U-ViLAR: Uncertainty-Aware Visual Localization for Autonomous Driving via Differentiable Association and Registration
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| author | Li, Xiaofan Xu, Zhihao Wu, Chenming Yang, Zhao Zhang, Yumeng Liu, Jiang-Jiang Yu, Haibao Duan, Fan Ye, Xiaoqing Wang, Yuan Li, Shirui Sun, Xun Wan, Ji Wang, Jun |
| author_facet | Li, Xiaofan Xu, Zhihao Wu, Chenming Yang, Zhao Zhang, Yumeng Liu, Jiang-Jiang Yu, Haibao Duan, Fan Ye, Xiaoqing Wang, Yuan Li, Shirui Sun, Xun Wan, Ji Wang, Jun |
| contents | Accurate localization using visual information is a critical yet challenging task, especially in urban environments where nearby buildings and construction sites significantly degrade GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) signal quality. This issue underscores the importance of visual localization techniques in scenarios where GNSS signals are unreliable. This paper proposes U-ViLAR, a novel uncertainty-aware visual localization framework designed to address these challenges while enabling adaptive localization using high-definition (HD) maps or navigation maps. Specifically, our method first extracts features from the input visual data and maps them into Bird's-Eye-View (BEV) space to enhance spatial consistency with the map input. Subsequently, we introduce: a) Perceptual Uncertainty-guided Association, which mitigates errors caused by perception uncertainty, and b) Localization Uncertainty-guided Registration, which reduces errors introduced by localization uncertainty. By effectively balancing the coarse-grained large-scale localization capability of association with the fine-grained precise localization capability of registration, our approach achieves robust and accurate localization. Experimental results demonstrate that our method achieves state-of-the-art performance across multiple localization tasks. Furthermore, our model has undergone rigorous testing on large-scale autonomous driving fleets and has demonstrated stable performance in various challenging urban scenarios. |
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| spellingShingle | U-ViLAR: Uncertainty-Aware Visual Localization for Autonomous Driving via Differentiable Association and Registration Li, Xiaofan Xu, Zhihao Wu, Chenming Yang, Zhao Zhang, Yumeng Liu, Jiang-Jiang Yu, Haibao Duan, Fan Ye, Xiaoqing Wang, Yuan Li, Shirui Sun, Xun Wan, Ji Wang, Jun Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Robotics Accurate localization using visual information is a critical yet challenging task, especially in urban environments where nearby buildings and construction sites significantly degrade GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) signal quality. This issue underscores the importance of visual localization techniques in scenarios where GNSS signals are unreliable. This paper proposes U-ViLAR, a novel uncertainty-aware visual localization framework designed to address these challenges while enabling adaptive localization using high-definition (HD) maps or navigation maps. Specifically, our method first extracts features from the input visual data and maps them into Bird's-Eye-View (BEV) space to enhance spatial consistency with the map input. Subsequently, we introduce: a) Perceptual Uncertainty-guided Association, which mitigates errors caused by perception uncertainty, and b) Localization Uncertainty-guided Registration, which reduces errors introduced by localization uncertainty. By effectively balancing the coarse-grained large-scale localization capability of association with the fine-grained precise localization capability of registration, our approach achieves robust and accurate localization. Experimental results demonstrate that our method achieves state-of-the-art performance across multiple localization tasks. Furthermore, our model has undergone rigorous testing on large-scale autonomous driving fleets and has demonstrated stable performance in various challenging urban scenarios. |
| title | U-ViLAR: Uncertainty-Aware Visual Localization for Autonomous Driving via Differentiable Association and Registration |
| topic | Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Robotics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04503 |