Reply to RAW depth data or filtered / changing the lens? on Fri, 18 Dec 2020 10:52:17 GMT

stephan — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 10:52:17 GMT

Hi there,
I'm curious about using the TAU camera for a pretty large-scale project but I need to know two things first:

Is it possible to get completely RAW depth data from the API? Or is there some internal filtering being done on-chip that cannot be circumvented?
Is is possible to change the lens to make it wider? I suspect this is out of spec because it would require wider projection as well... but I'm curious about this. Is there any plan to make a wider version otherwise?

Cheers
Stephan

Reply to RAW depth data or filtered / changing the lens? on Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:31:59 GMT

Lazar Demin — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:31:59 GMT

1 - Depth Data from the API

Yes, you can definitely get completely raw depth data using the Python API! Here's the frame object you get back when reading from the camera: https://taulidarcommon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#module-TauLidarCommon.frame

More docs on the API here:

And the API is on GitHub:

2 - the lens

Wanted to ask first, how much wider does your use case require?

The lens is a standard mount so it's possible to change it. I can find out more about this if you're interested.

If it's a huge amount then you're correct, the projection might become an issue. In this scenario, you can actually use 2 or more cameras in tandem - more info coming on this soon!