Sick provides a wide range of sensors. For details on how to use this object to do blob tracking please refer to this page.
The Sick LMS object is an object that represents a LiDAR sensor from Sick. Currently the following range of products from Sick are supported:
- LMS
- LRS
- MRS
- PicoScan
- TIM
Sick LMS Setup
Sick LMS
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Launch Type | choose connected Sick type like, LMS, Tim, etc. |
| Hostname | This is where the target IP address of the host can be input. |
| Port | This is the port that the data package will be sent to. |
Scan Area
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Viewer | When pressed the device connection window will be displayed in the viewer. |
| Top Left | Define the coordinate for the top left corner of the scanning area |
| Top Right | Define the coordinate for the top right corner of the scanning area |
| Bottom Left | Define the coordinate for the bottom left corner of the scanning area |
| Bottom Right | Define the coordinate for the bottom right corner of the scanning area |
| Viewer Zoom | The zoom area in the viewer can be altered. |
| Cluster Method |
|
| Min Point Size | The minimum point size can be changed. |
| Naive Max Point Distance | |
| Kmeans Max Point Count | |
| Kmeans Max STD DEV | |
| Blob Threshold | |
| Blob Group Distance | |
| Blob min mass | |
| Blob max mass |
Tools
Within the Tools section of the object, there are 2 different tools that can be used for aligning the orientation of the sensor:
- Point Align – using Measurement Points to align the sensor
- Object Align – using an object with points to align the sensor