VINS for precision 3D positioning and orientation for autonomous vehicles

ArtisenseSeptentrio, a manufacturer of GPS/GNSS technology, announced it is offering positioning technology to Artisense, a company specializing in vehicle localization and 3D mapping solutions.

The partnership will bring together high-precision GPS, INS and computer vision to a single package called Visual Inertial Navigation System (VINS) developed by Artisense, the company said.

The new solution will be demonstrated live at Auto.ai show in Berlin, Germany on September 25-27, 2019.

VINS delivers highly accurate global 3D positioning and orientation information in any environment, even indoors, the company said.

Commenting on the association with Artisense, Jan Van Hees, business development director at Septentrio, said, “The result of our cooperation is precise localization in any environment offering positioning reliability and redundancy needed for safety-critical applications such as autonomous vehicles or robotics.”

The multi-constellation, multi-frequency GNSS technology provides reliable centimeter-level global positioning to the VINS system with accuracy required for lane-level maneuvering and V2V warning systems.

Cameras and inertial sensors continue accurate localization as the vehicle moves into tunnels or parking garages with no line-of-sight to GNSS satellites.

Although the system uses a relatively simple MEMs IMU and off-the-shelf cameras, it delivers precision and reliability of a high-end INS system.

The live demo at Auto.ai will offer a ride around Berlin in a car featuring VINS technology. One screen inside the car will continuously display the car’s location. Unlike the GPS of an average infotainment system, VINS will continue accurate localization anywhere, even in tunnels or in parking garages. The second screen inside the car will feature a real-time 3D point-cloud reconstruction of the car’s surroundings.

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