Research Article

Nontarget-Based Global Registration for Unorganized Point Clouds Obtained in the Dynamic Shipyard Environment

Algorithm 3

F-4PCS algorithm.
Input: point clouds
Output: Initial transformation matrix set that aligns to
Apply a Voxel grid to and to reduce their size;
Compute feature histograms from ;
Base set Algorithm 1: acquisition step;
fordo
Algorithm 2: acquisition step;
selection step;
ifthen
  ;
  return;
Set Transformation matrices and overlap ratios ;
Set , where its ;
;
return