A novel method of natural landmark extraction and description for vSLAM
by Quan-De Yuan; Yi Guan; Bing-Rong Hong; Song-Hao Piao; Ze-Su Cai
International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing (IJWMC), Vol. 11, No. 3, 2016

Abstract: Landmark extraction and matching is a key part of vSLAM. In this paper, a method of landmark extraction and its description based on three-dimensional (3D) information of feature points is proposed. The robot obtains images from its environment via binocular vision, building 3D information of feature points under left camera coordinate system. Then, it uses the method based on improved mean shift algorithm to extract natural landmarks and construct its descriptor, which can be used in fast matching of two landmarks. This method can extract natural landmarks from unstructured environments and tolerate relatively low accuracy of pose estimation. It is suitable for navigation system of a mobile robot running in a complex environment. vSLAM experiments showed its effectiveness.

Online publication date: Sat, 24-Dec-2016

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