range aid: added hysteresis for switching in and out of range aid

- prevents rapid switching
- added innovation consistency check for using range aid

Signed-off-by: Roman <bapstroman@gmail.com>
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Roman
2017-06-15 09:10:43 +02:00
committed by ChristophTobler
parent 1b92c9b5b3
commit 39983a7d55
4 changed files with 32 additions and 13 deletions
+26 -12
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@@ -704,9 +704,9 @@ void Ekf::controlHeightFusion()
if (_params.vdist_sensor_type == VDIST_SENSOR_BARO) {
bool can_use_range = rangeAidConditionsMet();
_in_range_aid_mode = rangeAidConditionsMet(_in_range_aid_mode);
if (can_use_range && _range_data_ready && !_rng_hgt_faulty) {
if (_in_range_aid_mode && _range_data_ready && !_rng_hgt_faulty) {
setControlRangeHeight();
_fuse_height = true;
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ void Ekf::controlHeightFusion()
_hgt_sensor_offset = _R_rng_to_earth_2_2 * _range_sample_delayed.rng + _state.pos(2);
}
} else if (_baro_data_ready && !_baro_hgt_faulty && !can_use_range) {
} else if (_baro_data_ready && !_baro_hgt_faulty && !_in_range_aid_mode) {
setControlBaroHeight();
_fuse_height = true;
@@ -736,9 +736,9 @@ void Ekf::controlHeightFusion()
// Determine if GPS should be used as the height source
if (_params.vdist_sensor_type == VDIST_SENSOR_GPS) {
bool can_use_range = rangeAidConditionsMet();
_in_range_aid_mode = rangeAidConditionsMet(_in_range_aid_mode);
if (can_use_range && _range_data_ready && !_rng_hgt_faulty) {
if (_in_range_aid_mode && _range_data_ready && !_rng_hgt_faulty) {
setControlRangeHeight();
_fuse_height = true;
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ void Ekf::controlHeightFusion()
_hgt_sensor_offset = _R_rng_to_earth_2_2 * _range_sample_delayed.rng + _state.pos(2);
}
} else if (_gps_data_ready && !_gps_hgt_faulty && !can_use_range) {
} else if (_gps_data_ready && !_gps_hgt_faulty && !_in_range_aid_mode) {
setControlGPSHeight();
_fuse_height = true;
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ void Ekf::controlHeightFusion()
}
bool Ekf::rangeAidConditionsMet()
bool Ekf::rangeAidConditionsMet(bool in_range_aid_mode)
{
// if the parameter for range aid is enabled we allow to switch from using the primary height source to using range finder as height source
// under the following conditions
@@ -794,8 +794,15 @@ bool Ekf::rangeAidConditionsMet()
// 2) our ground speed is not higher than max_vel_for_dual_fusion
// 3) Our terrain estimate is stable (needs better checks)
if (_params.range_aid) {
// check if we should use range finder measurements to estimate height
bool use_range_finder = (_terrain_vpos - _state.pos(2) < _params.max_hagl_for_range_aid) && _terrain_initialised;
// check if we should use range finder measurements to estimate height, use hysteresis to avoid rapid switching
bool use_range_finder;
if (in_range_aid_mode) {
use_range_finder = (_terrain_vpos - _state.pos(2) < _params.max_hagl_for_range_aid) && _terrain_initialised;
} else {
// if we were not using range aid in the previous iteration then require the current height above terrain to be
// smaller than 70 % of the maximum allowed ground distance for range aid
use_range_finder = (_terrain_vpos - _state.pos(2) < 0.7f * _params.max_hagl_for_range_aid) && _terrain_initialised;
}
bool horz_vel_valid = (_control_status.flags.gps || _control_status.flags.ev_pos || _control_status.flags.opt_flow)
&& (_fault_status.value == 0);
@@ -803,14 +810,21 @@ bool Ekf::rangeAidConditionsMet()
if (horz_vel_valid) {
float ground_vel = sqrtf(_state.vel(0) * _state.vel(0) + _state.vel(1) * _state.vel(1));
use_range_finder &= ground_vel < _params.max_vel_for_range_aid;
if (in_range_aid_mode) {
use_range_finder &= ground_vel < _params.max_vel_for_range_aid;
} else {
// if we were not using range aid in the previous iteration then require the ground velocity to be
// smaller than 70 % of the maximum allowed ground velocity for range aid
use_range_finder &= ground_vel < 0.7f * _params.max_vel_for_range_aid;
}
} else {
use_range_finder = false;
}
// XXX need a way to tell if terrain is stable
use_range_finder &= fabsf(_hagl_innov) < 0.3f;
use_range_finder &= ((_hagl_innov * _hagl_innov / (sq(_params.range_aid_innov_gate) * _hagl_innov_var)) < 1.0f);
return use_range_finder;
} else {