SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT DETECTION USING EDGE CHARACTERISTICS

摘要

System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving detection of objects in a surrounding environment. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to emitting a signal pulse, acquiring point cloud data about the surrounding environment as identified from the signal pulse reflecting from the surrounding environment. The method further includes determining which data points within the point cloud data are edge points by distinguishing the edge points from field points in the point cloud data according to edge characteristics. The method includes identifying an object in the surrounding environment according to a segment of the point cloud data that is bound by the edge points.