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MVCTrack: Boosting 3D Point Cloud Tracking via Multimodal-Guided Virtual Cues

  • Zhaofeng Hu
  • , Sifan Zhou
  • , Zhihang Yuan
  • , Dawei Yang
  • , Shibo Zhao
  • , Ci Jyun Liang
  • Stony Brook University
  • Southeast University, Nanjing
  • Houmo AI
  • Carnegie Mellon University

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3 Scopus citations

Abstract

3D single object tracking is essential in autonomous driving and robotics. Existing methods often struggle with sparse and incomplete point cloud scenarios. To address these limitations, we propose a Multimodal-guided Virtual Cues Projection (MVCP) scheme that generates virtual cues to enrich sparse point clouds. Additionally, we introduce an enhanced tracker MVCTrack based on the generated virtual cues. Specifically, the MVCP scheme seamlessly integrates RGB sensors into LiDAR-based systems, leveraging a set of 2D detections to create dense 3D virtual cues that significantly improve the sparsity of point clouds. These virtual cues can naturally integrate with existing LiDAR-based 3D trackers, yielding substantial performance gains. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our method achieves competitive performance on the NuScenes dataset. Code is available at code and video.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2025
EditorsChristian Ott, Henny Admoni, Sven Behnke, Stjepan Bogdan, Aude Bolopion, Youngjin Choi, Fanny Ficuciello, Nicholas Gans, Clement Gosselin, Kensuke Harada, Erdal Kayacan, H. Jin Kim, Stefan Leutenegger, Zhe Liu, Perla Maiolino, Lino Marques, Takamitsu Matsubara, Anastasia Mavromatti, Mark Minor, Jason O'Kane, Hae Won Park, Hae-Won Park, Ioannis Rekleitis, Federico Renda, Elisa Ricci, Laurel D. Riek, Lorenzo Sabattini, Shaojie Shen, Yu Sun, Pierre-Brice Wieber, Katsu Yamane, Jingjin Yu
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages3745-3751
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9798331541392
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Event2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2025 - Atlanta, United States
Duration: May 19 2025May 23 2025

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
ISSN (Print)1050-4729

Conference

Conference2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2025
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Period05/19/2505/23/25

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