Journal of System Simulation ›› 2023, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (5): 979-986.doi: 10.16182/j.issn1004731x.joss.22-0010

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Point Cloud Registration Method Based on Improved Covariance Matrix Descriptor

Yuan Zhang1,2,3(), Haoyu Han1,2,3(), Xie Han1,2,3, Jiaxu Fu1,2,3   

  1. 1.Computer Science and Technology Department, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
    2.Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Machine Vision and Virtual Reality, Taiyuan 030051, China
    3.Shanxi Province Visual Information Processing and Intelligent Robot Engineering Research Center, Taiyuan 030051, China
  • Received:2022-01-06 Revised:2022-02-28 Online:2023-05-30 Published:2023-05-22
  • Contact: Haoyu Han E-mail:zhangyuan@nuc.edu.cn;985811696@qq.com

Abstract:

Point cloud registration is a key part of the digital protection of cultural relics. Improving registration accuracy and noise resistance is the main goal of point cloud registration for cultural relics. In order to solve this problem, a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud registration method based on a covariance matrix descriptor is proposed. The tensor voting method is used to eliminate the noise points, and the internal shape signature method is used to extract the key points from the point cloud after removing the noise. Then, the neighborhood information is constructed for the extracted key points, and the covariance matrix descriptor is established by using the information. In addition, the matching point pair is found by calculating the nearest distance, and the angle constraint of the normal vector is used to eliminate the wrong matching point pair. The matching point pair is selected, and the transformation matrix is calculated to complete the rough registration. Then the iterative nearest point method is used for the fine registration. Experimental results show that compared with common registration algorithms, the algorithm proposed in this paper has higher registration accuracy and is suitable for models with low overlap rates and noisy models.

Key words: point cloud registration, covariance matrix descriptor, key points, tensor voting, intrinsic shape signature

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