The invention relates to a tight
coupling vision inertial
odometer method based on a pulse camera brightness change rate, and belongs to the field of
computer vision and
robot positioning and navigation. The method comprises the steps of 1) VIO
system preparation and data preprocessing, 2) visual
feature extraction and pulse observation value calculation, 3) IMU pre-integration, and 4) tight
coupling optimization model construction and solution. During operation of the
system, for each sliding window, the optimization process of a predicted
state vector is completed through the steps 2)-4), carrier motion state
estimation at the latest moment in the current sliding window is output, then the sliding window is updated, and the steps 2)-4) are cycled, so that the
system continuously outputs high-frequency and high-precision real-time motion state
estimation. According to the invention, the
microsecond brightness differential
signal of the pulse camera is converted into continuous physical supervision on the motion state, and the precision and robustness of the system in challenging scenes such as high speed and dynamic illumination are remarkably improved in a tight
coupling mode on the premise of not changing the VIO main body architecture.