Enhanced 3D shoeprint classification via multi-scale PointNet++ with attention mechanisms
摘要
This paper proposes a deep learning approach for 3D shoeprint point cloud classification based on an enhanced PointNet++ architecture. The model incorporates multi-scale feature extraction and attention mechanisms to improve the representation of both local and global geometric information. A structured-light scanning system was developed to capture high-precision 3D point clouds of shoeprints on soft material surfaces, followed by preprocessing to remove irrelevant background data. Using this system, a dataset of 694 samples of 3D shoeprints was collected and has been publicly released to facilitate research use. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed model achieves 88.60% accuracy on the test set, showing excellent classification performance in 3D point cloud recognition tasks. This work demonstrates the effectiveness of combining structured-light acquisition with deep point cloud modeling for fine-grained 3D shape classification and provides a valuable reference for broader applications involving footprint analysis and unstructured 3D data understanding. The code is available at https://github.com/ZhihanTian/shoeprint_pointcloud_code, and the dataset can be accessed at https://zenodo.org/records/15107266.