Rethinking Road Surface 3-D Reconstruction and Pothole Detection: From Perspective Transformation to Disparity Map Segmentation.

Potholes are one of the most common forms of road damage, which can severely affect driving comfort, road safety, and vehicle condition. Pothole detection is typically performed by either structural engineers or certified inspectors. However, this task is not only hazardous for the personnel but also extremely time consuming.

Pothole Detection Based on Disparity Transformation and Road Surface Modeling.

Pothole detection is one of the most important tasks for road maintenance. Computer vision approaches are generally based on either 2D road image analysis or 3D road surface modeling. However, these two categories are always used independently.