I haven't seen any talk on the users list about PointCloud2.  Is the API 
for PointCloud2 stable?  Is it supported in rviz?  Or hsould I keep 
using the original PointCloud for now.



Patrick Beeson wrote:
> Given that the camera1394 driver is based off my local ROS node, I'm 
> definitely using it to update my very similar swissranger node for 
> public use.  I especially want to be able to use testing of the 
> camera1394 node to inform changes to the SR node, as I doubt there will 
> be as many testers for the SR node.
> 
> Thanks for the help and advice.
> 
> Blaise Gassend wrote:
>> The calibration would be done at a higher level, and the parameters
>> passed back to the camera driver whose responsibility it is to publish
>> them. So if you just output default values, people will have a hard time
>> using the device as a camera.
>>
>> You could look at the CameraInfoManager in camera1394. It would be easy
>> for you to pull into your driver, and would allow people to calibrate
>> the camera just like any other camera. At some point I want to move that
>> functionality into some common package, but I haven't had a chance yet.
>>
>> Blaise
>>
>> On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 11:12 -0500, Patrick Beeson wrote:
>>> The swissranger is calibrated at the factory.  They do not provide 
>>> the internal optical parameters they use when getting 3D points from 
>>> 2D images.  If one wanted to rectify the 2D depth or intensity 
>>> images, one could run a checkerboard calibration from the intensity 
>>> image (I've done this).  I'm assuming this would be done at a higher 
>>> level than the camera communication driver.   So, for now, camera 
>>> parameters will need to be set to defaults.
>>>
>>>
>>> Blaise Gassend wrote:
>>>> If it looks like a dog, and barks like a dog, why not put it in
>>>> dog_experimental?
>>>>
>>>> So if you are publishing an image and a camera info with the standard
>>>> directory structure, it sounds like a good candidate for
>>>> camera_drivers_experimental.
>>>>
>>>> How are you dealing with calibration?
>>>>
>>>> Blaise
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 09:44 -0500, Patrick Beeson wrote:
>>>>> I think I'll have some time later this week to update my ROS 
>>>>> Swissranger 3000/4000 driver with appropriate image_proc info.  
>>>>> Radu and I had discussed this replacing his older 3K node, as this 
>>>>> is basically a port of that to work with the newer Mesa Imaging API.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think having this driver in the camera_drivers_experimental would 
>>>>> be fine, as the device is essentially a camera that publishes 
>>>>> multiple 2D images along with a point cloud (I'll make this a 
>>>>> runtime option).  Any objections to locating a 3D flash lidar 
>>>>> driver in the camera_drivers_experimental stack?
>>>>>
>>>>>
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