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The usb_cam_hardware package

Package Summary

The usb_cam_hardware package

About

This package contains an USB camera driver which is almost compatible to usb_cam but based on ros_control. Major enhancements over usb_cam are;

  • impremented as a nodelet
  • supports h264 pixel format (1/10 network usage compared with mjpeg)
  • publishes raw packets from the camera (1/10 cpu usage and less latency compared with decoding mjpeg packets in the node)
  • accepts 3rd party controllers

Slides from ROS Japan UG #28 (in Japanese)

Nodelets

usb_cam_hardware/USBCamHardware

an USB camera driver based on ros_control

Published Topics

<controller-defined> (<controller-defined>)
  • see the controller section below

Parameters

~video_device (string, default: "/dev/video0")
  • path to the camera device
~image_width (int, default: 640)
  • image width in pixels
~image_height (int, default: 480)
  • image height in pixels
~pixel_format (string, default: "mjpeg")
  • pixel format of the camera device. supported formats are "grey", "h264", "mjpeg", "rgb24", "uyvy", and "yuyv".
~framerate (int, default: 30)
  • desired framerate per second

Controllers

All topics and parameters are defined in each controller's namespace

usb_cam_controllers/CameraInfoController

publishes camera information syncronized to packets from the camera

Published Topics

camera_info (sensor_msgs/CameraInfo)
  • camera info

Parameters

camera_frame_id (string, default: "head_camera")
  • camera frame id
camera_info_url (string, default: "")
  • camera info URI
camera_name (string, default: "head_camera")
  • camera name

usb_cam_controllers/PacketController

publishes raw packets from the camera as images

Published Topics

image (sensor_msgs/Image)
  • images in raw image format

Parameters

image_width (int, default: 640)
  • value of Image::width
image_height (int, default: 480)
  • value of Image::height
encoding (string, default: "bgr8")
  • value of Image::encoding
skip (int, default: 0)
  • number of packets skipped after publishment. useful to throttle network usage.

usb_cam_controllers/CompressedPacketController

publishes raw packets from the camera as compressed images

Published Topics

packet (sensor_msgs/CompressedImage)
  • compressed images

Parameters

format (string, default: "jpeg") skip (int, default: 0)
  • number of packets skipped after publishment. useful to throttle network usage.

usb_cam_controllers/MjpegController

decodes mjpeg-compressed packets and publishes decoded images

Published Topics

image (sensor_msgs/Image)
  • decoded images

usb_cam_controllers/H264Controller

decodes h264-compressed packets and publishes decoded images

Published Topics

image (sensor_msgs/Image)
  • decoded images

usb_cam_controllers/RGB24Controller

converts rgb-formatted packets to bgr images and publishes them

Published Topics

image (sensor_msgs/Image)
  • bgr-formatted images

Parameters

image_width (int, default: 640)
  • value of Image::width
image_height (int, default: 480)
  • value of Image::height

usb_cam_controllers/UYVYController

converts uyvy-formatted packets to bgr images and publishes them

Published Topics

image (sensor_msgs/Image)
  • bgr-formated images

Parameters

image_width (int, default: 640)
  • value of Image::width
image_height (int, default: 480)
  • value of Image::height

usb_cam_controllers/YUYVController

converts yuyv-formatted packets to bgr images and publishes them

Published Topics

image (sensor_msgs/Image)
  • bgr-formatted images

Parameters

image_width (int, default: 640)
  • value of Image::width
image_height (int, default: 480)
  • value of Image::height

Examples

See the github repository.

codec_image_transport

Wiki: usb_cam_hardware (last edited 2020-04-17 00:26:46 by Yoshito Okada)