Continuous Gaussian Process Pre-Optimization for Asynchronous Event-Inertial Odometry

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Main Authors: Wang, Zhixiang, Li, Xudong, Zhang, Yizhai, Zhang, Fan, Huang, Panfeng
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Published: 2024
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author Wang, Zhixiang
Li, Xudong
Zhang, Yizhai
Zhang, Fan
Huang, Panfeng
author_facet Wang, Zhixiang
Li, Xudong
Zhang, Yizhai
Zhang, Fan
Huang, Panfeng
contents Event cameras, as bio-inspired sensors, are asynchronously triggered with high-temporal resolution compared to intensity cameras. Recent work has focused on fusing the event measurements with inertial measurements to enable ego-motion estimation in high-speed and HDR environments. However, existing methods predominantly rely on IMU preintegration designed mainly for synchronous sensors and discrete-time frameworks. In this paper, we propose a continuous-time preintegration method based on the Temporal Gaussian Process (TGP) called GPO. Concretely, we model the preintegration as a time-indexed motion trajectory and leverage an efficient two-step optimization to initialize the precision preintegration pseudo-measurements. Our method realizes a linear and constant time cost for initialization and query, respectively. To further validate the proposal, we leverage the GPO to design an asynchronous event-inertial odometry and compare with other asynchronous fusion schemes within the same odometry system. Experiments conducted on both public and own-collected datasets demonstrate that the proposed GPO offers significant advantages in terms of precision and efficiency, outperforming existing approaches in handling asynchronous sensor fusion.
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spellingShingle Continuous Gaussian Process Pre-Optimization for Asynchronous Event-Inertial Odometry
Wang, Zhixiang
Li, Xudong
Zhang, Yizhai
Zhang, Fan
Huang, Panfeng
Robotics
Systems and Control
Event cameras, as bio-inspired sensors, are asynchronously triggered with high-temporal resolution compared to intensity cameras. Recent work has focused on fusing the event measurements with inertial measurements to enable ego-motion estimation in high-speed and HDR environments. However, existing methods predominantly rely on IMU preintegration designed mainly for synchronous sensors and discrete-time frameworks. In this paper, we propose a continuous-time preintegration method based on the Temporal Gaussian Process (TGP) called GPO. Concretely, we model the preintegration as a time-indexed motion trajectory and leverage an efficient two-step optimization to initialize the precision preintegration pseudo-measurements. Our method realizes a linear and constant time cost for initialization and query, respectively. To further validate the proposal, we leverage the GPO to design an asynchronous event-inertial odometry and compare with other asynchronous fusion schemes within the same odometry system. Experiments conducted on both public and own-collected datasets demonstrate that the proposed GPO offers significant advantages in terms of precision and efficiency, outperforming existing approaches in handling asynchronous sensor fusion.
title Continuous Gaussian Process Pre-Optimization for Asynchronous Event-Inertial Odometry
topic Robotics
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.08909