a base sensor class More...

#include <Sensor.hh>

Public Member Functions
virtual	~Sensor ()
	destructor More...

void	AddSequence (gz::msgs::Header *_msg, const std::string &_seqKey="default")
	Add a sequence number to an gz::msgs::Header. This function can be called by a sensor that wants to add a sequence number to a sensor message in order to have improved accountability for generated sensor data. More...

bool	EnableMetrics () const
	Get flag state for enabling performance metrics publication. More...

std::string	FrameId () const
	FrameId. More...

SensorId	Id () const
	Get the sensor's ID. More...

virtual bool	Init ()
	Initialize values in the sensor. More...

virtual bool	Load (const sdf::Sensor &_sdf)
	Load the sensor based on data from an sdf::Sensor object. More...

virtual bool	Load (sdf::ElementPtr _sdf)
	Load the sensor with SDF parameters. More...

std::string	Name () const
	Get name. More...

common::Time	NextUpdateTime () const
	Return the next time the sensor will generate data. More...

std::string	Parent () const
	Get parent link of the sensor. More...

gz::math::Pose3d	Pose () const
	Get the current pose. More...

void	PublishMetrics (const std::chrono::duration< double > &_now)
	Publishes information about the performance of the sensor. This method is called by Update(). More...

sdf::ElementPtr	SDF () const
	Get the SDF used to load this sensor. More...

void	SetEnableMetrics (bool _enableMetrics)
	Set flag to enable publishing performance metrics. More...

void	SetFrameId (const std::string &_frameId)
	Set Frame ID of the sensor. More...

virtual void	SetParent (const std::string &_parent)
	Set the parent of the sensor. More...

void	SetPose (const gz::math::Pose3d &_pose)
	Update the pose of the sensor. More...

bool	SetTopic (const std::string &_topic)
	Set topic where sensor data is published. More...

void	SetUpdateRate (const double _hz)
	Set the update rate of the sensor. An update rate of zero means that the sensor is updated every cycle. It's zero by default. \detail Negative rates become zero. More...

std::string	Topic () const
	Get topic where sensor data is published. More...

virtual bool	Update (const common::Time &_now)=0
	Force the sensor to generate data. More...

bool	Update (const common::Time &_now, const bool _force)
	Update the sensor. More...

double	UpdateRate () const
	Get the update rate of the sensor. More...

Protected Member Functions
	Sensor ()
	constructor More...

Detailed Description

a base sensor class

This class is a base for all sensor classes. It parses some common SDF elements in the <sensor> tag and is responsible for making sure sensors update at the right time.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ Sensor()

Sensor ( )

protected

constructor

◆ ~Sensor()

virtual ~Sensor ( )

virtual

destructor

Member Function Documentation

◆ AddSequence()

void AddSequence	(	gz::msgs::Header *	_msg,
		const std::string &	_seqKey = `"default"`
	)

Add a sequence number to an gz::msgs::Header. This function can be called by a sensor that wants to add a sequence number to a sensor message in order to have improved accountability for generated sensor data.

This function will add the following key-value pair to the data field in the provided gz::msgs::Header msg.

key: "seq"
value: sequence_number

If the "seq" key already exists, then the value will be set without adding another key-value pair.

The sequence_number starts at zero, when a sensor is created, and is incremented by one each time this function is called.

Parameters

[in,out]	_msg	The header which will receive the sequence.
[in]	_seqKey	Name of the sequence to use.

◆ EnableMetrics()

bool EnableMetrics ( ) const

Get flag state for enabling performance metrics publication.

Returns: True if performance metrics are enabled, false otherwise.

◆ FrameId()

std::string FrameId ( ) const

FrameId.

Returns: FrameId of sensor.

◆ Id()

SensorId Id ( ) const

Get the sensor's ID.

Returns: The sensor's ID.

◆ Init()

virtual bool Init ( )

virtual

Initialize values in the sensor.

Reimplemented in DepthCameraSensor, ThermalCameraSensor, CameraSensor, Lidar, LogicalCameraSensor, GpuLidarSensor, RgbdCameraSensor, ImuSensor, MagnetometerSensor, AirPressureSensor, and AltimeterSensor.

◆ Load() [1/2]

virtual bool Load ( const sdf::Sensor & _sdf )

virtual

Load the sensor based on data from an sdf::Sensor object.

Parameters

[in] _sdf SDF <sensor> or <plugin> inside of <sensor>

Returns: true if loading was successful

Reimplemented in DepthCameraSensor, ThermalCameraSensor, CameraSensor, GpuLidarSensor, Lidar, RgbdCameraSensor, ImuSensor, MagnetometerSensor, AirPressureSensor, and AltimeterSensor.

◆ Load() [2/2]

virtual bool Load ( sdf::ElementPtr _sdf )

virtual

Load the sensor with SDF parameters.

Parameters

[in] _sdf SDF <sensor> or <plugin> inside of <sensor>

Returns: true if loading was successful

Reimplemented in DepthCameraSensor, ThermalCameraSensor, CameraSensor, GpuLidarSensor, Lidar, LogicalCameraSensor, ImuSensor, MagnetometerSensor, AirPressureSensor, and AltimeterSensor.

◆ Name()

std::string Name ( ) const

Get name.

Returns: Name of sensor.

◆ NextUpdateTime()

common::Time NextUpdateTime ( ) const

Return the next time the sensor will generate data.

◆ Parent()

std::string Parent ( ) const

Get parent link of the sensor.

Returns: Parent link of sensor.

◆ Pose()

gz::math::Pose3d Pose ( ) const

Get the current pose.

Returns: Current pose of the sensor.

◆ PublishMetrics()

void PublishMetrics ( const std::chrono::duration< double > & _now )

Publishes information about the performance of the sensor. This method is called by Update().

Parameters

[in] _now Current time.

◆ SDF()

sdf::ElementPtr SDF ( ) const

Get the SDF used to load this sensor.

Returns: Pointer to an SDF element that contains initialization information for this sensor.

◆ SetEnableMetrics()

void SetEnableMetrics ( bool _enableMetrics )

Set flag to enable publishing performance metrics.

Parameters

[in] _enableMetrics True to enable.

◆ SetFrameId()

void SetFrameId ( const std::string & _frameId )

Set Frame ID of the sensor.

Parameters

[in] _frameId Frame ID of the sensor

◆ SetParent()

virtual void SetParent ( const std::string & _parent )

virtual

Set the parent of the sensor.

Reimplemented in Lidar.

◆ SetPose()

void SetPose ( const gz::math::Pose3d & _pose )

Update the pose of the sensor.

◆ SetTopic()

bool SetTopic ( const std::string & _topic )

Set topic where sensor data is published.

Parameters

[in] _topic Topic sensor publishes data to.

Returns: True if a valid topic was set.

◆ SetUpdateRate()

void SetUpdateRate ( const double _hz )

Set the update rate of the sensor. An update rate of zero means that the sensor is updated every cycle. It's zero by default. \detail Negative rates become zero.

Parameters

[in] _hz Update rate of sensor in Hertz.

◆ Topic()

std::string Topic ( ) const

Get topic where sensor data is published.

Returns: Topic sensor publishes data to

◆ Update() [1/2]

virtual bool Update ( const common::Time & _now )

pure virtual

Force the sensor to generate data.

This method must be overridden by sensors. Subclasses should not not make a decision about whether or not they need to update. The Sensor class will make sure Update() is called at the correct time.

If a subclass wants to have a variable update rate it should call SetUpdateRate().

A subclass should return false if there was an error while updating

Parameters

[in] _now The current time

Returns: true if the update was successfull

See also: SetUpdateRate()

Implemented in DepthCameraSensor, ThermalCameraSensor, CameraSensor, LogicalCameraSensor, RgbdCameraSensor, GpuLidarSensor, ImuSensor, MagnetometerSensor, AirPressureSensor, AltimeterSensor, and Lidar.

◆ Update() [2/2]

bool Update	(	const common::Time &	_now,
		const bool	_force
	)

Update the sensor.

This is called by the manager, and is responsible for determining if this sensor needs to generate data at this time. If so, the subclasses' Update() method will be called.

Parameters

[in]	_now	The current time
[in]	_force	Force the update to happen even if it's not time

Returns: True if the update was triggered (_force was true or _now >= next_update_time) and the sensor's bool Sensor::Update(const common::Time &_now) function returned true. False otherwise.

Remarks: If forced the NextUpdateTime() will be unchanged.

See also: virtual bool Update(const common::Time &_name) = 0

◆ UpdateRate()

double UpdateRate ( ) const

Get the update rate of the sensor.

The update rate is the number of times per second a sensor should generate and output data.

Returns: _hz update rate of sensor.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

gz/sensors/Sensor.hh

Gazebo Sensors

API Reference

Public Member Functions

Protected Member Functions

Detailed Description

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ Sensor()

◆ ~Sensor()

Member Function Documentation

◆ AddSequence()

◆ EnableMetrics()

◆ FrameId()

◆ Id()

◆ Init()

◆ Load() [1/2]

◆ Load() [2/2]

◆ Name()

◆ NextUpdateTime()

◆ Parent()

◆ Pose()

◆ PublishMetrics()

◆ SDF()

◆ SetEnableMetrics()

◆ SetFrameId()

◆ SetParent()

◆ SetPose()

◆ SetTopic()

◆ SetUpdateRate()

◆ Topic()

◆ Update() [1/2]

◆ Update() [2/2]

◆ UpdateRate()