Send Depth node - Cyberwave Docs

Send Depth displays an upstream model’s depth estimates on a twin in an edge workflow. In Call Model, choose Depth estimation, select an available model, and connect its camera image input.

Typical chain

trigger (camera_frame)
  → call_model  (depth-estimation model)
  → send_depth

Pipe the same call_model output into object_pose when the model is metric to lift 2D detections into 3D positions. Relative depth is useful for visualization but does not measure distance. A displayed point cloud does not establish calibration, localization or a map.

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	Description
`depth_map`	array	✓	H×W float32 depth map. Auto-wired when placed downstream of a depth-estimation `call_model`.
`twin_uuid`	string	✓	Twin on which to display the depth.

Parameters

Field	Default	Description
`output_mode`	`normalized_uint16`	Normalized encodes a display range. Metric millimetres uses the model’s actual distance scale; choosing it does not make a relative model metric.
`scale_factor`	`1000.0`	Applied only in `metric_mm` mode. Metres → millimetres by default.
`publish_every_n_frames`	`1`	Throttle. Set higher on tight uplinks.

Notes

Edge-only. The node is filtered out of cloud workflows at compile time.
Relative or unknown depth can remain visible, but cannot be used for metric depth recording or fusion. Use a metric model with confirmed output units for those steps, then configure camera calibration and the required spatial frames.