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PCT: Point cloud transformer

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Guo, Meng-Hao, Cai, Jun-Xiong, Liu, Zheng-Ning, Mu, Tai-Jiang, Martin, Ralph R., Hu, Shi-Min·2021·Computational Visual Media
DOI 10.1007/s41095-021-0229-5
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The irregular domain and lack of ordering make it challenging to design deep neural networks for point cloud processing. This paper presents a novel framework named Point Cloud Transformer (PCT) for point cloud learning. PCT is based on Transformer, which achieves huge success in natural language processing and displays great potential in image processing. It is inherently permutation invariant for processing a sequence of points, making it well-suited for point cloud learning. To better capture local context within the point cloud, we enhance input embedding with the support of farthest point sampling and nearest neighbor search. Extensive experiments demonstrate that the PCT achieves the state-of-the-art performance on shape classification, part segmentation, semantic segmentation, and normal estimation tasks.

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Fig. 2 PCT architecture. The encoder mainly comprises an Input Embedding module and four stacked Attention module. The decoder mainly comprises multiple Linear layers. Numbers above each module indicate its output channels. MA-Pool concatenates Max-Pool and Average-Pool . LBR combines Linear , BatchNorm , and ReLU layers. LBRD means LBR followed by a Dropout layer.
Fig. 2 PCT architecture. The encoder mainly comprises an Input Embedding module and four stacked Attention module. The decoder mainly comprises multiple Linear layers. Numbers above each module indicate its output channels. MA-Pool concatenates Max-Pool and Average-Pool . LBR combines Linear , BatchNorm , and ReLU layers. LBRD means LBR followed by a Dropout layer.CC-BY · From the PDF
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Fig. 4 Left: Neighbor Embedding architecture. Middle: SG module with N in input points, d in input channels, k neighbors, N out output sampled points, and d out output channels. Top-right: example of sampling (colored balls represent sampled points). Bottom-right: example of grouping with k -NN neighbors. Number above LBR: number of output channels. Number above SG: number of sampled points and its output channels.
Fig. 4 Left: Neighbor Embedding architecture. Middle: SG module with N in input points, d in input channels, k neighbors, N out output sampled points, and d out output channels. Top-right: example of sampling (colored balls represent sampled points). Bottom-right: example of grouping with k -NN neighbors. Number above LBR: number of output channels. Number above SG: number of sampled points and its output channels.CC-BY · From the PDF
Fig. 5 Segmentations from PointNet, NPCT, SPCT, PCT, and ground truth (GT).
Fig. 5 Segmentations from PointNet, NPCT, SPCT, PCT, and ground truth (GT).CC-BY · From the PDF
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Authors
Guo, M.-H., Cai, J.-X., Liu, Z.-N., Mu, T.-J., Martin, R. R., & Hu, S.-M.
Affiliations
  • Tsinghua University (CN)
  • Cardiff University (GB)
Venue
Computational Visual Media
Publisher
Tsinghua University Press
Published
2021-06
Volume
7
Issue
2
Pages
187-199
ISSN
  • 2096-0433 (ISSN-L)
  • 2096-0662
DOI
10.1007/s41095-021-0229-5
OpenAlex
W3111535274
Cited by
2,100
References
17
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2026: 309 · 2025: 505 · 2024: 515 · 2023: 428 · 2022: 266 · 2021: 76
FWCI
182.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Computational Visual Media (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (acceptedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (61761136018, 61521002)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design › 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Advanced Neural Network Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning
Keywords
point cloud processing, point cloud transformer, transformer models, permutation invariance, farthest point sampling, nearest neighbor search, shape classification, part segmentation, semantic segmentation, surface normal estimation

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