EKF: Add control of optical flow and range finder fusion

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Paul Riseborough
2016-03-07 20:31:19 +11:00
parent 836fe39070
commit d97d308ca7
2 changed files with 234 additions and 99 deletions
+81 -8
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@@ -49,12 +49,71 @@ void Ekf::controlFusionModes()
// Get the magnetic declination
calcMagDeclination();
// Check for tilt convergence during initial alignment
// filter the tilt error vector using a 1 sec time constant LPF
float filt_coef = 1.0f * _imu_sample_delayed.delta_ang_dt;
_tilt_err_length_filt = filt_coef * _tilt_err_vec.norm() + (1.0f - filt_coef) * _tilt_err_length_filt;
// Once the tilt error has reduced sufficiently, initialise the yaw and magnetic field states
if (_tilt_err_length_filt < 0.005f && !_control_status.flags.tilt_align) {
_control_status.flags.tilt_align = true;
_control_status.flags.yaw_align = resetMagHeading(_mag_sample_delayed.mag);
}
// optical flow fusion mode selection logic
_control_status.flags.opt_flow = false;
// to start using optical flow data we need angular alignment complete, and fresh optical flow and height above terrain data
if ((_params.fusion_mode & MASK_USE_OF) && !_control_status.flags.opt_flow && _control_status.flags.tilt_align
&& (_time_last_imu - _time_last_optflow) < 5e5 && (_time_last_imu - _time_last_hagl_fuse) < 5e5) {
// If the heading is not aligned, reset the yaw and magnetic field states
if (!_control_status.flags.yaw_align) {
_control_status.flags.yaw_align = resetMagHeading(_mag_sample_delayed.mag);
}
// If the heading is valid, start using optical flow aiding
if (_control_status.flags.yaw_align) {
// set the flag and reset the fusion timeout
_control_status.flags.opt_flow = true;
_time_last_of_fuse = _time_last_imu;
// if we are not using GPS and are in air, then we need to reset the velocity to be consistent with the optical flow reading
if (!_control_status.flags.gps) {
// calculate the rotation matrix from body to earth frame
matrix::Dcm<float> body_to_earth(_state.quat_nominal);
// constrain height above ground to be above minimum possible
float heightAboveGndEst = fmaxf((_terrain_vpos - _state.pos(2)), _params.rng_gnd_clearance);
// calculate absolute distance from focal point to centre of frame assuming a flat earth
float range = heightAboveGndEst / body_to_earth(2, 2);
if (_in_air && (range - _params.rng_gnd_clearance) > 0.3f && _flow_sample_delayed.dt > 0.05f) {
// calculate X and Y body relative velocities from OF measurements
Vector3f vel_optflow_body;
vel_optflow_body(0) = - range * _flow_sample_delayed.flowRadXYcomp(1) / _flow_sample_delayed.dt;
vel_optflow_body(1) = range * _flow_sample_delayed.flowRadXYcomp(0) / _flow_sample_delayed.dt;
vel_optflow_body(2) = 0.0f;
// rotate from body to earth frame
Vector3f vel_optflow_earth;
vel_optflow_earth = body_to_earth * vel_optflow_body;
// take x and Y components
_state.vel(0) = vel_optflow_earth(0);
_state.vel(1) = vel_optflow_earth(1);
} else {
_state.vel.setZero();
}
}
}
} else if (!(_params.fusion_mode & MASK_USE_OF)) {
_control_status.flags.opt_flow = false;
}
// GPS fusion mode selection logic
// To start using GPS we need tilt and yaw alignment completed, the local NED origin set and fresh GPS data
if (!_control_status.flags.gps) {
// To start use GPS we need angular alignment completed, the local NED origin set and fresh GPS data
if ((_params.fusion_mode & MASK_USE_GPS) && !_control_status.flags.gps) {
if (_control_status.flags.tilt_align && (_time_last_imu - _time_last_gps) < 5e5 && _NED_origin_initialised
&& (_time_last_imu - _last_gps_fail_us > 5e6)) {
// If the heading is not aligned, reset the yaw and magnetic field states
@@ -67,13 +126,12 @@ void Ekf::controlFusionModes()
resetPosition();
resetVelocity();
_control_status.flags.gps = true;
_time_last_gps = _time_last_imu;
}
}
}
// decide when to start using optical flow data
if (!_control_status.flags.opt_flow) {
// TODO optical flow start logic
} else if (!(_params.fusion_mode & MASK_USE_GPS)) {
_control_status.flags.gps = false;
}
// handle the case when we are relying on GPS fusion and lose it
@@ -106,7 +164,15 @@ void Ekf::controlFusionModes()
// handle the case when we are relying on optical flow fusion and lose it
if (_control_status.flags.opt_flow && !_control_status.flags.gps) {
// TODO
// We are relying on flow aiding to constrain attitude drift so after 5s without aiding we need to do something
if ((_time_last_imu - _time_last_of_fuse > 5e6)) {
// Switch to the non-aiding mode, zero the veloity states
// and set the synthetic position to the current estimate
_control_status.flags.opt_flow = false;
_last_known_posNE(0) = _state.pos(0);
_last_known_posNE(1) = _state.pos(1);
_state.vel.setZero();
}
}
// Determine if we should use simple magnetic heading fusion which works better when there are large external disturbances
@@ -177,6 +243,12 @@ void Ekf::controlFusionModes()
_control_status.flags.mag_dec = false;
}
// Control the soure of height measurements for the main filter
_control_status.flags.baro_hgt = true;
_control_status.flags.rng_hgt = false;
_control_status.flags.gps_hgt = false;
// Placeholder for control of wind velocity states estimation
// TODO add methods for true airspeed and/or sidelsip fusion or some type of drag force measurement
if (false) {
@@ -199,6 +271,7 @@ void Ekf::calculateVehicleStatus()
// Transition to in-air occurs when armed and when altitude has increased sufficiently from the altitude at arming
bool in_air = _control_status.flags.armed && (_state.pos(2) - _last_disarmed_posD) < -1.0f;
if (!_control_status.flags.in_air && in_air) {
_control_status.flags.in_air = true;
}