dlife.robot.aibo
Class AiboPawButtons

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Observable
      dlife.robot.Device
          dlife.robot.ArraySensor<Boolean>
              dlife.robot.aibo.AiboPawButtons

public class AiboPawButtons
extends ArraySensor<Boolean>

A collection containing all paw buttons located on the physical Aibo. There are a total of 4 buttons on the paws and their values will be stored in this structure. The paw button values are either true (pressed) or false (not pressed).

Version:

Feb 5 2008, Oct 3, 2008, Jun 17, 2010

Author:

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

Field Summary

static int	LEFT_FRONT The index of the Aibo's left front paw button value in the values array of this ArraySensor.
static int	LEFT_REAR The index of the Aibo's left rear paw button value in the values array of this ArraySensor.
static int	RIGHT_FRONT The index of the Aibo's right front paw button value in the values array of this ArraySensor.
static int	RIGHT_REAR The index of the Aibo's right rear paw button value 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

AiboPawButtons()
Construct a new AiboPawButtons sensor.

Method Summary

protected DeviceDisplay[]	createGUIObjects() Build the GUI for this AiboPawButtons Sensor.
void	freeze() Does nothing.
boolean	isPressed(int pawNumber) Returns whether or not the specified paw button is pressed.
void	readStateFromRobot() Retrieves values representing the paw button states from the Aibo robot and stores them in the values array Unpressed buttons are stored as false, and pressed buttons are stored as true.

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

LEFT_FRONT

public static final int LEFT_FRONT

The index of the Aibo's left front paw button value in the values array of this ArraySensor.

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Constant Field Values

RIGHT_FRONT

public static final int RIGHT_FRONT

The index of the Aibo's right front paw button value in the values array of this ArraySensor.

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Constant Field Values

LEFT_REAR

public static final int LEFT_REAR

The index of the Aibo's left rear paw button value in the values array of this ArraySensor.

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Constant Field Values

RIGHT_REAR

public static final int RIGHT_REAR

The index of the Aibo's right rear paw button value in the values array of this ArraySensor.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AiboPawButtons

public AiboPawButtons()

Construct a new AiboPawButtons sensor.

Method Detail

freeze

public void freeze()

Does nothing.

Specified by:

freeze in class Device

readStateFromRobot

public void readStateFromRobot()

Retrieves values representing the paw button states from the Aibo robot and stores them in the values array Unpressed buttons are stored as false, and pressed buttons are stored as true.

Specified by:

readStateFromRobot in class Device

isPressed

public boolean isPressed(int pawNumber)

Returns whether or not the specified paw button is pressed.

Parameters:

pawNumber - one of the class constants indicating which paw data to return

Returns:

true if the specified paw buttton is pressed.

createGUIObjects

protected DeviceDisplay[] createGUIObjects()

Build the GUI for this AiboPawButtons Sensor.

Specified by:

createGUIObjects in class Device

Returns:

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