dlife.robot.aibo
Class AiboBackButtons

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Observable
      dlife.robot.Device
          dlife.robot.ArraySensor<Float>
              dlife.robot.aibo.AiboBackButtons

public class AiboBackButtons
extends ArraySensor<Float>

A collection containing all buttons located on the physical Aibo's back. There are 3 buttons and their values will be stored in this structure. The button values are pressure sensitive floats between 0.0 and 1.0.

Version:

Feb 5 2008, Oct 3, 2008, Jun 14, 2010

Author:

Mike Olasin, Luke Maffey, Alex Diehl, Nate Mitchell, Grant Braught

Field Summary

static int	FRONT Index of the value of the Aibo's front-most back button in the values array of this ArraySensor.
static int	MIDDLE Index of the value of the Aibo's middle back button in the values array of this ArraySensor.
static int	REAR Index of the value of the Aibo's read-most back button in the values array of this ArraySensor.

Fields inherited from class dlife.robot.ArraySensor

length, values

Fields inherited from class dlife.robot.Device

DEFAULT_GUI_UPDATE_DELAY, DEFAULT_READ_DELAY, myRobot, readCount

Constructor Summary

AiboBackButtons()
Construct a new AiboBackButtons sensor.

Method Summary

protected DeviceDisplay[]	createGUIObjects() Build the GUI for this AiboBackButtons Sensor.
void	freeze() Does nothing.
float	getFrontButton() Get the value of the Aibo's front-most back button.
float	getMiddleButton() Get the value of the Aibo's middle back button.
float	getRearButton() Get the value of the Aibo's rear back button.
void	readStateFromRobot() Uses the getButton method to retrieve the button values and stores them in the values array for later access

Methods inherited from class dlife.robot.ArraySensor

getAverage, getAverage, getMaximum, getMaximum, getMaximumIndex, getMaximumIndex, getMinimum, getMinimum, getMinimumIndex, getMinimumIndex, getNumValues, getSubset, getValue, getValues

Methods inherited from class dlife.robot.Device

getAutoRead, getGUI, getGUIUpdateDelay, getReadDelay, getRobot, getSensorReadCount, getSensorReadRate, setAutoRead, setGUIUpdateDelay, setReadDelay, setRobot, shutDown, startAutoReadTimer, startUp, stopAutoReadTimer

Methods inherited from class java.util.Observable

addObserver, clearChanged, countObservers, deleteObserver, deleteObservers, hasChanged, notifyObservers, notifyObservers, setChanged

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

FRONT

public static final int FRONT

Index of the value of the Aibo's front-most back button in the values array of this ArraySensor.

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MIDDLE

public static final int MIDDLE

Index of the value of the Aibo's middle back button in the values array of this ArraySensor.

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REAR

public static final int REAR

Index of the value of the Aibo's read-most back button in the values array of this ArraySensor.

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Constructor Detail

AiboBackButtons

public AiboBackButtons()

Construct a new AiboBackButtons sensor.

Method Detail

freeze

public void freeze()

Does nothing.

Specified by:

freeze in class Device

readStateFromRobot

public void readStateFromRobot()

Uses the getButton method to retrieve the button values and stores them in the values array for later access

Specified by:

readStateFromRobot in class Device

getFrontButton

public float getFrontButton()

Get the value of the Aibo's front-most back button.

Returns:

value of the front-most button.

getMiddleButton

public float getMiddleButton()

Get the value of the Aibo's middle back button.

Returns:

value of the middle button.

getRearButton

public float getRearButton()

Get the value of the Aibo's rear back button.

Returns:

value of the rear button.

createGUIObjects

protected DeviceDisplay[] createGUIObjects()

Build the GUI for this AiboBackButtons Sensor.

Specified by:

createGUIObjects in class Device

Returns:

an array of DeviceDisplay subclass objects that make up the GUI for this Device.