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P$^2$Calib: Utilizing Pattern Priors for LiDAR-Camera Extrinsic Calibration

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 7, 2026 · UTC

Target-based LiDAR-camera extrinsic calibration is a prerequisite for multi-sensor fusion in robotics. However, in the widely adopted four-hole pipeline, \rt{calibration accuracy is limited by hole-center extraction in the LiDAR side, where sparse angular coverage and mixed-pixel returns displace the estimated centers}. This paper presents P$^2$Calib, which exploits \textit{pattern priors}, geometric constraints specified by the CAD model of the target board, to improve calibration accuracy. First, we incorporate the known hole radius as a fitting constraint to prevent center estimates from de

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  • summary: Target-based LiDAR-camera extrinsic calibration is a prerequisite for multi-sensor fusion in robotics. However, in the widely adopted four-hole pipeline, calibration accuracy is bottlenecked by LiDAR-side hole-center extraction, which suffers from sparse angular coverage and mixed-pixel corruption. This paper presents P$^2$Calib, which exploits pattern priors, geometric constraints specified by the CAD model of the target board, to improve calibration accuracy. First, we incorporate the known hole radius as a fitting constraint to prevent center estimates from degrading under sparse angular co → Target-based LiDAR-camera extrinsic calibration is a prerequisite for multi-sensor fusion in robotics. However, in the widely adopted four-hole pipeline, \rt{calibration accuracy is limited by hole-center extraction in the LiDAR side, where sparse angular coverage and mixed-pixel returns displace the estimated centers}. This paper presents P$^2$Calib, which exploits \textit{pattern priors}, geometric constraints specified by the CAD model of the target board, to improve calibration accuracy. First, we incorporate the known hole radius as a fitting constraint to prevent center estimates from de