potential of ilris3d intensity data for planar surfaces segmentation平面表面分割ilris3d强度数据的潜力.pdfVIP

Sensors 2009, 9, 5770-5782; doi:10.3390/ OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Potential of ILRIS3D Intensity Data for Planar Surfaces Segmentation Chi-Kuei Wang * and Yao-Yu Lu Department of Geomatics, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan; E-Mail: alcazer@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: chikuei@.tw; Tel.: +886-6-275-7575 ext. 63825; Fax: +886-6-237-5764 Received: 27 April 2009; in revised form: 5 June 2009 / Accepted: 15 July 2009 / Published: 20 July 2009 Abstract: Intensity value based point cloud segmentation has received less attention because the intensity value of the terrestrial laser scanner is usually altered by receiving optics/hardware or the internal propriety software, which is unavailable to the end user. We offer a solution by assuming the terrestrial laser scanners are stable and the behavior of the intensity value can be characterized. Then, it is possible to use the intensity value for segmentation by observing its behavior, i.e., intensity value variation, pattern and presence of location of intensity values, etc. In this study, experiment results for characterizing the intensity data of planar surfaces collected by ILRIS3D, a terrestrial laser scanner, are reported. Two intensity formats, grey and raw, are employed by ILRIS3D. It is found from the experiment results that the grey intensity has less variation; hence it