U-BEV: Height-aware Bird's-Eye-View Segmentation and Neural Map-based Relocalization

AB Camiletto, A Bochicchio, A Liniger, D Dai… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Efficient relocalization is essential for intelligent vehicles when GPS reception is insufficient
or sensor-based localization fails. Recent advances in Bird's-Eye-View (BEV) segmentation …

Global localization in unstructured environments using semantic object maps built from various viewpoints

J Ankenbauer, PC Lusk, A Thomas… - 2023 IEEE/RSJ …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a novel framework for global localization and guided relocalization of a vehicle
in an unstructured environment. Compared to existing methods, our pipeline does not rely …

Egovm: Achieving precise ego-localization using lightweight vectorized maps

Y He, S Liang, X Rui, C Cai, G Wan - arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.08991, 2023 - arxiv.org
Accurate and reliable ego-localization is critical for autonomous driving. In this paper, we
present EgoVM, an end-to-end localization network that achieves comparable localization …

View-invariant localization using semantic objects in changing environments

J Ankenbauer, K Fathian, JP How - arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.14426, 2022 - arxiv.org
This paper proposes a novel framework for real-time localization and egomotion tracking of
a vehicle in a reference map. The core idea is to map the semantic objects observed by the …

Observation time difference: An online dynamic objects removal method for ground vehicles

R Wu, C Pang, X Wu, Z Fang - 2024 IEEE International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the process of urban environment mapping, the sequential accumulations of dynamic
objects will leave a large number of traces in the map. These traces will usually have bad …

LHMap-loc: Cross-Modal Monocular Localization Using LiDAR Point Cloud Heat Map

X Wu, J Xu, P Hu, G Wang, H Wang - arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.05002, 2024 - arxiv.org
Localization using a monocular camera in the pre-built LiDAR point cloud map has drawn
increasing attention in the field of autonomous driving and mobile robotics. However, there …

Global Localization and Guided Relocalization in Unstructured Environments using Semantic Objects

J Pedlow - 2023 - dspace.mit.edu
This thesis presents a novel framework for global localization and guided relocalization of a
vehicle in an unstructured environment. Compared to existing methods, this pipeline does …

[PDF][PDF] Monocular Mapping and Localization of Urban Road Scenes Based on Parameterized Semantic Representation

F Ding, X Ji, D Wei, J Zhang, K Li, H Yuan - Update, 2023 - ceur-ws.org
The semantic map plays an essential role in unmanned tasks with limited resources for
urban road scenes, especially for precise localization in the GNSS-blocked area. With the …

CMSG: Cross-Media Semantic-Graph Feature Matching Algorithm for Autonomous Vehicle Relocalization

S Tan, H Liu, Z Wang - 2023 International Symposium on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Relocalization is the basis of map-based localization algorithms. Camera and LiDAR map-
based methods are pervasive since their robustness under different scenarios. Generally …