本文主要讲解如何将本地的图片通过ROS来显示出来。主要利用了opencv库,一样是来源于ROS官网.
创建一个ROS工作区
工作区还是存放和编译我们的文件
$ mkdir -p ~/image_transport_ws/src
$ cd ~/image_transport_ws
$ catkin_make
$ source devel/setup.bash
接下来创建工程包
ROS官方有提供转换图片Demo,直接下载使用。
$ cd ~/image_transport_ws/
$ git clone https://github.com/ros-perception/image_common.git
$ mkdir src
将image_common包中的tutorial复制到src目录下,命名为image_transport_tutorial。
$ cp -r `pwd`/image_common/image_transport/tutorial/ ./src/image_transport_tutorial
其中主要就是
my_publisher.cpp和my_subscriber.cpp这两个文件。my_publisher.cpp文件内容如下:
#include <ros/ros.h>
#include <image_transport/image_transport.h>
#include <opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>
#include <cv_bridge/cv_bridge.h>
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
ros::init(argc, argv, "image_publisher");
ros::NodeHandle nh;
image_transport::ImageTransport it(nh);
image_transport::Publisher pub = it.advertise("camera/image", 1);
cv::Mat image = cv::imread(argv[1], CV_LOAD_IMAGE_COLOR);
cv:WaitKey(30);
sensor_msgs::ImagePtr msg = cv_bridge::CvImage(std_msgs::Header(), "bgr8", image).toImageMsg();
ros::Rate loop_rate(5);
while (nh.ok()) {
pub.publish(msg);
ros::spinOnce();
loop_rate.sleep();
}
}
my_subscriber.cpp文件内容如下:
#include <ros/ros.h>
#include <image_transport/image_transport.h>
#include <opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>
#include <cv_bridge/cv_bridge.h>
void imageCallback(const sensor_msgs::ImageConstPtr& msg)
{
try
{
cv::imshow("view", cv_bridge::toCvShare(msg, "bgr8")->image);
}
catch (cv_bridge::Exception& e)
{
ROS_ERROR("Could not convert from '%s' to 'bgr8'.", msg->encoding.c_str());
}
}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
ros::init(argc, argv, "image_listener");
ros::NodeHandle nh;
cv::namedWindow("view");
cv::startWindowThread();
image_transport::ImageTransport it(nh);
image_transport::Subscriber sub = it.subscribe("camera/image", 1, imageCallback);
ros::spin();
cv::destroyWindow("view");
}
接下来开始编译工程包
$ cd ~/image_transport_ws
$ catkin_make
编译完成之后我们来测试一下功能是否正确
首先启动ROS
$ roscore
现在我们启动叫my_publisher的发布节点,最后一个参数是本地图片的路径。
$ rosrun image_transport_tutorial my_publisher path/to/some/image.jpg
想知道我们启动的节点是否正确,我们可以查看发布的主题(topics):
$ rostopic list -v
看话题中是否有 /camera/image
Published topics:
* /rosout [roslib/Log] 1 publisher
* /camera/image [sensor_msgs/Image] 1 publisher
* /rosout_agg [roslib/Log] 1 publisher
Subscribed topics:
* /rosout [roslib/Log] 1 subscriber
现在可以运行一个叫 my_subscriber的订阅节点:
rosrun image_transport_tutorial my_subscriber
这时候会看到弹出一个窗口,里面就是我们要发布的图片