PX4-Autopilot/src/modules/ekf2/EKF/gps_control.cpp
Daniel Agar 4c22db3b47
ekf2: handle GPS vel/pos timeout in addition to overall reset check
- in a system with good EV + GPS it's possible that horizontal vel/pos
fusion continues successfully, but GPS fusion is failing due to mediocre
yaw alignment
 - GPS always check for yaw failure and act on it if there's
corresponding GPS vel or GPS pos fusion timeout
 - add additional protections to prevent multiple yaw resets/alignments
per update (the controllers won't get the proper heading delta if this
happens)
2022-10-28 10:15:59 -04:00

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/**
* @file gps_control.cpp
* Control functions for ekf GNSS fusion
*/
#include "ekf.h"
#include <mathlib/mathlib.h>
void Ekf::controlGpsFusion()
{
if (!((_params.gnss_ctrl & GnssCtrl::HPOS) || (_params.gnss_ctrl & GnssCtrl::VEL))) {
stopGpsFusion();
return;
}
// Check for new GPS data that has fallen behind the fusion time horizon
if (_gps_data_ready) {
const gpsSample &gps_sample{_gps_sample_delayed};
updateGpsYaw(gps_sample);
const bool gps_checks_passing = isTimedOut(_last_gps_fail_us, (uint64_t)5e6);
const bool gps_checks_failing = isTimedOut(_last_gps_pass_us, (uint64_t)5e6);
controlGpsYawFusion(gps_sample, gps_checks_passing, gps_checks_failing);
// GNSS velocity
const Vector3f velocity{gps_sample.vel};
const float vel_var = sq(math::max(gps_sample.sacc, _params.gps_vel_noise));
const Vector3f vel_obs_var(vel_var, vel_var, vel_var * sq(1.5f));
updateVelocityAidSrcStatus(gps_sample.time_us,
velocity, // observation
vel_obs_var, // observation variance
math::max(_params.gps_vel_innov_gate, 1.f), // innovation gate
_aid_src_gnss_vel);
_aid_src_gnss_vel.fusion_enabled = (_params.gnss_ctrl & GnssCtrl::VEL);
// GNSS position
const Vector2f position{gps_sample.pos};
// relax the upper observation noise limit which prevents bad GPS perturbing the position estimate
float pos_noise = math::max(gps_sample.hacc, _params.gps_pos_noise);
if (!isOtherSourceOfHorizontalAidingThan(_control_status.flags.gps)) {
// if we are not using another source of aiding, then we are reliant on the GPS
// observations to constrain attitude errors and must limit the observation noise value.
if (pos_noise > _params.pos_noaid_noise) {
pos_noise = _params.pos_noaid_noise;
}
}
const float pos_var = sq(pos_noise);
const Vector2f pos_obs_var(pos_var, pos_var);
updateHorizontalPositionAidSrcStatus(gps_sample.time_us,
position, // observation
pos_obs_var, // observation variance
math::max(_params.gps_pos_innov_gate, 1.f), // innovation gate
_aid_src_gnss_pos);
_aid_src_gnss_pos.fusion_enabled = (_params.gnss_ctrl & GnssCtrl::HPOS);
// update GSF yaw estimator velocity (basic sanity check on GNSS velocity data)
if (_gps_speed_valid && velocity.isAllFinite()
&& (gps_sample.sacc > FLT_EPSILON) && (gps_sample.sacc <= _params.req_sacc)) {
_yawEstimator.setVelocity(velocity.xy(), vel_noise);
}
// if GPS is otherwise ready to go, but yaw_align is blocked by EV give mag a chance to start
if (_control_status.flags.tilt_align && _NED_origin_initialised
&& gps_checks_passing && !gps_checks_failing) {
if (!_control_status.flags.yaw_align) {
if (_control_status.flags.ev_yaw && !_control_status.flags.yaw_align) {
// give mag a chance to start and yaw align if currently blocked by EV yaw
const bool mag_enabled = (_params.mag_fusion_type <= MagFuseType::MAG_3D);
const bool mag_available = (_mag_counter != 0);
if (mag_enabled && mag_available
&& !_control_status.flags.mag_field_disturbed
&& !_control_status.flags.mag_fault) {
stopEvYawFusion();
}
}
}
}
// Determine if we should use GPS aiding for velocity and horizontal position
// To start using GPS we need angular alignment completed, the local NED origin set and GPS data that has not failed checks recently
const bool mandatory_conditions_passing = ((_params.gnss_ctrl & GnssCtrl::HPOS) || (_params.gnss_ctrl & GnssCtrl::VEL))
&& _control_status.flags.tilt_align
&& _control_status.flags.yaw_align
&& _NED_origin_initialised;
const bool continuing_conditions_passing = mandatory_conditions_passing && !gps_checks_failing;
const bool starting_conditions_passing = continuing_conditions_passing && gps_checks_passing;
if (_control_status.flags.gps) {
if (mandatory_conditions_passing) {
if (continuing_conditions_passing
|| !isOtherSourceOfHorizontalAidingThan(_control_status.flags.gps)) {
fuseVelocity(_aid_src_gnss_vel);
fuseHorizontalPosition(_aid_src_gnss_pos);
if (shouldResetGpsFusion()) {
const bool was_gps_signal_lost = isTimedOut(_time_prev_gps_us, 1'000'000);
/* A reset is not performed when getting GPS back after a significant period of no data
* because the timeout could have been caused by bad GPS.
* The total number of resets allowed per boot cycle is limited.
*/
if (isYawFailure()
&& _control_status.flags.in_air
&& !was_gps_signal_lost
&& _ekfgsf_yaw_reset_count < _params.EKFGSF_reset_count_limit
&& isTimedOut(_ekfgsf_yaw_reset_time, 5'000'000)) {
// The minimum time interval between resets to the EKF-GSF estimate is limited to allow the EKF-GSF time
// to improve its estimate if the previous reset was not successful.
if (resetYawToEKFGSF()) {
ECL_WARN("GPS emergency yaw reset");
}
}
ECL_WARN("GPS fusion timeout, resetting velocity and position");
_information_events.flags.reset_vel_to_gps = true;
_information_events.flags.reset_pos_to_gps = true;
resetVelocityTo(gps_sample.vel, vel_obs_var);
resetHorizontalPositionTo(gps_sample.pos, pos_obs_var);
}
} else {
stopGpsFusion();
_warning_events.flags.gps_quality_poor = true;
ECL_WARN("GPS quality poor - stopping use");
}
} else { // mandatory conditions are not passing
stopGpsFusion();
}
} else {
if (starting_conditions_passing) {
// Do not use external vision for yaw if using GPS because yaw needs to be
// defined relative to an NED reference frame
if (_control_status.flags.ev_yaw) {
// Stop the vision for yaw fusion and do not allow it to start again
stopEvYawFusion();
_inhibit_ev_yaw_use = true;
}
ECL_INFO("starting GPS fusion");
_information_events.flags.starting_gps_fusion = true;
// when already using another velocity source velocity reset is not necessary
if (!isHorizontalAidingActive()
|| isTimedOut(_time_last_hor_vel_fuse, _params.reset_timeout_max)
|| !_control_status_prev.flags.yaw_align
) {
// reset velocity
_information_events.flags.reset_vel_to_gps = true;
resetVelocityTo(velocity, vel_obs_var);
_aid_src_gnss_vel.time_last_fuse = _imu_sample_delayed.time_us;
}
// reset position
_information_events.flags.reset_pos_to_gps = true;
resetHorizontalPositionTo(position, pos_obs_var);
_aid_src_gnss_pos.time_last_fuse = _imu_sample_delayed.time_us;
_control_status.flags.gps = true;
} else if (gps_checks_passing && !_control_status.flags.yaw_align && (_params.mag_fusion_type == MagFuseType::NONE)) {
// If no mag is used, align using the yaw estimator (if available)
if (resetYawToEKFGSF()) {
_information_events.flags.yaw_aligned_to_imu_gps = true;
ECL_INFO("GPS yaw aligned using IMU, resetting vel and pos");
// reset velocity
_information_events.flags.reset_vel_to_gps = true;
resetVelocityTo(velocity, vel_obs_var);
_aid_src_gnss_vel.time_last_fuse = _imu_sample_delayed.time_us;
// reset position
_information_events.flags.reset_pos_to_gps = true;
resetHorizontalPositionTo(position, pos_obs_var);
_aid_src_gnss_pos.time_last_fuse = _imu_sample_delayed.time_us;
}
}
}
} else if (_control_status.flags.gps && !isNewestSampleRecent(_time_last_gps_buffer_push, (uint64_t)10e6)) {
stopGpsFusion();
_warning_events.flags.gps_data_stopped = true;
ECL_WARN("GPS data stopped");
} else if (_control_status.flags.gps && !isNewestSampleRecent(_time_last_gps_buffer_push, (uint64_t)1e6)
&& isOtherSourceOfHorizontalAidingThan(_control_status.flags.gps)) {
// Handle the case where we are fusing another position source along GPS,
// stop waiting for GPS after 1 s of lost signal
stopGpsFusion();
_warning_events.flags.gps_data_stopped_using_alternate = true;
ECL_WARN("GPS data stopped, using only EV, OF or air data");
}
}
bool Ekf::shouldResetGpsFusion() const
{
/* We are relying on aiding to constrain drift so after a specified time
* with no aiding we need to do something
*/
const bool is_reset_required = hasHorizontalAidingTimedOut()
|| isTimedOut(_time_last_hor_pos_fuse, 2 * _params.reset_timeout_max);
/* Logic controlling the reset of navigation filter yaw to the EKF-GSF estimate to recover from loss of
* navigation casued by a bad yaw estimate.
* A rapid reset to the EKF-GSF estimate is performed after a recent takeoff if horizontal velocity
* innovation checks fail. This enables recovery from a bad yaw estimate. After 30 seconds from takeoff,
* different test criteria are used that take longer to trigger and reduce false positives. A reset is
* not performed if the fault condition was present before flight to prevent triggering due to GPS glitches
* or other sensor errors.
*/
const bool is_recent_takeoff_nav_failure = _control_status.flags.in_air
&& isRecent(_time_last_on_ground_us, 30000000)
&& isTimedOut(_time_last_hor_vel_fuse, _params.EKFGSF_reset_delay)
&& (_time_last_hor_vel_fuse > _time_last_on_ground_us);
const bool is_inflight_nav_failure = _control_status.flags.in_air
&& isTimedOut(_time_last_hor_vel_fuse, _params.reset_timeout_max)
&& isTimedOut(_time_last_hor_pos_fuse, _params.reset_timeout_max)
&& (_time_last_hor_vel_fuse > _time_last_on_ground_us)
&& (_time_last_hor_pos_fuse > _time_last_on_ground_us);
return (is_reset_required || is_recent_takeoff_nav_failure || is_inflight_nav_failure);
}
bool Ekf::isYawFailure() const
{
if (!isYawEmergencyEstimateAvailable()) {
return false;
}
const float euler_yaw = getEulerYaw(_R_to_earth);
const float yaw_error = wrap_pi(euler_yaw - _yawEstimator.getYaw());
return fabsf(yaw_error) > math::radians(25.f);
}