Automatic Map Update Using Dashcam Videos

Zhanabatyrova, Aziza; Leite, Clayton Frederick Souza; Xiao, Yu

doi:10.48550/arxiv.2109.12131

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“…In contrast, monocular depth estimation technology can predict the depth using the images captured by a single camera, improving the environmental awareness and decision-making ability of the autonomous driving system without other hardware. In addition, the accuracy and robustness of monocular depth estimation technology have significantly improved [5]. Studies have indicated that in particular scenarios, it can outperform traditional stereovision methods [6].…”

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SAU-Net: Monocular Depth Estimation Combining Multi-Scale Features and Attention Mechanisms

Zhao,

Song,

Wang

2023

IEEE Access

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Monocular depth estimation technology is widely utilized in autonomous driving for sensing and obstacle avoidance. Recent advancements in deep-learning techniques have resulted in significant progress in monocular depth estimation. However, monocular depth estimation is mainly optimized for the luminosity error of pixels, mostly disregarding the related problems of result ambiguity and boundary artifacts in the image. To address these issues, we developed an improved network model called SAU-Net. The superposition of excessive convolutional layers in conventional convolution networks impairs the network's timeliness and results in the loss of primary information. Therefore, we propose a convolutionfree stratified transformer as an image feature extractor at the network's coding end, which limits selfattention to innumerable windows and leverages sliding windows for characterization to reduce the network delay. This study also addresses the issue of critical information loss. We connect each feature map directly to another from a different scale. In addition, an attention module is introduced to focus on the effective features, which increases the amount of target information in the depth map. We employ the gradient loss function during the training stage to improve the segmentation accuracy of the network and the smoothness of the output image. Training and testing were conducted using the KITTI dataset. To ensure the robustness of the algorithm in practical applications, we also validated the algorithm using a campus dataset that we collected. The experimental results indicated that the accuracy of the algorithm was 89.1%, 96.4%, and 98.5% under three proportional thresholds. The estimated depth map was clear in details and edges, with fewer artifacts.INDEX TERMS autonomous driving, monocular depth estimation, SAU-net, stratified transformer.

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