Presentation 2018-02-16
Monocular camera localization using geo-tagged images
Kazuya Iwami, Satoshi Ikehata, Toshihiko Yamasaki, Kiyoharu Aizawa,
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Abstract(in English) Monocular camera localization is a fundamental task for autonomous navigation and AR/VR. However, monocular 3D reconstruction, which is used for camera localization, tends to accumulate errors in rotation, translation, and especially in scale---a problem known as scale drift. To overcome these errors, we propose a novel method that estimates camera poses utilizing geo-tagged images, such as those provided by Google Street View. Experimental evaluations on large-scale datasets show that the proposed approach sufficiently corrects scale drift of a kilometer-scale 3D reconstruction and achieves accurate camera localization.
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Keyword(in English) 3D Reconstruction / SLAM / Localization / Geo-Tag
Paper # ITS2017-78,IE2017-110
Date of Issue 2018-02-08 (ITS, IE)

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Committee ITS / IE / ITE-MMS / ITE-HI / ITE-ME / ITE-AIT
Conference Date 2018/2/15(2days)
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Place (in English) Hokkaido Univ.
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Topics (in English) Image Processing, etc.
Chair Takayoshi Yokota(Tottori Univ.) / Takayuki Hamamoto(Tokyo Univ. of Science) / Norihiko Ishii(NHK) / Masayuki Sato(Univ. of Kitakyushu) / Miki Haseyama(Hokkaido Univ.) / Nobuhiko Mukai(Tokyo Cisy Univ.)
Vice Chair Masahiro Fujii(Utsunomiya Univ.) / Tomotaka Wada(Kansai Univ.) / Kazuya Kodama(NII) / Hideaki Kimata(NTT) / / / Norio Tagawa(Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.) / Hisaki Nate(Tokyo Polytechnic Univ.)
Secretary Masahiro Fujii(Meiji Univ.) / Tomotaka Wada(Saitama Univ.) / Kazuya Kodama(Nagoya Univ.) / Hideaki Kimata(KDDI Research) / (NHK) / (NTT) / Norio Tagawa(NHK) / Hisaki Nate(NHK)
Assistant Msataka Imao(ME) / Yanlei Gu(Univ. of Tokyo) / Kenshi Saho(Toyama Prefectural Univ.) / Kouichiro Hashiura(Akita Prefectural Univ.) / Yasutaka Matsuo(NHK) / Kazuya Hayase(NTT)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Intelligent Transport Systems Technology / Technical Committee on Image Engineering / Technical Group on Multi-media Storage / Technical Group on Human Inormation / Technical Group on Media Engineering / Technical Group on Artistic Image Technology
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Monocular camera localization using geo-tagged images
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) 3D Reconstruction
Keyword(2) SLAM
Keyword(3) Localization
Keyword(4) Geo-Tag
1st Author's Name Kazuya Iwami
1st Author's Affiliation The University of Tokyo(The Univ. of Tokyo)
2nd Author's Name Satoshi Ikehata
2nd Author's Affiliation National Institute of Informatics(NII)
3rd Author's Name Toshihiko Yamasaki
3rd Author's Affiliation The University of Tokyo(The Univ. of Tokyo)
4th Author's Name Kiyoharu Aizawa
4th Author's Affiliation The University of Tokyo(The Univ. of Tokyo)
Date 2018-02-16
Paper # ITS2017-78,IE2017-110
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) ITS-431,IE-432
Page pp.pp.229-234(ITS), pp.229-234(IE),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2018-02-08 (ITS, IE)