基于散射角的雷达虚警点云滑窗消除方法研究
Sliding-Window Approach for Radar False-Alarm Point-Cloud Suppression Based on Scattering Angle
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摘要: 随着自动驾驶技术的快速发展,4D毫米波雷达因其全天候适应性和抗干扰能力,成为同步定位与地图构建(Simultaneous Localization and Mapping,SLAM)的关键传感器。然而在隧道等封闭环境中,多径效应引发的虚警点云严重影响了雷达SLAM系统的定位精度与建图效果。针对这一问题,本文基于对隧道中的毫米波雷达点云数据特性和散射角特征的规律分析提出了一种全新的滑窗动态滤波算法。该方法结合了点云的空间统计特性与邻域密度检测方法剔除离群噪声点云,利用雷达点云粗配准获得先验估计位姿,结合雷达点云俯仰向和方位向的三维散射角特征,实现对真实目标点云数据的区分和聚类。随后使用随机采样一致性算法(Random Sample Consensus,RANSAC)拟合隧道墙壁平面并构建隧道墙面模型。通过引入动态滑窗更新策略,利用拟合的隧道墙面模型与先验估计位姿实时更新当前姿态节点到墙面边界距离阈值,使用距离阈值进一步消除隧道空间以外的虚警点云和噪声点云,并在因子图优化框架下完成全局位姿修正与局部地图更新。本研究在真实的隧道环境中采集多个不同场景的数据进行实验验证,实验结果证明本研究提出的方法在有效降低虚警点云干扰的同时,显著提高了定位精度和建图质量,且能在复杂环境中保持较高的稳定性。本研究为提高4D毫米波雷达SLAM在封闭环境中的鲁棒性提供了新的技术思路和实现路径。Abstract: Owing to the rapid development of autonomous driving technology, 4D millimeter-wave radar has become a key sensor for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) owing to its all-weather adaptability and anti-interference capabilities. However, in confined environments such as tunnels, multipath effects result in false-positive point clouds that severely affect the positioning accuracy and mapping quality of radar SLAM systems. To address this issue, this paper proposes a novel sliding-window dynamic filtering algorithm based on the analysis of the characteristics of millimeter-wave radar point-cloud data and scattering-angle features in tunnels. The method combines the spatial statistical characteristics of point clouds with neighborhood-density detection techniques to remove outlier-noise point clouds. It utilizes coarse radar point-cloud registration to obtain a prior estimated pose and incorporates three-dimensional pitch and azimuth scattering-angle features to distinguish and cluster the actual target point-cloud data. Subsequently, the random sample consensus algorithm is applied to fit the tunnel-wall plane and construct the tunnel-wall model. By introducing a dynamic sliding-window update strategy, the fitted tunnel-wall model and prior estimated pose are used to update the current pose node’s distance to the wall boundary in real time. Additionally, a distance threshold is used to further eliminate false-positive point clouds and noise point clouds outside the tunnel space. Global pose correction and local map updates are completed within a factor-graph-optimization framework. This study conducts experimental verification using multiple datasets obtained in actual tunnel environments under different scenarios. The experimental results show that the proposed method effectively reduces false-positive point-cloud interference, significantly improves positioning accuracy and mapping quality, and maintains high stability in complex environments. This study provides new technical insights and implementation pathways for improving the robustness of 4D millimeter-wave radar SLAM in confined environments.