ASUR3D: Arbitrary Scale Upsampling and Refinement of 3D Point Clouds Using Local Occupancy Fields

Akash Kumbar, Tejas Anvekar, Ramesh Ashok Tabib, Uma Mudenagudi; Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Workshops, 2023, pp. 1652-1661

In this paper, we introduce ASUR3D, a novel methodology for the arbitrary-scale upsampling of 3D point clouds employing Local Occupancy Representation. Our proposed implicit occupancy representation enables efficient point classification, effectively discerning points belonging to the surface from non-surface points. Learning an implicit representation of open surfaces, enables one to capture the better local neighbourhood representation, leading to finer refinement and reconstruction with enhanced preservation of intricate geometric details. Leveraging this capability, we can accurately sample an arbitrary number of points on the surface, facilitating precise and flexible upsampling. We demonstrate the effectiveness of ASUR3D on PUGAN and PU1K benchmark datasets. Our proposed method achieves state-of-the-art results on all benchmarks and for all evaluation metrics. Additionally, we demonstrate the efficacy of our methodology on self-proposed heritage data generated through photogrammetry, further confirming its effectiveness in diverse scenarios. The code is publicly available at https://github.com/Akash-Kumbar/ASUR3D