• 中国计算机学会会刊
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Robust visual odometry based on front and back cameras
 

SHI Xiao-tian1,ZHANG Yu2,FANG Zhou1   

  1. (1.College  of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310027;
    2.College of Control Science and Engineering,Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310027,China)
     
  • Received:2016-04-25 Revised:2016-07-01 Online:2017-10-25 Published:2017-10-25

Abstract:

We propose a new visual odometry method to use front and back cameras at the same time due to the terrible
impact of luminance on indoor visual odometry and the dual-camera feature of modern  mobile devices. By the
state estimation of the visual odometry on each side, we can achieve the sustained output even when one side
fails, and the robustness of visual odometry is improved. In addition, we fusion the output of the two-side
visual odometry by Kalman filter to improve the accuracy when the two sides both run normally. Experimental
results under various practical environments in various velocities show that the system can output regularly
even when one side fails and the accuracy of the output is improved when the two sides work normally.

Key words: visual odometry, Kalman filter, information fusion, smart phone