Semantic segmentation is an important research topic in the environment perception of intelligent vehicles. Many semantic segmentation networks based on bilateral architecture have been proven effective. However, semantic segmentation networks based on this architecture has the risk of pixel classification errors and small objects being overwhelmed. In this paper, we solve the problem by proposing a novel three-branch architecture network called LCFNets. Compared to existing bilateral architecture, LCFNets introduce compensation branch for the first time to preserve the features of original images. Through two efficient modules, Lightweight Detail Guidance Fusion Module (L-DGF) and Lightweight Semantic Guidance Fusion Module (L-SGF), detail and semantic branches are allowed to selectively extract features from this branch. To balance the three-branch features and guide them to fuse effectively, a novel aggregation layer is designed. Depth-wise Convolution Pyramid Pooling module (DCPP) and Total Guidance Fusion Module (TGF) enable the aggregation layer to extract the global receptive field and realize multi-branch aggregation with fewer calculation complexity. Extensive experiments on Cityscapes and CamVid datasets have shown that our family of LCFNets provide a better trade-off between speed and accuracy. With the full resolution input and no ImageNet pre-training, LCFNet-slim achieves 76.86% mIoU at 114.36 FPS and LCFNet achieves 77.96% mIoU at 92.37 FPS on Cityscapes. On the other hand, LCFNet-super achieves 79.10% mIoU at 47.46 FPS.


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    Title :

    LCFNets: Compensation Strategy for Real-Time Semantic Segmentation of Autonomous Driving


    Contributors:
    Yang, Lu (author) / Bai, Yiwen (author) / Ren, Fenglei (author) / Bi, Chongke (author) / Zhang, Ronghui (author)

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    Publication date :

    2024-04-01


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    11100608 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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