Multi-Modal Depth Estimation Using Convolutional Neural Networks

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2012.09667v1
• Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2020 15:31:49 GMT
• Title: Multi-Modal Depth Estimation Using Convolutional Neural Networks
• Authors: Sadique Adnan Siddiqui, Axel Vierling and Karsten Berns
• Abstract summary: This paper addresses the problem of dense depth predictions from sparse distance sensor data and a single camera image on challenging weather conditions. It explores the significance of different sensor modalities such as camera, Radar, and Lidar for estimating depth by applying Deep Learning approaches.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of dense depth predictions from sparse distance sensor data and a single camera image on challenging weather conditions. This work explores the significance of different sensor modalities such as camera, Radar, and Lidar for estimating depth by applying Deep Learning approaches. Although Lidar has higher depth-sensing abilities than Radar and has been integrated with camera images in lots of previous works, depth estimation using CNN's on the fusion of robust Radar distance data and camera images has not been explored much. In this work, a deep regression network is proposed utilizing a transfer learning approach consisting of an encoder where a high performing pre-trained model has been used to initialize it for extracting dense features and a decoder for upsampling and predicting desired depth. The results are demonstrated on Nuscenes, KITTI, and a Synthetic dataset which was created using the CARLA simulator. Also, top-view zoom-camera images captured from the crane on a construction site are evaluated to estimate the distance of the crane boom carrying heavy loads from the ground to show the usability in safety-critical applications.

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