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empty frame_id when converting sensor_msgs/PointCloud2 to sensor_msgs/Image

asked 2016-01-04 13:05:26 -0600

Naman gravatar image

updated 2016-01-04 14:15:12 -0600

Hi,

I am using iai_kinect2(ROS Indigo and Ubuntu 14.04) to get a depth cloud from my Kinect2 in the form sensor_msgs/Image. Then, it is converted to sensor_msgs/PointCloud2 using depth_image_proc to do all the filtering operations using pcl. Finally, I want to convert the filtered point_cloud back to sensor_msgs/Image and for that, I am using pcl_ros/CloudToImage to get sensor_msgs/Image (on topic /kinect2/filtered_image). It compiled properly but during run time, when I try to visualize it in RVIZ, I get the following :

MessageFilter [target=kinect2_link ]: Discarding message from [unknown_publisher] due to empty frame_id.  This message will only print once.

When I do rostopic echo /kinect2/filtered_image, I get:

header: 
  seq: 2139
  stamp: 
    secs: 0
    nsecs: 0
  frame_id: ''
height: 1
width: 68227
encoding: bgr8
is_bigendian: 0
step: 204681
data: [0, 0, 181, 209, 216, 179, 207, 214, 179, 207, 214, 0, 0, 0, 175, 204, 211, 176, 205, 212, 176, 205, 210, 177, 206, 211, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 179, 207, 214, 179, 208, 215, 181, 210, 217, 0, 0, 0, 178, 207, 214, 179, 208, 215, 180, 209, 216, 175, 204, 209, 175, 205, 210, 174, 203, 210, 0, 0, 0, 174, 203, 210, 175, 204, 211, 174, 203, 210, 176, 204, 211, 177, 205, 212, 0, 0, 0, 178, 207, 212, 180, 209, 214, 178, 206, 213, 179, 208, 215, 177, 209, 215, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 180, 209, 216, 174, 203, 208, 174, 203, 208, 176, 205, 210, 174, 203, 208, 175, 204, 209, 175, 205, 210, 175, 205, 210, 175, 204, 211, 175, 204, 211, 173, 205, 211, 172, 204, 210, 173, 205, 211, 173, 205, 211, 176, 205, 212, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 179, 208, 215, 171, 203, 209, ....... ]

It looks like there is some problem here. It does not have any time stamp or frame_id. Also, the encoding is bgr8, shouldn't it be 16UC1?

EDIT :
As suggested in the answer, after copying the header from the input point cloud into the image and then if I visualize the published image in RVIZ, I get the following issue and RVIZ shuts down :

[ WARN] [1451938112.487114384]: OGRE EXCEPTION(3:RenderingAPIException): Zero sized texture surface on texture ROSImageTexture0 face 0 mipmap 0. Probably, the GL driver refused to create the texture. in GLTexture::_createSurfaceList at /build/buildd/ogre-1.8-1.8.1+dfsg/RenderSystems/GL/src/OgreGLTexture.cpp (line 420)
Qt has caught an exception thrown from an event handler. Throwing
exceptions from an event handler is not supported in Qt. You must
reimplement QApplication::notify() and catch all exceptions there.

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Ogre::RenderingAPIException'
  what():  OGRE EXCEPTION(3:RenderingAPIException): Zero sized texture surface on texture ROSImageTexture0 face 0 mipmap 0. Probably, the GL driver refused to create the texture. in GLTexture::_createSurfaceList at /build/buildd/ogre-1.8-1.8.1 ...
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answered 2016-01-04 13:48:11 -0600

ahendrix gravatar image

From the CloudToImage page:

Given a dense cloud, you can efficiently grab the rgb image from it as a sensor_msgs::Image

The CloudToImage example is expecting a colored point cloud, and is trying to extract the RGB image from it; not the depth image. This is why you're getting an RGB image.

It looks like the missing frame and timestamp is a separate issue. Perhaps pcl::toROSMsg() isn't preserving header information as it should. This is probably a bug in pcl_conversions, but you can work around it by copying the header from your input point cloud to the final image before you publish it.

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Thanks @ahendrix! Yes, I am giving Color Point cloud. Is there a way to get the depth_image in the form sensor_msgs/Image from the dense Point Cloud? I want to use it with depthimage_to_laserscan. Also regarding your second part of the answer, I have updated the original question. TIA!

Naman gravatar image Naman  ( 2016-01-04 14:16:02 -0600 )edit

I'm sure you can reconstruct a depth image from a point cloud, but I haven't done it myself, so I'm not sure where to start. You may also want to look into the pointcloud_to_laserscan package, and avoid the need to convert back to a depth image.

ahendrix gravatar image ahendrix  ( 2016-01-04 16:38:24 -0600 )edit

I'm not sure why rviz is crashing. Are you trying to display an RGB image in a depth image display or something weird like that?

ahendrix gravatar image ahendrix  ( 2016-01-04 16:39:17 -0600 )edit

Yes.. I have looked into pointcloud_to_laserscan package but my only concern with that is it might be less efficient than depthimage_to_laserscan but again I am not sure how efficient it will be to generate depth image from a point cloud.

Naman gravatar image Naman  ( 2016-01-04 17:29:59 -0600 )edit

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