Registration of laser scanning point clouds: A review

L Cheng, S Chen, X Liu, H Xu, Y Wu, M Li, Y Chen - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
The integration of multi-platform, multi-angle, and multi-temporal LiDAR data has become
important for geospatial data applications. This paper presents a comprehensive review of …

Efficient variants of the ICP algorithm

S Rusinkiewicz, M Levoy - … third international conference on 3-D …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ICP (Iterative Closest Point) algorithm is widely used for geometric alignment of three-
dimensional models when an initial estimate of the relative pose is known. Many variants of …

ICP registration using invariant features

GC Sharp, SW Lee, DK Wehe - IEEE Transactions on Pattern …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Investigates the use of Euclidean invariant features in a generalization of iterative closest
point (ICP) registration of range images. Pointwise correspondences are chosen as the …

Least squares 3D surface and curve matching

A Gruen, D Akca - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote …, 2005 - Elsevier
The automatic co-registration of point clouds, representing 3D surfaces, is a relevant
problem in 3D modeling. This multiple registration problem can be defined as a surface …

The 3D model acquisition pipeline

F Bernardini, H Rushmeier - Computer graphics forum, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Three‐dimensional (3D) image acquisition systems are rapidly becoming more affordable,
especially systems based on commodity electronic cameras. At the same time, personal …

A survey of free-form object representation and recognition techniques

RJ Campbell, PJ Flynn - Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 2001 - Elsevier
Advances in computer speed, memory capacity, and hardware graphics acceleration have
made the interactive manipulation and visualization of complex, detailed (and therefore …

[PDF][PDF] Mobile robot localisation and mapping in extensive outdoor environments

T Bailey - 2002 - Citeseer
This thesis addresses the issues of scale for practical implementations of simultaneous
localisation and mapping (SLAM) in extensive outdoor environments. Building an …

A method for automated registration of unorganised point clouds

KH Bae, DD Lichti - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote …, 2008 - Elsevier
A registration method for unorganised point cloud datasets, the Geometric Primitive ICP with
the RANSAC (GP-ICPR), which uses geometric primitives, neighbourhood search and the …

Method and apparatus for scanning three-dimensional objects

FF Mueller, JL Miramonti, J Shi - US Patent 6,858,826, 2005 - Google Patents
(65) Prior Publication Data US 2003/0071194A1 Apr. 17, 2003 Related US Application Data
(63) Continuation of application No. 10/216,088, filed on Aug. 9, 2002, and a continuation-in …

Conformal geometry and its applications on 3D shape matching, recognition, and stitching

S Wang, Y Wang, M Jin, XD Gu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Three-dimensional shape matching is a fundamental issue in computer vision with many
applications such as shape registration, 3D object recognition, and classification. However …