Research on Ship Feature Recognition and Tracking Method Based on Long-line Array Single-photon LiDAR
In recent years, surface ship target tracking has been an important issue that needs to be solved in autonomous ship navigation. For three-dimensional environmental perception, LiDAR has the characteristics of high resolution and high precision, for three-dimensional environmental perception. By add...
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| author | Ziqiang PENG Han WANG Ruikai XUE Xiaokai SHE Genghua HUANG |
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| description | In recent years, surface ship target tracking has been an important issue that needs to be solved in autonomous ship navigation. For three-dimensional environmental perception, LiDAR has the characteristics of high resolution and high precision, for three-dimensional environmental perception. By adding one-dimensional scanning, long-line array LiDAR has a larger field of view compared with single point and area array LiDAR, offering unique advantages in environmental perception. Owing to the inconsistency between the characteristics of surface ships and ground target, and the lack of relevant data sets, the current commonly used fitting methods cannot effectively perceive surface target characteristics. In this paper, an efficient target tracking method for ships is proposed based on the characteristics of single-photon point clouds and long-distance target detection. This method is based on the synchronous clustering and denoising of neighboring points; it uses the prior knowledge of the geometric features of ships to fit through the extraction of ship feature points and surfaces, further reducing the influence of noise. Combined with the extended Kalman filter and velocity estimation method, the real-time and stable trajectory tracking of a 600 m target is realized. The root mean square error of tracking is 0.5 m, with a single-frame processing time of 1.02 s, which meets real-time engineering requirements. The proposed method has also been tested in a complex environment and has a good tracking effect for large ships, which is better than the common fitting tracking method. This provides better information for the subsequent autonomous navigation of intelligent ships, and realizes better obstacle avoidance and path planning for ships. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1af3beefd36d4dc4939a10479821eef52025-08-20T02:09:56ZengChina Science Publishing & Media Ltd. (CSPM)Leida xuebao2095-283X2025-06-0114358960110.12000/JR25003R25003Research on Ship Feature Recognition and Tracking Method Based on Long-line Array Single-photon LiDARZiqiang PENG0Han WANG1Ruikai XUE2Xiaokai SHE3Genghua HUANG4Key Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, ChinaKey Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, ChinaKey Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, ChinaKey Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, ChinaKey Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, ChinaIn recent years, surface ship target tracking has been an important issue that needs to be solved in autonomous ship navigation. For three-dimensional environmental perception, LiDAR has the characteristics of high resolution and high precision, for three-dimensional environmental perception. By adding one-dimensional scanning, long-line array LiDAR has a larger field of view compared with single point and area array LiDAR, offering unique advantages in environmental perception. Owing to the inconsistency between the characteristics of surface ships and ground target, and the lack of relevant data sets, the current commonly used fitting methods cannot effectively perceive surface target characteristics. In this paper, an efficient target tracking method for ships is proposed based on the characteristics of single-photon point clouds and long-distance target detection. This method is based on the synchronous clustering and denoising of neighboring points; it uses the prior knowledge of the geometric features of ships to fit through the extraction of ship feature points and surfaces, further reducing the influence of noise. Combined with the extended Kalman filter and velocity estimation method, the real-time and stable trajectory tracking of a 600 m target is realized. The root mean square error of tracking is 0.5 m, with a single-frame processing time of 1.02 s, which meets real-time engineering requirements. The proposed method has also been tested in a complex environment and has a good tracking effect for large ships, which is better than the common fitting tracking method. This provides better information for the subsequent autonomous navigation of intelligent ships, and realizes better obstacle avoidance and path planning for ships.https://radars.ac.cn/cn/article/doi/10.12000/JR25003line arraysingle-photonlight detection and ranging (lidar)object trackingvessel detectiondata association |
| spellingShingle | Ziqiang PENG Han WANG Ruikai XUE Xiaokai SHE Genghua HUANG Research on Ship Feature Recognition and Tracking Method Based on Long-line Array Single-photon LiDAR Leida xuebao line array single-photon light detection and ranging (lidar) object tracking vessel detection data association |
| title | Research on Ship Feature Recognition and Tracking Method Based on Long-line Array Single-photon LiDAR |
| title_full | Research on Ship Feature Recognition and Tracking Method Based on Long-line Array Single-photon LiDAR |
| title_fullStr | Research on Ship Feature Recognition and Tracking Method Based on Long-line Array Single-photon LiDAR |
| title_full_unstemmed | Research on Ship Feature Recognition and Tracking Method Based on Long-line Array Single-photon LiDAR |
| title_short | Research on Ship Feature Recognition and Tracking Method Based on Long-line Array Single-photon LiDAR |
| title_sort | research on ship feature recognition and tracking method based on long line array single photon lidar |
| topic | line array single-photon light detection and ranging (lidar) object tracking vessel detection data association |
| url | https://radars.ac.cn/cn/article/doi/10.12000/JR25003 |
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