1. Razpoznava vinogradov iz podatkov LiDARŽan Tomaž Šprajc, 2025, magistrsko delo Opis: Tehnologija LiDAR človeku omogoča nove načine odkrivanja svojega okolja, v katerem se skrivajo arheološki ostanki naših prednikov in namigi k optimizaciji vsakdanjika. V magistrskem delu smo raziskovali pot, ki je vodila do daljinskega zaznanja, in rešitve, ki so omogočile njeno raziskovanje. Algoritme iskanja po drevesih in gručanja smo vgradili v tri rešitve, ki so iz podatkov LiDAR, zajetih z letalnikom in letalom, poskušale razpoznati linije vinske trte. Zagoni rešitev so temeljili na cevovodu, ki je izvorne .laz datoteke vodil do ciljnih oblik. Izplene zagonov smo predstavili v okviru njihove statistične analize, s katero smo izpostavili prednosti in slabosti posamičnega pristopa. Ključne besede: LiDAR, DBSCAN, RANSAC, vinogradništvo, daljinsko zaznavanje Objavljeno v DKUM: 04.09.2025; Ogledov: 0; Prenosov: 29
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2. Detection and optimization of photovoltaic arrays’ tilt angles using remote sensing dataNiko Lukač, Sebastijan Seme, Klemen Sredenšek, Gorazd Štumberger, Domen Mongus, Borut Žalik, Marko Bizjak, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Maximizing the energy output of photovoltaic (PV) systems is becoming increasingly important. Consequently, numerous approaches have been developed over the past few years that utilize remote sensing data to predict or map solar potential. However, they primarily address hypothetical scenarios, and few focus on improving existing installations. This paper presents a novel method for optimizing the tilt angles of existing PV arrays by integrating Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery and airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data. At first, semantic segmentation of VHR imagery using a deep learning model is performed in order to detect PV modules. The segmentation is refined using a Fine Optimization Module (FOM). LiDAR data are used to construct a 2.5D grid to estimate the modules’ tilt (inclination) and aspect (orientation) angles. The modules are grouped into arrays, and tilt angles are optimized using a Simulated Annealing (SA) algorithm, which maximizes simulated solar irradiance while accounting for shadowing, direct, and anisotropic diffuse irradiances. The method was validated using PV systems in Maribor, Slovenia, achieving a 0.952 F1-score for module detection (using FT-UnetFormer with SwinTransformer backbone) and an estimated electricity production error of below 6.7%. Optimization results showed potential energy gains of up to 4.9%. Ključne besede: solar energy, photovoltaics, semantic segmentation, optimization, LiDAR, VHR imagery Objavljeno v DKUM: 22.07.2025; Ogledov: 0; Prenosov: 9
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4. LLM in the loop: a framework for contextualizing counterfactual segment perturbations in point cloudsVeljka Kočić, Niko Lukač, Dzemail Rozajac, Stefan Schweng, Christoph Gollob, Arne Nothdurft, Karl Stampfer, Javier Del Ser, Andreas Holzinger, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Point Cloud Data analysis has seen a major leap forward with the introduction of PointNet algorithms, revolutionizing how we process 3D environments. Yet, despite these advancements, key challenges remain, particularly in optimizing segment perturbations to influence model outcomes in a controlled and meaningful way. Traditional methods struggle to generate realistic and contextually appropriate perturbations, limiting their effectiveness in critical applications like autonomous systems and urban planning. This paper takes a bold step by integrating Large Language Models into the counterfactual reasoning process, unlocking a new level of automation and intelligence in segment perturbation. Our approach begins with semantic segmentation, after which LLMs intelligently select optimal replacement segments based on features such as class label, color, area, and height. By leveraging the reasoning capabilities of LLMs, we generate perturbations that are not only computationally efficient but also semantically meaningful. The proposed framework undergoes rigorous evaluation, combining human inspection of LLM-generated suggestions with quantitative analysis of semantic classification model performance across different LLM variants. By bridging the gap between geometric transformations and high-level semantic reasoning, this research redefines how we approach perturbation generation in Point Cloud Data analysis. The results pave the way for more interpretable, adaptable, and intelligent AI-driven solutions, bringing us closer to realworld applications where explainability and robustness are paramount. Ključne besede: explainable AI, point cloud data, counterfactual reasoning, LiDAR, 3D point cloud data, interpretability, human-centered AI, large language models, K-nearest neighbors Objavljeno v DKUM: 19.05.2025; Ogledov: 0; Prenosov: 3
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5. Novel GPU-accelerated high-resolution solar potential estimation in urban areas by using a modified diffuse irradiance modelNiko Lukač, Domen Mongus, Borut Žalik, Gorazd Štumberger, Marko Bizjak, 2024, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: In the past years various methods have been developed to estimate high-resolution solar potential in urban areas, by simulating solar irradiance over surface models that originate from remote sensing data. In general, this requires discretisation of solar irradiance models that estimate direct, reflective, and diffuse irradiances. The latter is most accurately estimated by an anisotropic model, where the hemispherical sky dome from arbitrary surface’s viewpoint consists of the horizon, the circumsolar and sky regions. Such model can be modified to incorporate the effects of shadowing from obstruction with a view factor for each sky region. However, state-of-the-art using such models for estimating solar potential in urban areas, only considers the sky view factor, and not circumsolar view factor, due to high computational load. In this paper, a novel parallelisation of solar potential estimation is proposed by using General Purpose computing on Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU). Modified anisotropic Perez model is used by considering diffuse shadowing with all three sky view factors. Moreover, we provide validation based on sensitivity analysis of the method’s accuracy with independent meteorological measurements, by changing circumsolar sky region’s half-angle and resolution of the hemispherical sky dome. Finally, the presented method using GPPGU was compared to multithreaded Central Processing Unit (CPU) approach, where on average a 70x computational speedup was achieved. Finally, the proposed method was applied over a urban area, obtained from Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) data, where the computation of solar potential was performed in a reasonable time. Ključne besede: solar energy, solar potential, anisotropic diffuse irradiance, LiDAR, GPGPU Objavljeno v DKUM: 17.12.2024; Ogledov: 0; Prenosov: 10
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6. Vine canopy reconstruction and assessment with terrestrial lidar and aerial imagingIgor Petrović, Matej Sečnik, Marko Hočevar, Peter Berk, 2022, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: For successful dosing of plant protection products, the characteristics of the vine canopies should be known, based on which the spray amount should be dosed. In the field experiment, we compared two optical experimental methods, terrestrial lidar and aerial photogrammetry, with manual defoliation of some selected vines. Like those of other authors, our results show that both terrestrial lidar and aerial photogrammetry were able to represent the canopy well with correlation coefficients around 0.9 between the measured variables and the number of leaves. We found that in the case of aerial photogrammetry, significantly more points were found in the point cloud, but this depended on the choice of the ground sampling distance. Our results show that in the case of aerial UAS photogrammetry, subdividing the vine canopy segments to 5 × 5 cm gives the best representation of the volume of vine canopies. Ključne besede: precision agriculture, remote sensing, 3D point clouds, vineyard, canopy reconstruction, terrestrial lidar, aerial photogrammetry, manual defoliation Objavljeno v DKUM: 15.07.2024; Ogledov: 123; Prenosov: 11
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7. LiDAR-Based Maintenance of a Safe Distance between a Human and a Robot ArmDavid Podgorelec, Suzana Uran, Andrej Nerat, Božidar Bratina, Sašo Pečnik, Marjan Dimec, Franc Žaberl, Borut Žalik, Riko Šafarič, 2023, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: This paper focuses on a comprehensive study of penal policy in Slovenia in the last 70 years, providing an analysis of statistical data on crime, conviction, and prison populations. After a sharp political and penal repression in the first years after World War II, penal and prison policy began paving the way to a unique "welfare sanction system", grounded in ideas of prisoners' treatment. After democratic reforms in the early 1990s, the criminal legislation became harsher, but Slovenia managed to avoid the general punitive trends characterized by the era of penal state and culture of control. The authoritarian socialist regime at its final stage had supported the humanization of the penal system, and this trend continued in the first years of the democratic reforms in the 1990s, but it lost its momentum after 2000. In the following two decades, Slovenia experienced a continuous harshening of criminal law and sanctions on the one hand and an increasing prison population rate on the other. From 2014 onwards, however, there was a decrease in all segments of penal statistics. The findings of the study emphasize the exceptionalism of Slovenian penal policy, characterized by penal moderation, which is the product of the specific local historical, political, economic, and normative developments. Ključne besede: LIDAR, robot, human-robot collaboration, speed and separation monitoring, intelligent control system, geometric data registration, motion prediction Objavljeno v DKUM: 16.02.2024; Ogledov: 417; Prenosov: 38
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8. High-resolution spatiotemporal assessment of solar potential from remote sensing data using deep learningMitja Žalik, Domen Mongus, Niko Lukač, 2024, izvirni znanstveni članek Ključne besede: deep learning, fully convolutional neural network, LiDAR data, digital elevation model, solar energy, solar potential Objavljeno v DKUM: 26.01.2024; Ogledov: 244; Prenosov: 118
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9. Simplified method for analyzing the availability of rooftop photovoltaic potentialPrimož Mavsar, Klemen Sredenšek, Bojan Štumberger, Miralem Hadžiselimović, Sebastijan Seme, 2019, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: This paper presents a new simplified method for analyzing the availability of photovoltaic potential on roofs. Photovoltaic systems on roofs are widespread as they represent a sustainable and safe investment and, therefore, a means of energy self-suffciency. With the growth of photovoltaic systems, it is also crucial to correctly evaluate their global effciency. Thus, this paper presents a comparison between known methods for estimating the photovoltaic potential (as physical, geographic and technical contributions) on a roof and proposes a new simplified method, that takes into account the economic potential of a building that already has installed a photovoltaic system. The measured values of generated electricity of the photovoltaic system were compared with calculated photovoltaic potential. In general, the annual physical, geographic, technical and economic potentials were 1273.7, 1253.8, 14.2 MWh, and 279.1 Wh, respectively. The analysis of all four potentials is essential for further understanding of the sustainable and safe investment in photovoltaic systems. Ključne besede: photovoltaic system, rooftop photovoltaic potential, economic potential, light detection and ranging, LiDAR Objavljeno v DKUM: 05.12.2023; Ogledov: 386; Prenosov: 32
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10. Novel Half-Spaces Based 3D Building Reconstruction Using Airborne LiDAR DataMarko Bizjak, Domen Mongus, Borut Žalik, Niko Lukač, 2023, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Automatic building reconstruction from laser-scanned data remains a challenging research topic due to buildings’ roof complexity and sparse data. A novel automatic building reconstruction methodology, based on half-spaces and a height jump analysis, is presented in this paper. The proposed methodology is performed in three stages. During the preprocessing stage, the classified input point cloud is clustered by position to obtain building point sets, which are then evaluated to obtain half-spaces and detect height jumps. Half-spaces represent the fundamental shape for generating building models, and their definition is obtained from the corresponding segment of points that describe an individual planar surface. The detection of height jumps is based on a DBSCAN search within a custom search space. During the second stage, the building point sets are divided into sub-buildings in such a way that their roofs do not contain height jumps. The concept of sub-buildings without height jumps is introduced to break down the complex building models with height jumps into smaller parts, where shaping with half-spaces can be applied accurately. Finally, the sub-buildings are reconstructed separately with the corresponding half-spaces and then joined back together to form a complete building model. In the experiments, the methodology’s performance was demonstrated on a large scale and validated on an ISPRS benchmark dataset, where an RMSE of 0.29 m was obtained in terms of the height difference. Ključne besede: LiDAR point cloud, building reconstruction, half-spaces, Boolean operations Objavljeno v DKUM: 01.12.2023; Ogledov: 388; Prenosov: 25
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