The application relates to a pavement crack identification method based on
point cloud-RGB heterogenous image multi-stage registration mapping. The method comprises the following steps: collecting pavement
point cloud data and pavement image data for time and space synchronization, creating a
projection image pair for
feature extraction, obtaining a
local feature descriptor, matching feature points in the
local feature descriptor, obtaining an actual matching
point pair, solving the parameters of a
direct linear transformation equation according to the actual matching
point pair, obtaining the mapping relationship between the
RGB image pixel coordinates and the three-dimensional
point cloud coordinates, traversing the coordinates of each point in the pavement image data, assigning the mapping relationship depth information to the pavement image data, obtaining a point cloud
projection image, generating a depth image from the point cloud
projection image, labeling cracks and backgrounds, constructing a
data set, training a crack identification model using the
data set, obtaining a trained crack identification model, and identifying pavement cracks, thereby improving the efficiency and accuracy of automatic crack identification.