GPS-supported visual SLAM with a rigorous sensor model for a panoramic camera in outdoor environments

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-136

  Shi, Yun ^a   Ji, Shunping ^b   Shi, Zhongchao ^c   Duan, Yulin ^a   Shibasaki, Ryosuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bundle adjustment; GPS; Panoramic camera; Visual SLAM

Indexed keywords

BUNDLE ADJUSTMENTS; GEOMETRIC OBSERVATION; GROUND CONTROL POINTS; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; LOCALIZATION ACCURACY; PANORAMIC CAMERAS; VISUAL SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPINGS; VISUAL SLAM;

CAMERAS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; ROBOTICS; ROCK MECHANICS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

SENSORS;

ALGORITHM; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; REMOTE SENSING; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBOTICS;

ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84872816107     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130100119     Document Type: Article

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