Parameter optimization criteria guided 3D point cloud classification

Abstract

3D point cloud classification is one of the basic topics in multimedia analysis and understanding. By the construction of the discriminant model and efficient parameter optimization, point cloud classification can be achieved after the training. However, most parameter optimization methods do not guarantee the highest global classification accuracy with a high classification accuracy on smaller classes. In addition, geometric features of the point cloud are not sufficiently utilized. In this paper, we use local geometric shape features including the nearest neighbor tetrahedral volume, Gaussian curvature, the neighbourhood normal vector consistency and the neighbourhood minimum principal curvature direction consistency. We propose three discrete criteria for parameter optimization to design explicit functions, and we present concrete algorithms, in which Monte Carlo method and Probabilistic Neural Network method are employed to estimate these parameters respectively. Experimental results show that our criteria can be applied to the classification of the 3D point cloud of the scene, and can be used to improve the classification accuracy of small-scale point sets when different classes have great disparities in the number.