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Article Dans Une Revue Multimedia Tools and Applications Année : 2022

Map management for robust long-term visual localization of an autonomous shuttle in changing conditions

Youssef Bouaziz
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Eric Royer
Michel Dhome

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Appearance changes are one of the most challenging problems for the visual localization of an autonomous vehicle in outdoor environments. Data association between the current image and the landmarks in the map can be difficult if the map was built with different environmental conditions. This paper presents a solution to build and use multi-session maps incorporating sequences recorded in different conditions (day, night, fog, snow, rain, change of season, etc.). During visual localization, we exploit a ranking function to extract the most relevant information from the map. This ranking function is designed to take into account the pose of the vehicle and the current environmental condition. In the mapping phase, covering all conditions by constantly adding data to the map leads to a continuous growth in the map size which in turn deteriorates the localization speed and performance. Our map management strategy is an incremental approach that aims to limit the size of the map while keeping it as diverse as possible. Our experiments were performed on real data collected with our autonomous shuttle as well as on a widely used public dataset. The results demonstrate that our approach has significantly improved localization performance in different challenging conditions.
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hal-04716048 , version 1 (01-10-2024)

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Youssef Bouaziz, Eric Royer, Guillaume Bresson, Michel Dhome. Map management for robust long-term visual localization of an autonomous shuttle in changing conditions. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2022, 81, pp.22449-22480. ⟨10.1007/s11042-021-11870-4⟩. ⟨hal-04716048⟩
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