4DRC-OCC: Robust Semantic Occupancy Prediction Through Fusion of 4D Radar and Camera

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Autores principales: Ninfa, David, Palffy, Andras, Caesar, Holger
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author Ninfa, David
Palffy, Andras
Caesar, Holger
author_facet Ninfa, David
Palffy, Andras
Caesar, Holger
contents Autonomous driving requires robust perception across diverse environmental conditions, yet 3D semantic occupancy prediction remains challenging under adverse weather and lighting. In this work, we present the first study combining 4D radar and camera data for 3D semantic occupancy prediction. Our fusion leverages the complementary strengths of both modalities: 4D radar provides reliable range, velocity, and angle measurements in challenging conditions, while cameras contribute rich semantic and texture information. We further show that integrating depth cues from camera pixels enables lifting 2D images to 3D, improving scene reconstruction accuracy. Additionally, we introduce a fully automatically labeled dataset for training semantic occupancy models, substantially reducing reliance on costly manual annotation. Experiments demonstrate the robustness of 4D radar across diverse scenarios, highlighting its potential to advance autonomous vehicle perception.
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spellingShingle 4DRC-OCC: Robust Semantic Occupancy Prediction Through Fusion of 4D Radar and Camera
Ninfa, David
Palffy, Andras
Caesar, Holger
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Autonomous driving requires robust perception across diverse environmental conditions, yet 3D semantic occupancy prediction remains challenging under adverse weather and lighting. In this work, we present the first study combining 4D radar and camera data for 3D semantic occupancy prediction. Our fusion leverages the complementary strengths of both modalities: 4D radar provides reliable range, velocity, and angle measurements in challenging conditions, while cameras contribute rich semantic and texture information. We further show that integrating depth cues from camera pixels enables lifting 2D images to 3D, improving scene reconstruction accuracy. Additionally, we introduce a fully automatically labeled dataset for training semantic occupancy models, substantially reducing reliance on costly manual annotation. Experiments demonstrate the robustness of 4D radar across diverse scenarios, highlighting its potential to advance autonomous vehicle perception.
title 4DRC-OCC: Robust Semantic Occupancy Prediction Through Fusion of 4D Radar and Camera
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.07794