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Main Authors: Xing, Wanli, Lin, Shijie, Yang, Linhan, Zhang, Zeqing, Du, Yanjun, Lei, Maolin, Pan, Yipeng, Wang, Chen, Pan, Jia
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.11004
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author Xing, Wanli
Lin, Shijie
Yang, Linhan
Zhang, Zeqing
Du, Yanjun
Lei, Maolin
Pan, Yipeng
Wang, Chen
Pan, Jia
author_facet Xing, Wanli
Lin, Shijie
Yang, Linhan
Zhang, Zeqing
Du, Yanjun
Lei, Maolin
Pan, Yipeng
Wang, Chen
Pan, Jia
contents This paper presents EROAM, a novel event-based rotational odometry and mapping system that achieves real-time, accurate camera rotation estimation. Unlike existing approaches that rely on event generation models or contrast maximization, EROAM employs a spherical event representation by projecting events onto a unit sphere and introduces Event Spherical Iterative Closest Point (ES-ICP), a novel geometric optimization framework designed specifically for event camera data. The spherical representation simplifies rotational motion formulation while operating in a continuous spherical domain, enabling enhanced spatial resolution. Our system features an efficient map management approach using incremental k-d tree structures and intelligent regional density control, ensuring optimal computational performance during long-term operation. Combined with parallel point-to-line optimization, EROAM achieves efficient computation without compromising accuracy. Extensive experiments on both synthetic and real-world datasets show that EROAM significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods in terms of accuracy, robustness, and computational efficiency. Our method maintains consistent performance under challenging conditions, including high angular velocities and extended sequences, where other methods often fail or show significant drift. Additionally, EROAM produces high-quality panoramic reconstructions with preserved fine structural details.
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spellingShingle EROAM: Event-based Camera Rotational Odometry and Mapping in Real-time
Xing, Wanli
Lin, Shijie
Yang, Linhan
Zhang, Zeqing
Du, Yanjun
Lei, Maolin
Pan, Yipeng
Wang, Chen
Pan, Jia
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Robotics
This paper presents EROAM, a novel event-based rotational odometry and mapping system that achieves real-time, accurate camera rotation estimation. Unlike existing approaches that rely on event generation models or contrast maximization, EROAM employs a spherical event representation by projecting events onto a unit sphere and introduces Event Spherical Iterative Closest Point (ES-ICP), a novel geometric optimization framework designed specifically for event camera data. The spherical representation simplifies rotational motion formulation while operating in a continuous spherical domain, enabling enhanced spatial resolution. Our system features an efficient map management approach using incremental k-d tree structures and intelligent regional density control, ensuring optimal computational performance during long-term operation. Combined with parallel point-to-line optimization, EROAM achieves efficient computation without compromising accuracy. Extensive experiments on both synthetic and real-world datasets show that EROAM significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods in terms of accuracy, robustness, and computational efficiency. Our method maintains consistent performance under challenging conditions, including high angular velocities and extended sequences, where other methods often fail or show significant drift. Additionally, EROAM produces high-quality panoramic reconstructions with preserved fine structural details.
title EROAM: Event-based Camera Rotational Odometry and Mapping in Real-time
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.11004