File: sensor_msgs/Range.msg
Raw Message Definition
# Single range reading from an active ranger that emits energy and reports
# one range reading that is valid along an arc at the distance measured.
# This message is not appropriate for laser scanners. See the LaserScan
# message if you are working with a laser scanner.
# This message also can represent a fixed-distance (binary) ranger. This
# sensor will have min_range===max_range===distance of detection.
# These sensors follow REP 117 and will output -Inf if the object is detected
# and +Inf if the object is outside of the detection range.
Header header # timestamp in the header is the time the ranger
# returned the distance reading
# Radiation type enums
# If you want a value added to this list, send an email to the ros-users list
uint8 ULTRASOUND=0
uint8 INFRARED=1
uint8 radiation_type # the type of radiation used by the sensor
# (sound, IR, etc) [enum]
float32 field_of_view # the size of the arc that the distance reading is
# valid for [rad]
# the object causing the range reading may have
# been anywhere within -field_of_view/2 and
# field_of_view/2 at the measured range.
# 0 angle corresponds to the x-axis of the sensor.
float32 min_range # minimum range value [m]
float32 max_range # maximum range value [m]
# Fixed distance rangers require min_range==max_range
float32 range # range data [m]
# (Note: values < range_min or > range_max
# should be discarded)
# Fixed distance rangers only output -Inf or +Inf.
# -Inf represents a detection within fixed distance.
# (Detection too close to the sensor to quantify)
# +Inf represents no detection within the fixed distance.
# (Object out of range)
Compact Message Definition
uint8 ULTRASOUND=0
uint8 INFRARED=1
std_msgs/Header header
uint8 radiation_type
float32 field_of_view
float32 min_range
float32 max_range
float32 range