removeInvalidData

Remove invalid range and angle data

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Syntax

validScan = removeInvalidData(scan)
validScan = removeInvalidData(scan,Name,Value)

Description

validScan = removeInvalidData(scan)returns a new lidarScan object with all Inf and NaN values from the input scan removed. The corresponding angle readings are also removed.

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validScan = removeInvalidData(scan,Name,Value)provides additional options specified by one or more Name,Value pairs.

Examples

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Open Live Script

Specify lidar data as vectors of ranges and angles. These values include readings outside of the sensors range.

x = linspace(-2,2);
ranges = abs((1.5).*x.^2 + 5);
ranges(45:55) = 3.5;
angles = linspace(-pi/2,pi/2,numel(ranges));

Create a lidar scan by specifying the ranges and angles. Plot all points of the lidar scan.

scan = lidarScan(ranges,angles);
plot(scan)

Remove invalid points based on a specified minimum and maximum range. 

minRange = 0.1;
maxRange = 7;
scan2 = removeInvalidData(scan,'RangeLimits',[minRange maxRange]);
hold on
plot(scan2)
legend('All Points','Valid Points')

Input Arguments

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Lidar scan readings, specified as a lidarScan object.

Name-Value Pair Arguments

Specify optional comma-separated pairs of Name,Value arguments. Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name must appear inside quotes. You can specify several name and value pair arguments in any order as Name1,Value1,...,NameN,ValueN.

Example: ["RangeLimits",[0.05 2]

Range reading limits, specified as a two-element vector, [minRange maxRange], in meters. All range readings and corresponding angles outside these range limits are removed

Data Types: single | double

Angle limits, specified as a two-element vector, [minAngle maxAngle] in radians. All angles and corresponding range readings outside these angle limits are removed.

Angles are measured counter-clockwise around the positivez-axis.

Data Types: single | double

Output Arguments

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Lidar scan readings, specified as a lidarScan object. All invalid lidar scan readings are removed.

See Also

Introduced in R2017b

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