The invention discloses a visual SLAM method and
system based on saliency prediction and a storage medium, and belongs to the technical field of synchronous positioning and mapping. Firstly, saliency prediction based on multi-
modal fusion is carried out according to a current
image frame and a depth frame, a grey-
scale map of the current
image frame and a saliency
mask containing an effective structured region are obtained, and then
feature extraction and matching are carried out to obtain matched feature points; then calculating the saliency entropy of the current
image frame and judging a
key frame, and creating map points for real-time grading to obtain a graded
local map; and finally, performing global BA weighted optimization, and constructing a
global map by continuously expanding and maintaining the graded
local map. According to the method, a significance prediction technology based on multi-
modal fusion is introduced, geometric information and depth information are fused to accurately perceive an effective structured region in an image, significant features are captured and accurately matched, the
perception and association capability of the
system is enhanced, and the stability and overall performance of the
system are comprehensively improved.