeyu, Jiang, Junkai, Ding, Xiaokang, Meng, Qingwen, Xu, Shaobing, He, Lei, Wang, Jianqiang
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Published: 2024
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author Han, Zeyu
Jiang, Junkai
Ding, Xiaokang
Meng, Qingwen
Xu, Shaobing
He, Lei
Wang, Jianqiang
author_facet Han, Zeyu
Jiang, Junkai
Ding, Xiaokang
Meng, Qingwen
Xu, Shaobing
He, Lei
Wang, Jianqiang
contents The 4D millimeter-wave (mmWave) radar, with its robustness in extreme environments, extensive detection range, and capabilities for measuring velocity and elevation, has demonstrated significant potential for enhancing the perception abilities of autonomous driving systems in corner-case scenarios. Nevertheless, the inherent sparsity and noise of 4D mmWave radar point clouds restrict its further development and practical application. In this paper, we introduce a novel 4D mmWave radar point cloud detector, which leverages high-resolution dense LiDAR point clouds. Our approach constructs dense 3D occupancy ground truth from stitched LiDAR point clouds, and employs a specially designed network named DenserRadar. The proposed method surpasses existing probability-based and learning-based radar point cloud detectors in terms of both point cloud density and accuracy on the K-Radar dataset.
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spellingShingle DenserRadar: A 4D millimeter-wave radar point cloud detector based on dense LiDAR point clouds
Han, Zeyu
Jiang, Junkai
Ding, Xiaokang
Meng, Qingwen
Xu, Shaobing
He, Lei
Wang, Jianqiang
Robotics
The 4D millimeter-wave (mmWave) radar, with its robustness in extreme environments, extensive detection range, and capabilities for measuring velocity and elevation, has demonstrated significant potential for enhancing the perception abilities of autonomous driving systems in corner-case scenarios. Nevertheless, the inherent sparsity and noise of 4D mmWave radar point clouds restrict its further development and practical application. In this paper, we introduce a novel 4D mmWave radar point cloud detector, which leverages high-resolution dense LiDAR point clouds. Our approach constructs dense 3D occupancy ground truth from stitched LiDAR point clouds, and employs a specially designed network named DenserRadar. The proposed method surpasses existing probability-based and learning-based radar point cloud detectors in terms of both point cloud density and accuracy on the K-Radar dataset.
title DenserRadar: A 4D millimeter-wave radar point cloud detector based on dense LiDAR point clouds
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.05131