Intuitive Shape Editing in Latent Space

The use of autoencoders for shape generation and editing suffers from manipulations in latent space that may lead to unpredictable changes in the output shape. We present an autoencoder-based method that enables intuitive shape editing in latent space by disentangling latent sub-spaces to obtain control points on the surface and style variables that can be manipulated independently. The key idea is adding a Lipschitz-type constraint to the loss function, i.e. bounding the change of the output shape proportionally to the change in latent space, leading to interpretable latent space representations. The control points on the surface can then be freely moved around, allowing for intuitive shape editing directly in latent space. We evaluate our method by comparing it to state-of-the-art data-driven shape editing methods. Besides shape manipulation, we demonstrate the expressiveness of our control points by leveraging them for unsupervised part segmentation.

Highly accurate digital traffic recording as a basis for future mobility research: Methods and concepts of the research project HDV-Mess

The research project HDV-Mess aims at a currently missing, but very crucial component for addressing important challenges in the field of connected and automated driving on public roads. The goal is to record traffic events at various relevant locations with high accuracy and to collect real traffic data as a basis for the development and validation of current and future sensor technologies as well as automated driving functions. For this purpose, it is necessary to develop a concept for a mobile modular system of measuring stations for highly accurate traffic data acquisition, which enables a temporary installation of a sensor and communication infrastructure at different locations. Within this paper, we first discuss the project goals before we present our traffic detection concept using mobile modular intelligent transport systems stations (ITS-Ss). We then explain the approaches for data processing of sensor raw data to refined trajectories, data communication, and data validation.