Wang, ChengweiWu, WenmingFei, YueZhang, GaofengZheng, LipingChristie, MarcPietroni, NicoWang, Yu-Shuen2025-10-072025-10-0720251467-8659https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.70264https://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.1111/cgf70264Point cloud normal estimation underpins many 3D vision and graphics applications. Precise normal estimation in regions of sharp curvature and high-frequency variation remains a major bottleneck; existing learning-based methods still struggle to isolate fine geometry details under noise and uneven sampling. We present FAHNet, a novel frequency-aware hierarchical network that precisely tackles those challenges. Our Frequency-Aware Hierarchical Geometry (FAHG) feature extraction module selectively amplifies and merges cross-scale cues, ensuring that both fine-grained local features and sharp structures are faithfully represented. Crucially, a dedicated Frequency-Aware geometry enhancement (FA) branch intensifies sensitivity to abrupt normal transitions and sharp features, preventing the common over-smoothing limitation. Extensive experiments on synthetic benchmarks (PCPNet, FamousShape) and real-world scans (SceneNN) demonstrate that FAHNet outperforms state-of-the-art approaches in normal estimation accuracy. Ablation studies further quantify the contribution of each component, and downstream surface reconstruction results validate the practical impact of our design.CCS Concepts: Computing methodologies → Point-based models; Parametric curve and surface modelsComputing methodologies → Pointbased modelsParametric curve and surface models10.1111/cgf.7026411 pages