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detectLoopClosure

Detect loop closure in 2-D lidar scan map

Since R2022b

    Description

    relPose = detectLoopClosure(scanMapObj) searches for a scan matching the most recent scan of the scanMapObj object to detect loop closures in the map. The function returns the relative pose relPose between the matched scan and the most recent scan.

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    [relPose,scanID,score] = detectLoopClosure(scanMapObj) returns the scan ID of the matched scan and its corresponding correlation score.

    [___] = detectLoopClosure(___,Name=Value) specifies options using one or more name-value arguments in addition to any combination of arguments from previous syntaxes. For example, detectLoopClosure(scanMapObj,SearchRadius=10) searches for a matching scan in the map within a 10 meter radius of the most recent scan.

    Examples

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    Load a MAT file containing 2-D lidar scans into the workspace.

    data = load("wareHouse.mat");
    scans = data.wareHouseScans;

    Create a lidarscanmap object.

    scanMapObj = lidarscanmap;

    Add the first 70 scans from the input data to the scanMapObj object by using the addScan function.

    for currentID = 1:70
        addScan(scanMapObj,scans{currentID});
    end

    Detect loop closures in the map by using the detectLoopClosure function. The function searches the map for a previous scan matching the most recent scan. For best results, adjust the excluded views and the search radius according to the sensor trajectory.

    [~,scanID,~] = detectLoopClosure(scanMapObj,NumExcludeViews=20,SearchRadius=5)
    scanID = 
    11
    

    Add the loop closure detected between the scans 70 and 11 to the scanMapObj by using the addLoopClosure function. Display the loop closure connection.

    addLoopClosure(scanMapObj,70,11,[2 2 0])
    disp(scanMapObj.LoopClosureIDs)
        FromScanID    ToScanID
        __________    ________
    
            70           11   
    

    Visualize the map and the sensor trajectory.

    figure
    show(scanMapObj);

    Figure contains an axes object. The axes object contains 71 objects of type line. One or more of the lines displays its values using only markers

    Input Arguments

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    2-D lidar scan map, specified as a lidarscanmap object.

    Name-Value Arguments

    Specify optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

    Example: detectLoopClosure(scanMapObj,SearchRadius=10) searches for a matching scan within a 10 meter radius of the most recent scan.

    Search radius to identify a matching scan in the map, specified as a positive scalar. The function searches in the specified radius around the most recent scan. Increasing this value can increase the computation time of the function.

    Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

    Minimum correlation score to identify a matching scan, specified as a positive scalar. A higher value can result a better match and decrease false positives.

    Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

    Number of recently added views to exclude for loop closure detection, specified as a positive integer. Increase this value when multiple recently added views belong to the same region of the map.

    Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

    Number of matches to output, specified as a positive integer.

    Note

    When this value is greater than 1, the function returns relPose as a matrix, where each row specifies a matching scan. The number of rows in the matrix is equal to the NumMatches value.

    Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

    Output Arguments

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    Relative pose between the matched scan and the most recent scan of the map, returned as a three-element vector of the form [x y Θ], where x and y define the translational offset in meters, and Θ defines the rotational offset in radians.

    Note

    When the value of NumMatches is greater than 1, the function returns relPose as a matrix, where each row specifies a matching scan. The number of rows in the matrix is equal to the NumMatches value.

    Scan ID of the matching scan in the map, returned as a positive integer.

    Note

    When the value of NumMatches is greater than 1, the function returns scanID as an M-element vector, where each value corresponds to a matching scan. M is the number of matching scans.

    Data Types: double

    Correlation score of the matching scan to the input scan, returned as a positive scalar. A higher score indicates a better match.

    Note

    When the value of NumMatches is greater than 1, the function returns score as an M-element vector, where each value corresponds to a matching scan. M is the number of matching scans.

    Data Types: double

    Version History

    Introduced in R2022b