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ROS message_filter ExactTime queue

asked 2017-04-22 08:37:14 -0600

Mondi gravatar image

Hallo community,

I want to provide only the newest combined RGBD message to a image processing nodelet. For this purpose I use the exact time synchronizer. But Im still a little bit uncertain which queue size has to be one to get only the newest combined message. Must the queue of the synchronizer be 1 or queue of the message subscribers and which size the other queue should have?

exactSyncDepth_ = new message_filters::Synchronizer<RGBDExactSyncDepthPolicy>(RGBDExactSyncDepthPolicy(syncQueueSize), imageSub_, imageDepthSub_,cameraInfoSub_); 

imageSub_.subscribe(rgb_it, rgb_nh.resolveName("image"), subQueueSize, hintsRgb);
imageDepthSub_.subscribe(depth_it, depth_nh.resolveName("image"), subQueueSize, hintsDepth);
cameraInfoSub_.subscribe(rgb_nh, "camera_info", subQueueSize)

Best,

Manuel

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When you post source, you should make it as complete and minimal as possible. Including the variable declarations would have made the source you posted much easier to understand quickly.

Geoff gravatar image Geoff  ( 2017-04-23 21:40:57 -0600 )edit

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answered 2017-04-23 21:40:18 -0600

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If syncQueueSize is 1, then the synchronizer should only ever have the most recent combined message available.

The other queues will need to be a suitable size to ensure that when the later message arrives, the topic with the message that arrived earlier still has a message with the same timestamp. If one topic is slower than the other by enough and the queues are too small, the synchroniser might not find a matching pair of messages. In general I don't think this will be a problem because of your sensor type, but be aware that tuning the queue sizes of the inputs may be necessary.

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