A Unique Method for Detecting Grounds in the Indoor Environment

Xiaoxiao Chen, Ping Song*, Yayu Zhai

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Abstract

In this paper, a unique method for detecting and distinguishing the grounds, walls, and ceilings in the indoor environment using single depth image is presented. Our method combines clustering and recognition to estimate the planes show in the depth image. A depth image correction method is proposed. Clustering process using k-means algorithm. The number of clusters is determined by elbow method. Recognition process using HOD (histogram of distance)to classify the planes. The classification of grounds walls and ceilings is very useful in mobile robot navigation, people detection and many other situations. Different from other existing methods, our method is fully automated, and only need one single depth image, no need to know the position and posture of the camera. On the basis of a certain number of experiments, we demonstrate the usefulness and robustness of our method. Our method is ready to be used in many other situations like path planning, target following, map reconstructing, etc.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICSESS 2018 - Proceedings of 2018 IEEE 9th International Conference on Software Engineering and Service Science
EditorsLi Wenzheng, M. Surendra Prasad Babu
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages540-544
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538665640
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2018
Event9th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering and Service Science, ICSESS 2018 - Beijing, China
Duration: 23 Nov 201825 Nov 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering and Service Sciences, ICSESS
Volume2018-November
ISSN (Print)2327-0586
ISSN (Electronic)2327-0594

Conference

Conference9th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering and Service Science, ICSESS 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period23/11/1825/11/18

Keywords

  • Ground plane estimation
  • Machine learning
  • Three-dimensional radar

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'A Unique Method for Detecting Grounds in the Indoor Environment'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this