LIDAR-Camera System

Abstract

A method of spatially calibrating a LIDAR device with respect to at least one camera device based on one or more simulated LIDAR point clouds. The method comprises the steps of capturing by the at least one camera device at least one image of an environment of the at least one camera device and obtaining a point cloud for the environment by the LIDAR device. The method, furthermore, comprises inputting data based on the at least one captured image into a neural network, outputting by the neural network a neural network representation of the environment of the at least one camera based on the input data, obtaining a first simulated LIDAR point cloud based on the neural network representation and calibrating the LIDAR device by matching of the point cloud obtained by the LIDAR device and the first simulated LIDAR point cloud.

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