Harmonic Functions for Three-Dimensional Shape Estimation in Cylindrical Coordinates
- With the high resolution of modern sensors such as multilayer LiDARs, estimating the 3D shape in an extended object tracking procedure is possible. In recent years, 3D shapes have been estimated in spherical coordinates using Gaussian processes, spherical double Fourier series or spherical harmonics. However, observations have shown that in many scenarios only a few measurements are obtained from top or bottom surfaces, leading to error-prone estimates in spherical coordinates. Therefore, in this paper we propose to estimate the shape in cylindrical coordinates instead, applying harmonic functions. Specifically, we derive an expansion for 3D shapes in cylindrical coordinates by solving a boundary value problem for the Laplace equation. This shape representation is then integrated in a plain greedy association model and compared to shape estimation procedures in spherical coordinates. Since the shape representation is only integrated in a basic estimator, the results are preliminary and a detailed discussion for future work is presented at the end of the paper.
Author: | Tim BaurORCiD, Johannes ReuterORCiD, Antonio Zea, Uwe D. HanebeckORCiD |
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URL: | https://isas.iar.kit.edu/pdf/MFI22_Baur.pdf |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1109/MFI55806.2022.9913858 |
ISBN: | 978-1-6654-6026-2 |
ISBN: | 978-1-6654-6027-9 |
Parent Title (English): | 2022 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI), 20-22. September 2022, Bedford, United Kingdom |
Publisher: | IEEE |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | English |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Release Date: | 2022/11/14 |
Tag: | 3D Extended Object Tracking (EOT); Shape Estimation and Tracking; Harmonic Functions |
Page Number: | 6 |
Note: | Volltext im Campusnetz der Hochschule Konstanz via Datenbank IEEE Xplore abrufbar. |
Institutes: | Institut für Systemdynamik - ISD |
Open Access?: | Ja |
Relevance: | Keine peer reviewed Publikation (Wissenschaftlicher Artikel und Aufsatz, Proceeding, Artikel in Tagungsband) |
Licence (German): | Urheberrechtlich geschützt |