Research on Digital Terrain Construction Based on IMU and LiDAR Fusion Perception

To address the shortcomings of light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors in extracting road surface elevation information in front of a vehicle, a scheme for digital terrain construction based on the fusion of an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and LiDAR perception is proposed. First, two sets of...

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Main Authors: Chen Huang, Yiqi Wang, Xiaoqiang Sun, Shiyue Yang
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
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description To address the shortcomings of light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors in extracting road surface elevation information in front of a vehicle, a scheme for digital terrain construction based on the fusion of an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and LiDAR perception is proposed. First, two sets of sensor coordinate systems were configured, and the parameters of LiDAR and IMU were calibrated. Then, a terrain construction system based on the fusion perception of IMU and LiDAR was established, and improvements were made to the state estimation and mapping architecture. Terrain construction experiments were conducted in an academic setting. Finally, based on the output information from the terrain construction system, a moving average-like algorithm was designed to process point cloud data and extract the road surface elevation information at the vehicle’s trajectory position. By comparing the extraction effects of four different sliding window widths, the 4 cm width sliding window, which yielded the best results, was ultimately selected, making the extracted road surface elevation information more accurate and effective.
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spelling doaj-art-d94067f99ced4ef1950156451a8c42352025-01-10T13:20:32ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202024-12-012511510.3390/s25010015Research on Digital Terrain Construction Based on IMU and LiDAR Fusion PerceptionChen Huang0Yiqi Wang1Xiaoqiang Sun2Shiyue Yang3Institute of Automotive Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, ChinaInstitute of Automotive Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, ChinaInstitute of Automotive Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, ChinaInstitute of Automotive Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, ChinaTo address the shortcomings of light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors in extracting road surface elevation information in front of a vehicle, a scheme for digital terrain construction based on the fusion of an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and LiDAR perception is proposed. First, two sets of sensor coordinate systems were configured, and the parameters of LiDAR and IMU were calibrated. Then, a terrain construction system based on the fusion perception of IMU and LiDAR was established, and improvements were made to the state estimation and mapping architecture. Terrain construction experiments were conducted in an academic setting. Finally, based on the output information from the terrain construction system, a moving average-like algorithm was designed to process point cloud data and extract the road surface elevation information at the vehicle’s trajectory position. By comparing the extraction effects of four different sliding window widths, the 4 cm width sliding window, which yielded the best results, was ultimately selected, making the extracted road surface elevation information more accurate and effective.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/1/15terrain previewroad surface elevation informationfront tire trajectorymoving average-like algorithm
spellingShingle Chen Huang
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Research on Digital Terrain Construction Based on IMU and LiDAR Fusion Perception
Sensors
terrain preview
road surface elevation information
front tire trajectory
moving average-like algorithm
title Research on Digital Terrain Construction Based on IMU and LiDAR Fusion Perception
title_full Research on Digital Terrain Construction Based on IMU and LiDAR Fusion Perception
title_fullStr Research on Digital Terrain Construction Based on IMU and LiDAR Fusion Perception
title_full_unstemmed Research on Digital Terrain Construction Based on IMU and LiDAR Fusion Perception
title_short Research on Digital Terrain Construction Based on IMU and LiDAR Fusion Perception
title_sort research on digital terrain construction based on imu and lidar fusion perception
topic terrain preview
road surface elevation information
front tire trajectory
moving average-like algorithm
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/1/15
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