DETERMINING POSITION OF THE CENTRAL POINT OF POINT CLOUD DATA

The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for determining a central point of point cloud data in an automotive system for monitoring the environment of a vehicle. The point cloud data is generated by one or more sensors of the vehicle with respect to a reference coordinate system. The point cloud data defines a connected subspace of the reference coordinate system. The method comprises a step a) of determining a bounding box of the point cloud data, a step b) of selecting a starting agent position of an agent within the bounding box, and a step c) of selecting a coordinate system relative to the bounding box. In a further step d) a plurality of agent moving operations are performed. Each agent moving operation comprises moving the agent from the current agent position to a new agent position parallel to a coordinate axis of the selected coordinate system. The new agent position is determined based on an intersecting line through the current agent position parallel to the coordinate axis. The method further comprises a step e) of determining, after step d) is completed, the new agent position as the central point of the point cloud data.