Effective Feature-Based Downward-Facing Monocular Visual Odometry
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- Title
- Effective Feature-Based Downward-Facing Monocular Visual Odometry
- Authors
- LEE, Hoyong; LEE, Hakjun; Kwak, Inveom; Sung, Chiwon; HAN, SOOHEE
- Date Issued
- 2024-01
- Publisher
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Abstract
- To achieve accurate pose estimation for robots in industrial applications and services, this brief proposes an effective feature-based downward-facing monocular visual odometry technology that uses an affordable sensor system and a systematic optimization approach. To extract more effective features simply and efficiently from images of the ground, even for small mobile systems, the proposed visual odometry system is designed in a lightweight and cost-effective manner; we used an easily available LED, a single-channel time-of-flight (ToF) sensor, and a monocular camera. From the extracted features, the potentially irrelevant ones are removed in advance, using a masking algorithm and measured velocity. This enhances feature efficiency and reduces the computational burden. Finally, the optimal pose estimate is explicitly obtained by solving a nonconvex optimization problem, to make the best use of the features. The experiments’ results show that our proposed method improves feature tracking ability and pose estimation accuracy.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/120863
- DOI
- 10.1109/TCST.2023.3294843
- ISSN
- 1063-6536
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 32, no. 1, page. 266 - 273, 2024-01
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