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Package Summary

Driver for MatrixVision BlueFox Cameras (it wraps arround mvIMPACT Acquire API that comes with the hardware)

• Author: Carlos Jaramillo
• License: GPL
• Repository: ccny-ros-pkg
• Source: git http://robotics.ccny.cuny.edu/git/ccny-ros-pkg/ccny_drivers.git

Contents

1. Nodes
   1. mv_bluefox_driver

Home of the unnoficial ROS driver for MatrixVisionBlueFox cameras.

Installing the mvIMPACT Acquire Library

1. Download the latest drivers from Matrix-Vision drivers page:

• Select mvBlueFOX / mvBlueFOX-MLC in the drop down fields. Download the latest Linux beta x64 drivers (beta_mvbluefox-x86_64-ABI2-XXXXXXXX.tgz) and unpack the archive in to a directory:

Example

The driver can be run as a regular node by launching:

OR

The driver can be launched as a nodelet as:

The camera can be calibrated via the camera_calibration package from image_pipeline by launching:

NOTE: You must modify the checkerboard patter calibration parameters to suit your own.

After a .yaml calibration file has been properly generated, the actual rectified images can be processed further via image_pipeline's image_proc. Thus, the following launchers achieve that, respectively.

OR

Nodes

mv_bluefox_driver

The mv_bluefox_driver node wraps the official driver for MatrixVisionBlueFox devices and advertises sensor_msgs/Image messages published by image_transport::Publisher (API) as well as the corresponding camera information as sensor_msgs/CameraInfo. These can be further processed via the image_pipeline's image_proc (see the Example section for launching).

Published Topics

~camera_info (sensor_msgs/CameraInfo)

• Camera parameters information server

~image_raw (sensor_msgs/Image)

• Unprocessed (raw) image data

Parameters

~frame_id (string, default: camera)

• The camera's frame name (id).

~calibration_file (string, default: ')

• The camera_info path and name for the calibration yaml file (e.g. 'whatever_path/mv_bluefox_calibration.yaml')

TODO

1. Add more configurable parameters. For now, only the default camera resolution is being used.

Contents

1. Nodes
   1. mv_bluefox_driver

Home of the unnoficial ROS driver for MatrixVisionBlueFox cameras.

Installing the mvIMPACT Acquire Library

1. Download the latest drivers from Matrix-Vision drivers page:

• Select mvBlueFOX / mvBlueFOX-MLC in the drop down fields. Download the latest Linux drivers (e.g. mvVirtualDevice x86_XXXXXXXX.tgz) and unpack the archive in to a directory:

Example

The driver can be run as a regular node by launching:

OR

The driver can be launched as a nodelet as:

The camera can be calibrated via the camera_calibration package from image_pipeline by launching:

NOTE: You must modify the checkerboard patter calibration parameters to suit your own.

After a .yaml calibration file has been properly generated, the actual rectified images can be processed further via image_pipeline's image_proc. Thus, the following launchers achieve that, respectively.

OR

Matrix Vision Driver Download

Nodes

mv_bluefox_driver

The mv_bluefox_driver node wraps the official driver for MatrixVisionBlueFox devices and advertises sensor_msgs/Image messages published by image_transport::Publisher (API) as well as the corresponding camera information as sensor_msgs/CameraInfo. These can be further processed via the image_pipeline's image_proc (see the Example section for launching).

Published Topics

~camera_info (sensor_msgs/CameraInfo)

• Camera parameters information server

~image_raw (sensor_msgs/Image)

• Unprocessed (raw) image data

Parameters

~frame_id (string, default: camera)

• The camera's frame name (id).

~calibration_file (string, default:

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')

Matrix Vision Houston

• The camera_info path and name for the calibration yaml file (e.g. 'whatever_path/mv_bluefox_calibration.yaml')

TODO

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1. Add more configurable parameters. For now, only the default camera resolution is being used.