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  • Can not visualize down-sampled point cloud

Currently, I am using an OAK-D PRO FF camera. The platform is Windows 10.

Following the documentation, I can visualize the point cloud from the camera. I want to downsample the point cloud using the voxel down-sampling function. However, I can not properly visualize the point cloud after downsampling. It looks like the open3D visualizer stops updating the point cloud. And the downsampled cloud also looks strange (only containing some horizontal and vertical lines)

This is my code:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import depthai as dai
from time import sleep
import numpy as np
import cv2
import time
import sys
try:
    import open3d as o3d
except ImportError:
    sys.exit("Critical dependency missing: Open3D. Please install it using the command: '{} -m pip install open3d' and then rerun the script.".format(sys.executable))

FPS = 30
class FPSCounter:
    def __init__(self):
        self.frameCount = 0
        self.fps = 0
        self.startTime = time.time()

    def tick(self):
        self.frameCount += 1
        if self.frameCount % 10 == 0:
            elapsedTime = time.time() - self.startTime
            self.fps = self.frameCount / elapsedTime
            self.frameCount = 0
            self.startTime = time.time()
        return self.fps

pipeline = dai.Pipeline()
camRgb = pipeline.create(dai.node.ColorCamera)
monoLeft = pipeline.create(dai.node.MonoCamera)
monoRight = pipeline.create(dai.node.MonoCamera)
depth = pipeline.create(dai.node.StereoDepth)
pointcloud = pipeline.create(dai.node.PointCloud)
sync = pipeline.create(dai.node.Sync)
xOut = pipeline.create(dai.node.XLinkOut)
xOut.input.setBlocking(False)

camRgb.setResolution(dai.ColorCameraProperties.SensorResolution.THE_1080_P)
camRgb.setBoardSocket(dai.CameraBoardSocket.CAM_A)
camRgb.setIspScale(1,3)
camRgb.setFps(FPS)

monoLeft.setResolution(dai.MonoCameraProperties.SensorResolution.THE_400_P)
monoLeft.setCamera("left")
monoLeft.setFps(FPS)
monoRight.setResolution(dai.MonoCameraProperties.SensorResolution.THE_400_P)
monoRight.setCamera("right")
monoRight.setFps(FPS)

depth.setDefaultProfilePreset(dai.node.StereoDepth.PresetMode.HIGH_DENSITY)
depth.initialConfig.setMedianFilter(dai.MedianFilter.KERNEL_7x7)
depth.setLeftRightCheck(True)
depth.setExtendedDisparity(False)
depth.setSubpixel(True)
depth.setDepthAlign(dai.CameraBoardSocket.CAM_A)

monoLeft.out.link(depth.left)
monoRight.out.link(depth.right)
depth.depth.link(pointcloud.inputDepth)
camRgb.isp.link(sync.inputs["rgb"])
pointcloud.outputPointCloud.link(sync.inputs["pcl"])
sync.out.link(xOut.input)
xOut.setStreamName("out")

with dai.Device(pipeline) as device:
    isRunning = True
    def key_callback(vis, action, mods):
        global isRunning
        if action == 0:
            isRunning = False

    q = device.getOutputQueue(name="out", maxSize=4, blocking=False)
    vis = o3d.visualization.VisualizerWithKeyCallback()
    vis.create_window()
    vis.register_key_action_callback(81, key_callback)
    pcd = o3d.geometry.PointCloud()
    coordinateFrame = o3d.geometry.TriangleMesh.create_coordinate_frame(size=1000, origin=[0,0,0])
    vis.add_geometry(coordinateFrame)

    first = True
    fpsCounter = FPSCounter()
    while isRunning:
        inMessage = q.get()
        inColor = inMessage["rgb"]
        inPointCloud = inMessage["pcl"]
        cvColorFrame = inColor.getCvFrame()
        # Convert the frame to RGB
        cvRGBFrame = cv2.cvtColor(cvColorFrame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
        fps = fpsCounter.tick()
        # Display the FPS on the frame
        cv2.putText(cvColorFrame, f"FPS: {fps:.2f}", (10, 30), cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 1, (0, 0, 255), 2)
        cv2.imshow("color", cvColorFrame)
        key = cv2.waitKey(1)
        if key == ord('q'):
            break
        if inPointCloud:
            t_before = time.time()
            points = inPointCloud.getPoints().astype(np.float64)
            pcd.points = o3d.utility.Vector3dVector(points)
            colors = (cvRGBFrame.reshape(-1, 3) / 255.0).astype(np.float64)
            pcd.colors = o3d.utility.Vector3dVector(colors)

            #### voxel down-sampling
            dwn = pcd.voxel_down_sample(voxel_size=5)

            if first:
                vis.add_geometry(dwn)
                first = False
            else:
                vis.update_geometry(dwn)
        vis.poll_events()
        vis.update_renderer()
    vis.destroy_window()

Point cloud preview without downsampling:

After downsampling:

Am I missing something? What is the proper way to down-sample the point cloud?

  • jakaskerl replied to this.

  • BeamString
    I think you are creating a new geometry each time..
    try this:

    ...
first = True
pcd = o3d.geometry.PointCloud()
coordinateFrame = o3d.geometry.TriangleMesh.create_coordinate_frame(size=1000, origin=[0,0,0])
vis.add_geometry(coordinateFrame)

while isRunning:
    inMessage = q.get()
    inColor = inMessage["rgb"]
    inPointCloud = inMessage["pcl"]
    cvColorFrame = inColor.getCvFrame()
    cvRGBFrame = cv2.cvtColor(cvColorFrame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
    fps = fpsCounter.tick()
    cv2.putText(cvColorFrame, f"FPS: {fps:.2f}", (10, 30), cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 1, (0, 0, 255), 2)
    cv2.imshow("color", cvColorFrame)
    key = cv2.waitKey(1)
    if key == ord('q'):
        break
    
    if inPointCloud:
        points = inPointCloud.getPoints().astype(np.float64)
        colors = (cvRGBFrame.reshape(-1, 3) / 255.0).astype(np.float64)
        
        # Update the main pcd with current frame's data
        pcd.clear()
        pcd.points = o3d.utility.Vector3dVector(points)
        pcd.colors = o3d.utility.Vector3dVector(colors)
        
        # Downsample the pcd
        dwn = pcd.voxel_down_sample(voxel_size=0.1)  # Try a smaller voxel size
        
        # On the first frame, add dwn to the visualizer; after that, update it
        if first:
            vis.add_geometry(dwn)
            # Keep a reference to the downsampled geometry
            dwn_geom = dwn
            first = False
        else:
            # Instead of adding a new geometry, update the existing one
            dwn_geom.clear()
            dwn_geom.points = dwn.points
            dwn_geom.colors = dwn.colors
            vis.update_geometry(dwn_geom)
    
    vis.poll_events()
    vis.update_renderer()

vis.destroy_window()

    Also play around with a smaller voxel size (like 0.1 or such) to check if it makes a more reasonable pointcloud.

    Thanks,
    Jaka

      BeamString
      I think you are creating a new geometry each time..
      try this:

      ...
first = True
pcd = o3d.geometry.PointCloud()
coordinateFrame = o3d.geometry.TriangleMesh.create_coordinate_frame(size=1000, origin=[0,0,0])
vis.add_geometry(coordinateFrame)

while isRunning:
    inMessage = q.get()
    inColor = inMessage["rgb"]
    inPointCloud = inMessage["pcl"]
    cvColorFrame = inColor.getCvFrame()
    cvRGBFrame = cv2.cvtColor(cvColorFrame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
    fps = fpsCounter.tick()
    cv2.putText(cvColorFrame, f"FPS: {fps:.2f}", (10, 30), cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 1, (0, 0, 255), 2)
    cv2.imshow("color", cvColorFrame)
    key = cv2.waitKey(1)
    if key == ord('q'):
        break
    
    if inPointCloud:
        points = inPointCloud.getPoints().astype(np.float64)
        colors = (cvRGBFrame.reshape(-1, 3) / 255.0).astype(np.float64)
        
        # Update the main pcd with current frame's data
        pcd.clear()
        pcd.points = o3d.utility.Vector3dVector(points)
        pcd.colors = o3d.utility.Vector3dVector(colors)
        
        # Downsample the pcd
        dwn = pcd.voxel_down_sample(voxel_size=0.1)  # Try a smaller voxel size
        
        # On the first frame, add dwn to the visualizer; after that, update it
        if first:
            vis.add_geometry(dwn)
            # Keep a reference to the downsampled geometry
            dwn_geom = dwn
            first = False
        else:
            # Instead of adding a new geometry, update the existing one
            dwn_geom.clear()
            dwn_geom.points = dwn.points
            dwn_geom.colors = dwn.colors
            vis.update_geometry(dwn_geom)
    
    vis.poll_events()
    vis.update_renderer()

vis.destroy_window()

      Also play around with a smaller voxel size (like 0.1 or such) to check if it makes a more reasonable pointcloud.

      Thanks,
      Jaka

        5 days later

        Thank you very much @jakaskerl. According to your suggestion I have updated the code and It works. I had used the voxel size as 50 because the unit of the point-cloud was in cm.

        As far as I understand, each time I call voxel_down_sample(voxel_size=0.1) creates a new reference for the downsampled point cloud. To show the point cloud in Visualizer, I have to add one point cloud first and then update the reference object`s points in every frame. Did I get it right?