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ArticleScientific reports2025

Fine-grained vehicle recognition under low light conditions using EfficientNet and image enhancement on LiDAR point cloud data.

Guanqiang Ruan, Tao Hu, Chenglin Ding, Kuo Yang, Fanhao Kong, Jinrun Cheng, Rong Yan

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Guanqiang Ruan1Automotive Structure and Energy Storage Engineering Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, 201306, China.
Tao Hu1Automotive Structure and Energy Storage Engineering Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, 201306, China.
Chenglin DingNormal University Tianhua College, Shanghai, 201815, China.
Kuo Yang1Automotive Structure and Energy Storage Engineering Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, 201306, China.
Fanhao Kong1Automotive Structure and Energy Storage Engineering Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, 201306, China.
Jinrun Cheng1Automotive Structure and Energy Storage Engineering Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, 201306, China. chengjr@sdju.edu.cn.
Rong YanAowei Technology Development Co Ltd, Shanghai, 201203, China.

Funding

Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Development Fund (Industry-Academia-Research Collaboration Program for Future Vehicles) - "Development Research on Low-Voltage Supercapacitor Assisted Power System for Functional Safety of New Energy Vehicles" No. PKX2022-W03
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Abstract

The detection and recognition of vehicles are crucial components of environmental perception in autonomous driving. Commonly used sensors include cameras and LiDAR. The performance of camera-based data collection is susceptible to environmental interference, whereas LiDAR, while unaffected by lighting conditions, can only achieve coarse-grained vehicle classification. This study introduces a novel method for fine-grained vehicle model recognition using LiDAR in low-light conditions. The approach involves collecting vehicle model data with LiDAR, performing projection transformation, enhancing the data using contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization combined with Gamma correction, and implementing vehicle model recognition based on EfficientNet. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method achieves an accuracy of 98.88% in fine-grained vehicle model recognition and an F1-score of 98.86%, showcasing excellent performance.

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EfficientNetImage enhanceLiDARPoint cloudVehicle recognition

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PMID39920206
PMCPMC11806093

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