DB-TSDF: Directional Bitmask-based Truncated Signed Distance Fields for Efficient Volumetric Mapping

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Main Authors: Maese, Jose E., Merino, Luis, Caballero, Fernando
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Published: 2025
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author Maese, Jose E.
Merino, Luis
Caballero, Fernando
author_facet Maese, Jose E.
Merino, Luis
Caballero, Fernando
contents This paper presents a high-efficiency, CPU-only volumetric mapping framework based on a Truncated Signed Distance Field (TSDF). The system incrementally fuses raw LiDAR point-cloud data into a voxel grid using a directional bitmask-based integration scheme, producing dense and consistent TSDF representations suitable for real-time 3D reconstruction. A key feature of the approach is that the processing time per point-cloud remains constant, regardless of the voxel grid resolution, enabling high resolution mapping without sacrificing runtime performance. In contrast to most recent TSDF/ESDF methods that rely on GPU acceleration, our method operates entirely on CPU, achieving competitive results in speed. Experiments on real-world open datasets demonstrate that the generated maps attain accuracy on par with contemporary mapping techniques.
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spellingShingle DB-TSDF: Directional Bitmask-based Truncated Signed Distance Fields for Efficient Volumetric Mapping
Maese, Jose E.
Merino, Luis
Caballero, Fernando
Robotics
This paper presents a high-efficiency, CPU-only volumetric mapping framework based on a Truncated Signed Distance Field (TSDF). The system incrementally fuses raw LiDAR point-cloud data into a voxel grid using a directional bitmask-based integration scheme, producing dense and consistent TSDF representations suitable for real-time 3D reconstruction. A key feature of the approach is that the processing time per point-cloud remains constant, regardless of the voxel grid resolution, enabling high resolution mapping without sacrificing runtime performance. In contrast to most recent TSDF/ESDF methods that rely on GPU acceleration, our method operates entirely on CPU, achieving competitive results in speed. Experiments on real-world open datasets demonstrate that the generated maps attain accuracy on par with contemporary mapping techniques.
title DB-TSDF: Directional Bitmask-based Truncated Signed Distance Fields for Efficient Volumetric Mapping
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20081