Principal Investigator

Kostas Daniilidis

Status

Completed

Start Date

Jan. 1, 2012

End Date

June 30, 2015

Project Type

Research Advanced

Grant Program

MAP-21 TSET National (2013 - 2018)

Grant Cycle

TSET - University of Pennsylvania

Visibility

Public

Abstract

The goal of this project is to develop a visual navigation system for use in vehicles using Android tablets. Current vehicle navigation techniques rely solely on static road maps and noisy global positioning system (GPS) data. This approach is prone to errors where GPS information is not available, such as urban canyons. The project proposes to use a windshield mounted. Android tablet as a sensor platform for augmenting in-vehicle navigation. The project begins by detecting and tracking salient features over time from the color camera images. Combined with the accelerometer and gyroscope data, we can distinguish between static (background) and dynamic (foreground) features in the images. The static features are then used to compute the visual odometry (motion of the vehicle) and produce a 3D model of the environment. This information can then be used to augment the navigation system with local, real-time information and overlays.    

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Expected Outcomes/Impacts

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Expected Outputs

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Individuals Involved

Email	Name	Affiliation	Role	Position
kostas@cis.upenn.edu	Daniilidis, Kostas	University of Pennsylvania	PI	Faculty - Tenured

Budget

Amount of UTC Funds Awarded

$109000.00

Total Project Budget (from all funding sources)

$

Documents

Type	Name	Uploaded
Final Report	212.pdf	July 27, 2018, 11:06 a.m.

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