锚点特征参数化提升视觉惯性导航一致性,无需额外修改
Observability and Consistency Analysis for Visual-Inertial Navigation with Anchored Feature Parameterizations

- 采用锚点特征表示,使不可观测子空间与地标状态无关
- 仿真显示锚点法在初始化差时一致性显著优于全局特征法
- 真实数据验证其性能可媲美复杂一致性修正方法
本文分析了基于滤波器的视觉惯性导航系统(VINS)在使用锚点特征表示时的可观测性与一致性。研究发现,采用锚点地标参数化的VINS,其不可观测子空间不依赖于估计的地标状态,从而无需额外修改即可改善估计器的一致性。然而,该子空间仍依赖于导航状态,因此需引入额外的一致性保障技术。文中提出了两种改进锚点特征表示下VINS一致性的方法。仿真结果表明,在特征初始化不佳的情况下,所有采用锚点特征参数化的估计器均表现出比全局参考系中估计特征的算法更优的一致性。在TUM-VI数据集上的真实实验进一步证明,仅使用锚点特征表示即可达到与经过一致性优化的全局特征表示相当的性能,验证了锚点参数化在VINS中的优势。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
This paper presents an analysis of the observability and consistency properties of filtering-based visual-inertial navigation systems (VINS) that utilize anchored feature representations. The unobservable subspace of VINS with anchored landmark parameterizations is shown to be independent of the estimated landmark state, which leads to improved estimator consistency properties without any additional modifications. However, the unobservable subspace is still found to depend on the estimated navigation state, necessitating additional consistency-enforcing techniques. Two methods to improve the consistency of VINS with anchored feature representations are presented. Simulation results showcase that all estimators employing anchored feature paramterizations exhibit improved consistency properties compared to algorithms that estimate features resolved in a global reference frame, especially in scenarios where feature initialization may be poor. Real-world experiments on the TUM-VI dataset showcase that the use of anchored feature representations alone can yield comparable performance to consistency-improved estimators employing a global feature representation, demonstrating the benefit of using anchored feature parameterizations for VINS.
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