A Comprehensive Survey and Taxonomy on Point Cloud Registration Based on Deep Learning

A Comprehensive Survey and Taxonomy on Point Cloud Registration Based on Deep Learning

Yu-Xin Zhang, Jie Gui, Xiaofeng Cong, Xin Gong, Wenbing Tao

Proceedings of the Thirty-Third International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Survey Track. Pages 8344-8353. https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2024/922

Point cloud registration (PCR) involves determining a rigid transformation that aligns one point cloud to another. Despite the plethora of outstanding deep learning (DL)-based registration methods proposed, comprehensive and systematic studies on DL-based PCR techniques are still lacking. In this paper, we present a comprehensive survey and taxonomy of recently proposed PCR methods. Firstly, we conduct a taxonomy of commonly utilized datasets and evaluation metrics. Secondly, we classify the existing research into two main categories: supervised and unsupervised registration, providing insights into the core concepts of various influential PCR models. Finally, we highlight open challenges and potential directions for future research. A curated collection of valuable resources is made available at https://github.com/yxzhang15/PCR.
Keywords:
Computer Vision: General
Computer Vision: CV: 3D computer vision