arXiv:2607.25389cs.CVcs.RO2026-07

提出轻量级直线匹配方法HOME,解决机器人在无纹理环境下的定位难题。

HOME: Robust Hough-space Matching Method for Structured and Textureless Videos

论文配图:HOME: Robust Hough-space Matching Method for Structured and Textureless Videos
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  • 将图像转为霍夫空间,用极值点替代线段做特征匹配
  • 在无纹理场景中实现高精度配准,速度远超现有线匹配方法
  • 无需训练、不依赖方向估计,适合边缘计算设备使用

机器人定位的视觉前端通常依赖点特征(如ORB),但在强线性结构或无纹理环境中易失效。尽管基于线段的SLAM系统可缓解此问题,但传统线提取与描述算法计算开销大,难以实时运行于边缘设备。为此,本文提出HOME(Hough-space One-dimensional Matching of Extrema)——一种超轻量、免训练的特征匹配框架。HOME将图像映射至霍夫空间,将全局线结构转化为稳定的局部极值点作为关键点,从而将复杂的线匹配转化为高效的1维点匹配。所提出的1D径向描述子在数学上保证旋转与平移不变性,无需显式方向估计。以单应性估计为验证范例,大量实验表明,HOME在点特征失效的挑战场景中仍能实现鲁棒配准,且运行速度显著快于现有线基方法。将其扩展至完整3D位姿估计是未来极具潜力的方向。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Visual front-ends for robotic localization typically rely on point-based features such as Oriented FAST and Rotated BRIEF (ORB), which frequently fail in structured environments dominated by strong linear structures or textureless surfaces. While line-based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) systems mitigate this by utilizing line segments, conventional line extraction and description algorithms are computationally prohibitive for real-time edge robotics. To address this fundamental bottleneck, we propose HOME (Hough-space One-dimensional Matching of Extrema), an ultra-lightweight, training-free feature matching framework. HOME transforms images into Hough space, mapping global linear structures to stable local extrema, which serve as keypoints, thereby reformulating complex line matching into highly efficient one-dimensional point matching. The proposed 1D radial descriptor mathematically guarantees rotational and translational invariance without the overhead of explicit orientation estimation. As a proof of concept to validate the matching accuracy and efficiency of HOME, this paper focuses on homography estimation. Extensive evaluations demonstrate that HOME achieves robust registration in challenging scenarios where point-based methods fail, operating at a much faster speed than existing line-based methods. Extending this robust matching engine to full 3D pose estimation remains a highly promising future direction.

SLAM特征匹配边缘计算无纹理

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