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How to use depth value from /camera/depth/image?

asked 2014-02-01 00:54:14 -0600

Safeer gravatar image

updated 2014-04-20 14:09:25 -0600

ngrennan gravatar image

I am using this code

topic is: /camera/depth/image
type: /sensor_msgs/Image

According to the code, (msg->data[0]) is providing the value of Top-Left Corner.

I wanted to ask:

  1. How can I get the value of the Top-Right Corner, Centre, etc.
  2. How can I get the normal depth value that can tell me the distance from the object? Do I need to do some mathematical work or is there a method?
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Your reference code helped, thanks

askkvn gravatar image askkvn  ( 2021-06-24 23:42:56 -0600 )edit

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answered 2014-02-06 23:50:08 -0600

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In the code the message is already converted to a cv::Mat ( cv_ptr->image ). Use this Matrix if you want to do some processing of the data.

E.g. you can use

float dist_val = cv_ptr->image.at<float>( 10, 10 );

to get the value at 10, 10. (There are much faster methods if you not just want to access one pixel, though).

See, http://docs.opencv.org for infos on how to handle your data with OpenCV.

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Thanks for your help. I visited the link you gave. Please guide me which topics/tutorials should I follow?

Safeer gravatar image Safeer  ( 2014-02-10 01:37:27 -0600 )edit

That very much depends on what you actually want to do. Probably some of the core and improc tutorials. If you want to do object detection: "Creating Bounding boxes and circles for contours"(particularly cv::findContours() usage). Threshold works also for dist imgs. Likely you need some normalizing.

Wolf gravatar image Wolf  ( 2014-02-10 19:37:54 -0600 )edit

Thanks for your reply.

Safeer gravatar image Safeer  ( 2014-02-17 01:16:32 -0600 )edit

Thanks, @Wolf, this solution worked for me. I have used /camera/depth/image_raw as an input rostopic.

My answer with complete code (c++): https://answers.ros.org/question/1417...

Extra:

  • To get image dimension: std::cout << "Image dimension (Row x Col): " << cv_ptr->image.rows << " x " << cv_ptr->image.cols << endl;

  • To get image global max and min depth values: double min = 0.0; double max = 0.0; cv::minMaxLoc(cv_ptr->image, &min, &max, 0, 0); std::cout << "Min value: " << min << " " << "Max value: " << max << endl;

askkvn gravatar image askkvn  ( 2021-06-24 23:44:35 -0600 )edit
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answered 2017-04-18 09:56:03 -0600

zubair gravatar image

hi but this is giving me always dist_val=0 !! why is that so ??

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Check if your sensor is working fine and is at an acceptable distance from an object.

Safeer gravatar image Safeer  ( 2017-04-18 13:49:44 -0600 )edit

Hello, I have the same problem. Did you find any solution for this issue? Thank you.

User gravatar image User  ( 2018-07-06 06:42:56 -0600 )edit

Again, check if the sensor is working fine.

Safeer gravatar image Safeer  ( 2018-07-09 00:53:24 -0600 )edit

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