checkStatus

Check status of visual RGB-D SLAM object

Since R2025a

Syntax

status = checkStatus(vslam)

Description

status = checkStatus(vslam) returns the current status of the RGB-D visual SLAM object. The frame the object is currently processing might be different than the most recently added frame.

Examples

RGB-D Visual SLAM Using TUM RGB-D Data Set

Perform RGB-D visual simultaneous localization and mapping (vSLAM) using the data from the TUM RGB-D Benchmark. You can download the data to a temporary directory using a web browser or by running this code:

baseDownloadURL = "https://vision.in.tum.de/rgbd/dataset/freiburg3/rgbd_dataset_freiburg3_long_office_household.tgz"; 
dataFolder = fullfile(tempdir,"tum_rgbd_dataset",filesep); 
options = weboptions(Timeout=Inf);
tgzFileName = dataFolder+"fr3_office.tgz";
folderExists = exist(dataFolder,"dir");

% Create a folder in a temporary directory to save the downloaded file
if ~folderExists  
    mkdir(dataFolder) 
    disp("Downloading fr3_office.tgz (1.38 GB). This download can take a few minutes.") 
    websave(tgzFileName,baseDownloadURL,options); 
    
    % Extract contents of the downloaded file
    disp("Extracting fr3_office.tgz (1.38 GB) ...") 
    untar(tgzFileName,dataFolder); 
end

Create two imageDatastore objects. One to store the color images and the other to store the depth images.

colorImageFolder = dataFolder+"rgbd_dataset_freiburg3_long_office_household/rgb/";
depthImageFolder = dataFolder+"rgbd_dataset_freiburg3_long_office_household/depth/";

imdsColor = imageDatastore(colorImageFolder);
imdsDepth = imageDatastore(depthImageFolder);

Select the synchronized pair of color and depth images.

data = load("rgbDepthPairs.mat");
imdsColor=subset(imdsColor, data.indexPairs(:, 1));
imdsDepth=subset(imdsDepth, data.indexPairs(:, 2));

Specify your camera intrinsic parameters, and use them to create an RGB-D visual SLAM object.

intrinsics = cameraIntrinsics([535.4 539.2],[320.1 247.6],[480 640]);
depthScaleFactor = 5000;
vslam = rgbdvslam(intrinsics,depthScaleFactor);

Process each pair of color and depth images, and visualize the camera poses and 3-D map points.

for i = 1:numel(imdsColor.Files)
    colorImage = readimage(imdsColor,i);
    depthImage = readimage(imdsDepth,i);
    addFrame(vslam,colorImage,depthImage);

    if hasNewKeyFrame(vslam)
        % Query 3-D map points and camera poses
        xyzPoints = mapPoints(vslam);
        [camPoses,viewIds] = poses(vslam);

        % Display 3-D map points and camera trajectory
        plot(vslam);
    end

    % Get current status of system
    status = checkStatus(vslam);
    
    % Stop adding frames when tracking is lost
    if status == uint8(0)
        break
    end
end 

Once all the frames have been processed, reset the system.

while ~isDone(vslam)
    plot(vslam);
end

reset(vslam);

Input Arguments

vslam — RGB-D visual SLAM object

rgbdvslam object

RGB-D visual SLAM object, specified as an rgbdvslam object.

Output Arguments

status — Current status of RGB-D visual SLAM object

TrackingLost enumeration | TrackingSuccessful enumeration | FrequentKeyFrames enumeration

Current status of the RGB-D visual SLAM object, returned as a TrackingLost, TrackingSuccessful, or FrequentKeyFrames enumeration. This table describes these enumerations.

Enumeration Value	Numeric Value	Description
TrackingLost	uint8(0)	Tracking is lost. The number of tracked feature points in the frame currently being processed is less than the lower limit of the TrackFeatureRange property of vslam. This indicates the image does not contain enough features, or that the camera is moving too fast. If the object does not accept enough frames as key frames, to improve tracking, you can increase the upperLimit value of the TrackFeatureRange property and decrease the SkipMaxFrames property to add key frames more frequently.
TrackingSuccessful	uint8(1)	Tracking is successful. The number of tracked feature points in the frame currently being processed is between the lower limit and upper limit values of the TrackFeatureRange property of vslam.
FrequentKeyFrames	uint8(2)	Tracking adds key frames too frequently. The number of tracked feature points in the frame currently being processed is greater than the upper limit of the TrackFeatureRange property of vslam.

Version History

Introduced in R2025a