CPnP: Consistent Pose Estimator for Perspective-n-Point Problem with Bias Elimination

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Main Authors: Zeng, Guangyang, Chen, Shiyu, Mu, Biqiang, Shi, Guodong, Wu, Junfeng
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Published: 2022
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author Zeng, Guangyang
Chen, Shiyu
Mu, Biqiang
Shi, Guodong
Wu, Junfeng
author_facet Zeng, Guangyang
Chen, Shiyu
Mu, Biqiang
Shi, Guodong
Wu, Junfeng
contents The Perspective-n-Point (PnP) problem has been widely studied in both computer vision and photogrammetry societies. With the development of feature extraction techniques, a large number of feature points might be available in a single shot. It is promising to devise a consistent estimator, i.e., the estimate can converge to the true camera pose as the number of points increases. To this end, we propose a consistent PnP solver, named \emph{CPnP}, with bias elimination. Specifically, linear equations are constructed from the original projection model via measurement model modification and variable elimination, based on which a closed-form least-squares solution is obtained. We then analyze and subtract the asymptotic bias of this solution, resulting in a consistent estimate. Additionally, Gauss-Newton (GN) iterations are executed to refine the consistent solution. Our proposed estimator is efficient in terms of computations -- it has $O(n)$ computational complexity. Experimental tests on both synthetic data and real images show that our proposed estimator is superior to some well-known ones for images with dense visual features, in terms of estimation precision and computing time.
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spellingShingle CPnP: Consistent Pose Estimator for Perspective-n-Point Problem with Bias Elimination
Zeng, Guangyang
Chen, Shiyu
Mu, Biqiang
Shi, Guodong
Wu, Junfeng
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Robotics
The Perspective-n-Point (PnP) problem has been widely studied in both computer vision and photogrammetry societies. With the development of feature extraction techniques, a large number of feature points might be available in a single shot. It is promising to devise a consistent estimator, i.e., the estimate can converge to the true camera pose as the number of points increases. To this end, we propose a consistent PnP solver, named \emph{CPnP}, with bias elimination. Specifically, linear equations are constructed from the original projection model via measurement model modification and variable elimination, based on which a closed-form least-squares solution is obtained. We then analyze and subtract the asymptotic bias of this solution, resulting in a consistent estimate. Additionally, Gauss-Newton (GN) iterations are executed to refine the consistent solution. Our proposed estimator is efficient in terms of computations -- it has $O(n)$ computational complexity. Experimental tests on both synthetic data and real images show that our proposed estimator is superior to some well-known ones for images with dense visual features, in terms of estimation precision and computing time.
title CPnP: Consistent Pose Estimator for Perspective-n-Point Problem with Bias Elimination
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.05824