Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Unified framework for precise vision-aided navigation
- Patent Title (中): 精准视觉辅助导航的统一框架
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Application No.: US11949433Application Date: 2007-12-03
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Publication No.: US08174568B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: Supun Samarasekera , Rakesh Kumar , Taragay Oskiper , Zhiwei Zhu , Oleg Naroditsky , Harpreet Sawhney
- Applicant: Supun Samarasekera , Rakesh Kumar , Taragay Oskiper , Zhiwei Zhu , Oleg Naroditsky , Harpreet Sawhney
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: SRI International
- Current Assignee: SRI International
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Moser Taboada
- Main IPC: H04N7/00
- IPC: H04N7/00 ; H04N7/18 ; G01C22/00 ; G01C21/30

Abstract:
A system and method for efficiently locating in 3D an object of interest in a target scene using video information captured by a plurality of cameras. The system and method provide for multi-camera visual odometry wherein pose estimates are generated for each camera by all of the cameras in the multi-camera configuration. Furthermore, the system and method can locate and identify salient landmarks in the target scene using any of the cameras in the multi-camera configuration and compare the identified landmark against a database of previously identified landmarks. In addition, the system and method provide for the integration of video-based pose estimations with position measurement data captured by one or more secondary measurement sensors, such as, for example, Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) and Global Positioning System (GPS) units.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080167814A1 UNIFIED FRAMEWORK FOR PRECISE VISION-AIDED NAVIGATION Public/Granted day:2008-07-10
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