The invention provides a multi-line
LiDAR orchard trunk instance segmentation method based on image
deep learning. The method comprises a
point cloud acquisition and preprocessing step, a
point cloud spherical projection step, a
trunk image semantic segmentation model training step, a
trunk image semantic segmentation step, an image spherical
inverse projection step and a trunk
point cloud instance segmentation step. According to the method, sparse and disordered multi-line
LiDAR point cloud is converted into dense and regular image data through a spherical projection technology, and the
data processing complexity is remarkably reduced while multi-dimensional information such as three-dimensional coordinates, distance and strength is reserved; a trunk
semantic feature is mined from the annotated data in combination with a U-Net architecture network, and a high-precision trunk semantic segmentation model is constructed; a traditional
point cloud processing algorithm is introduced for optimization, and the progress from semantic segmentation to instance segmentation is realized. According to the scheme, while the calculation efficiency is considered, the complex interference problems of trunk form diversity, low vertical crowns, ground facilities and the like in the
orchard scene can be effectively solved, and accurate real-time segmentation of the
orchard trunk instance is realized.