Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 57, Issue 20, 201501(2020)

Visual Odometer Based on Optical Flow Method and Feature Matching

Guangfu Xu1,2, Jichao Zeng1,2, and Xixiang Liu1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Instrument Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Micro-Inertial Instrument and Advanced Navigation Technology, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China
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    Figures & Tables(9)
    Flow chart of algorithm
    Schematic of referenced-frame/current-frame VO
    Schematic of optical-flow/feature-matching fusion. (a) Optical flow method; (b) feature matching introduced in optical flow method
    Relationship among different frame rates
    Schematic of reprojection error
    Trace map of proposed algorithm
    Estimated traces of different algorithms on EuRoC dataset. (a) V1_01_easy image; (b) V1_02_medium image
    Time consumption test results of three methods. (a) Feature method; (b) optical flow method; (c) proposed algorithm; (d) time average of three methods
    • Table 1. RMSEs of three algorithms unit: m

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      Table 1. RMSEs of three algorithms unit: m

      ImageProposed algorithmORBSLAM2LK
      V1_01_easy0.218419430.184329320.32365693
      V1_02_medium0.401359020.493164230.50254364
      V1_03_difficult0.4663932030.443013040.62435742
      V2_01_easy0.1748694030.170469820.36542354
      V2_02_medium0.5093123520.435916420.71354231
      V2_03_difficult0.3925698430.453306340.48636982
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    Paper Information

    Category: Machine Vision

    Received: Jan. 13, 2020

    Accepted: Feb. 24, 2020

    Published Online: Oct. 14, 2020

    The Author Email: Xixiang Liu (scliuseu@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP57.201501

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