Auto-Grounding for Cuboids and Polylines

Autogrounding is a feature that automatically aligns cuboids and polylines to the ground in a point cloud environment. This ensures that annotations are accurately positioned on the surface without requiring manual adjustments. By leveraging the sensor data, the tool detects the ground level and adjusts the objects accordingly, improving efficiency and consistency.


Benefits

  • Saves Time: Reduces the need for manual positioning, allowing experts to focus on other critical tasks.

  • Increases Accuracy: Ensures annotations are correctly aligned with the ground, minimizing errors in labeling.

  • Enhances Consistency: Standardizes the annotation process across different frames and datasets.

  • Reduces Effort: Automates a repetitive task, improving the overall workflow for annotation experts.


Steps to use Autogrounding

  1. Select either the Cuboid or 3D Polyline tool.

  2. Enable autogrounding — a “+” icon will appear beside the 'Autoground' icon

  3. Choose your preferred grounding source.

    1. Classified Ground Points:

      • Tool’s internal algorithm (which is implemented as default)

      • ML Ground Segmentation

      • Customer provides Ground vs Non Ground segregation with the dataset

    2. Lowest height value

  4. Your annotations will now auto-align to the selected ground reference for better accuracy and speed.

  5. Verify the positioning of the annotation and make manual adjustments to refine the alignment.

  6. Save the Changes

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