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So a visual-inertial odometry with point and line features is developed.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Visual front-end combining point and line features, as well as its purification strategies, are first presented to improve the robustness of feature tracking in low-textured scene and rapidity of segment detector. Additionally, the inertial measurement is integrated between keyframes as constrain to reduce tracking error existed in visual-only system. Second, the graph-based visual-inertial back-end is constructed. To parameterize line features effectively, the infinite line representation not sensitive to outdoor light is employed, in which Pl\u00fccker and Cayley are selected for line re-projection and nonlinear optimization. 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