Visual-based inertial navigation
First Claim
1. An electronic computing system for performing navigation, the electronic computing system comprising an electronic processor and memory operable to implement a sliding-window inverse filter module, wherein the sliding-window inverse filter module is configured to:
- transfer information, from a first set of variables associated with a first window of time to a second set of variables associated with a second window of time, wherein the first window of time and the second window of time consecutively overlap in time; and
generate a path history of a device based on the first set of variables and the second set of variables,wherein the first window of time is associated with a corresponding first information matrix including a plurality of first variables representing a position and/or orientation of at least one object proximate to the device and a plurality of second variables representing a state of the device at two or more points in time, andwherein transferring the information comprises;
marginalizing at least a subset of the first variables associated with the first information matrix of the first window of time to obtain a second information matrix, which still maintains associations between the plurality of second variables;
marginalizing a subset of the second variables associated with the second information matrix to obtain a third information matrix;
scaling the third information matrix to obtain a fourth information matrix; and
generating a fifth information matrix associated with the second window of time based on the fourth information matrix.
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Abstract
A method includes: receiving sensor measurements from a pre-processing module, in which the sensor measurements include image data and inertial data for a device; transferring, using a processor, information derived from the sensor measurements, from a first set of variables associated with a first window of time to a second set of variables associated with a second window of time, in which the first and second windows consecutively overlap in time; and outputting, to a post-processing module, a state of the device based on the transferred information.
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1. An electronic computing system for performing navigation, the electronic computing system comprising an electronic processor and memory operable to implement a sliding-window inverse filter module, wherein the sliding-window inverse filter module is configured to:
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transfer information, from a first set of variables associated with a first window of time to a second set of variables associated with a second window of time, wherein the first window of time and the second window of time consecutively overlap in time; and generate a path history of a device based on the first set of variables and the second set of variables, wherein the first window of time is associated with a corresponding first information matrix including a plurality of first variables representing a position and/or orientation of at least one object proximate to the device and a plurality of second variables representing a state of the device at two or more points in time, and wherein transferring the information comprises; marginalizing at least a subset of the first variables associated with the first information matrix of the first window of time to obtain a second information matrix, which still maintains associations between the plurality of second variables; marginalizing a subset of the second variables associated with the second information matrix to obtain a third information matrix; scaling the third information matrix to obtain a fourth information matrix; and generating a fifth information matrix associated with the second window of time based on the fourth information matrix. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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transferring, using a processor, information from a first set of variables associated with a first window of time to a second set of variables associated with a second window of time, wherein the first window of time and the second window of time consecutively overlap in time; and generating a path history of a device based on the first set of variables and the second set of variables, wherein the first window of time is associated with a corresponding first information matrix including a plurality of first variables representing a position and/or orientation of at least one object proximate to the device and a plurality of second variables representing a state of the device at two or more points in time, and wherein transferring the information comprises; marginalizing at least a subset of the first variables associated with the first information matrix of the first window of time to obtain a second information matrix, which still maintains associations between the plurality of second variables; marginalizing a subset of the second variables associated with the second information matrix to obtain a third information matrix; scaling the third information matrix to obtain a fourth information matrix; and generating a fifth information matrix associated with the second window of time based on the fourth information matrix. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with computer program instructions that when executed by one or more electronic computing devices cause the one or more electronic computing devices to perform operations comprising:
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transferring, using a processor, information from a first set of variables associated with a first window of time to a second set of variables associated with a second window of time, wherein the first window of time and the second window of time consecutively overlap in time; and generating a path history of a device based on the first set of variables and the second set of variables, wherein the first window of time is associated with a corresponding first information matrix including a plurality of first variables representing a position and/or orientation of at least one object proximate to the device and a plurality of second variables representing a state of the device at two or more points in time, and wherein transferring the information comprises; marginalizing at least a subset of the first variables associated with the first information matrix of the first window of time to obtain a second information matrix, which still maintains associations between the plurality of second variables; marginalizing a subset of the second variables associated with the second information matrix to obtain a third information matrix; scaling the third information matrix to obtain a fourth information matrix; and generating a fifth information matrix associated with the second window of time based on the fourth information matrix. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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