Title
Camera-IMU-based localization: Observability analysis and consistency improvement
Abstract
This work investigates the relationship between system observability properties and estimator inconsistency for a Vision-aided Inertial Navigation System (VINS). In particular, first we introduce a new methodology for determining the unobservable directions of nonlinear systems by factorizing the observability matrix according to the observable and unobservable modes. Subsequently, we apply this method to the VINS nonlinear model and determine its unobservable directions analytically. We leverage our analysis to improve the accuracy and consistency of linearized estimators applied to VINS. Our key findings are evaluated through extensive simulations and experimental validation on real-world data, demonstrating the superior accuracy and consistency of the proposed VINS framework compared to standard approaches.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1177/0278364913509675
I. J. Robotic Res.
Keywords
Field
DocType
Vision-aided inertial navigation,visual-inertial odometry,observability analysis,estimator consistency
Inertial navigation system,Observability,Observable,Nonlinear system,Control theory,Inertial measurement unit,Nonlinear model,Unobservable,Mathematics,Estimator
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
33
1
0278-3649
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
58
1.76
24
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Joel A. Hesch127313.62
Dimitrios G. Kottas22019.35
Sean L. Bowman31788.12
Stergios I. Roumeliotis42124151.96