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Article

Distance–Intensity Image Strategy for Pulsed LiDAR Based on the Double-Scale Intensity-Weighted Centroid Algorithm

by
Shiyu Yan
1,2,
Guohui Yang
3,
Qingyan Li
1,
Bin Zhang
1,
Yu Wang
1,
Yu Zhang
1 and
Chunhui Wang
1,2,*
1
National Key Laboratory of Tunable Laser Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
2
Shenzhen Geling Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Shenzhen 518000, China
3
School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(3), 432; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13030432
Submission received: 13 December 2020 / Revised: 12 January 2021 / Accepted: 22 January 2021 / Published: 26 January 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
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Abstract

We report on a self-adaptive waveform centroid algorithm that combines the selection of double-scale data and the intensity-weighted (DSIW) method for accurate LiDAR distance–intensity imaging. A time window is set to adaptively select the effective data. At the same time, the intensity-weighted method can reduce the influence of sharp noise on the calculation. The horizontal and vertical coordinates of the centroid point obtained by the proposed algorithm are utilized to record the distance and echo intensity information, respectively. The proposed algorithm was experimentally tested, achieving an average ranging error of less than 0.3 ns under the various noise conditions in the listed tests, thus exerting better precision compared to the digital constant fraction discriminator (DCFD) algorithm, peak (PK) algorithm, Gauss fitting (GF) algorithm, and traditional waveform centroid (TC) algorithm. Furthermore, the proposed algorithm is fairly robust, with remarkably successful ranging rates of above 97% in all tests in this paper. Furthermore, the laser echo intensity measured by the proposed algorithm was proved to be robust to noise and to work in accordance with the transmission characteristics of LiDAR. Finally, we provide a distance–intensity point cloud image calibrated by our algorithm. The empirical findings in this study provide a new understanding of using LiDAR to draw multi-dimensional point cloud images.
Keywords: waveform centroid algorithm; double-scale; intensity-weighted; ranging; echo intensity; LiDAR waveform centroid algorithm; double-scale; intensity-weighted; ranging; echo intensity; LiDAR

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Yan, S.; Yang, G.; Li, Q.; Zhang, B.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, C. Distance–Intensity Image Strategy for Pulsed LiDAR Based on the Double-Scale Intensity-Weighted Centroid Algorithm. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 432. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13030432

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Yan S, Yang G, Li Q, Zhang B, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Wang C. Distance–Intensity Image Strategy for Pulsed LiDAR Based on the Double-Scale Intensity-Weighted Centroid Algorithm. Remote Sensing. 2021; 13(3):432. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13030432

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Yan, Shiyu, Guohui Yang, Qingyan Li, Bin Zhang, Yu Wang, Yu Zhang, and Chunhui Wang. 2021. "Distance–Intensity Image Strategy for Pulsed LiDAR Based on the Double-Scale Intensity-Weighted Centroid Algorithm" Remote Sensing 13, no. 3: 432. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13030432

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Yan, S., Yang, G., Li, Q., Zhang, B., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., & Wang, C. (2021). Distance–Intensity Image Strategy for Pulsed LiDAR Based on the Double-Scale Intensity-Weighted Centroid Algorithm. Remote Sensing, 13(3), 432. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13030432

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