VSLAM Technology – Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
Monocular VSLAM software with sparse 3D output map
Jointly reconstructing a 3D map of the environment and identifying the camera path within that map, relying on visual (camera) information
Outputs: -Visualization of a 3D map as a point cloud and 6 DoF camera trajectory in a graphical environment -A file that contains the camera relative 3-axis translation and relative pose in unit quaternion representation
Typical applications:
Autonomous navigation
Large-scale area reconstruction (cities, archaeological sites etc.)
Robotic mapping
3D point-cloud reconstruction using μ-precision accuracy
Synthesizing the data in a 3D geometry using an optical camera system and projected light patterns for surface quality inspection
Fully automatic point cloud generation with no user interaction
Reconstruction of different poses in ~5secs
The final 3D point cloud is generated by an iterative error minimization procedure between all single view reconstructions
Point spacing in the order of
70um for 1 pose captured at ~25cm
<30um, for a PCL merging of >4 different poses
Typical applications:
3D modeling of small and medium scale objects (< 1sq. m)