IDENTIFICATION OF OBJECT IN 3D FLASH LIDAR IMAGES

Abstract

In this we propose an algorithm to automatically find objects in 3D Flash Lidar images. Three-dimensional Flash Lidar camera is a new technology which allows a single camera to take multiple images in a fast succession. It produces a series of range delimited imagery using a single laser flash. The imagery can distinguish between objects at different distances, such as the sea-surface and underwater objects. We apply a transformation to reduce the computational complexity and apply stable unsupervised multiphase segmentation for object identification. Numerical results are presented to validate the approach both using scalar and Victor models.