Summary of Diffssc: Semantic Lidar Scan Completion Using Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models, by Helin Cao and Sven Behnke
DiffSSC: Semantic LiDAR Scan Completion using Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models
by Helin Cao, Sven Behnke
First submitted to arxiv on: 26 Sep 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Robotics (cs.RO)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed Semantic Scene Completion (SSC) model leverages diffusion models to jointly predict unobserved geometry and semantics in scenes, using raw LiDAR measurements as input. By extending the noising and denoising processes to point and semantic spaces individually, the approach aims to generate a more complete scene representation. Conditional inputs are used to control the generation process, with local and global regularization losses designed to stabilize the denoising process. Evaluation on autonomous driving datasets demonstrates state-of-the-art performance for SSC. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper is about using special computer algorithms to help self-driving cars see better. Right now, these cars rely on special sensors that send back a limited view of their surroundings. This makes it hard for them to see things that are hidden or not directly in front of them. To solve this problem, the researchers developed a new way to use machine learning to fill in the gaps and provide a more complete picture of what’s around the car. They tested their approach on real-world datasets and found that it outperformed current methods for this task. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Diffusion » Machine learning » Regularization » Semantics
