dlife.vision.cameras
Class DLifeVisionServerCamera

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Observable
      dlife.robot.Device
          dlife.vision.Camera
              dlife.vision.cameras.DLifeVisionServerCamera

All Implemented Interfaces:

Observer

public class DLifeVisionServerCamera
extends Camera

A Camera that displays streaming video from a dLife vision server.

To launch an DlifeVisionServerCamera in Stand Alone mode:

1. Ensure that the basic dLife installation is done.
2. Ensure that you have a dlife.vision.server running.
3. Double click the: dlifeDist/UserScripts/DLifeVisionServerCamera file (Mac/Linux) or the dlifeDist/UserScripts/DLifeVisionServerCamera.bat file (Windows).

Version:

Sep 23, 2010

Author:

Grant Braught, Dickinson College

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class dlife.vision.Camera

BOTH_VIDEO, FILTERED_VIDEO, RAW_VIDEO

Fields inherited from class dlife.robot.Device

DEFAULT_GUI_UPDATE_DELAY, DEFAULT_READ_DELAY, myRobot, readCount

Constructor Summary

DLifeVisionServerCamera()
Construct a new DLifeVisionServerCamera that prompts the user to choose an image to use.

DLifeVisionServerCamera(String host, int tcpPort, int udpPort, String dev, String input, String std, int width, int height, int quality)
Construct a new DLifeVisionServerCamera using the provided configuration parameters.

Method Summary

static void

main(String[] args) Display the GUI for a Camera that streams video from a dLife vision server.

Methods inherited from class dlife.vision.Camera

addFilter, clearDrawing, createGUIObjects, drawCircle, drawLine, drawOval, drawRectangle, drawString, freeze, getFilterManager, getFilters, getHeight, getSeekLocation, getVideoDisplay, getVideoSource, getWidth, insertFilter, pause, play, readStateFromRobot, removeFilter, removeFilter, rewind, seek, setFilters, shutDown, startUp, stepBackward, stepForward, update

Methods inherited from class dlife.robot.Device

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

Constructor Detail

DLifeVisionServerCamera

public DLifeVisionServerCamera()
                        throws VideoSourceCreationFailedException

Construct a new DLifeVisionServerCamera that prompts the user to choose an image to use.

Throws:

VideoSourceCreationFailedException

DLifeVisionServerCamera

public DLifeVisionServerCamera(String host,
                               int tcpPort,
                               int udpPort,
                               String dev,
                               String input,
                               String std,
                               int width,
                               int height,
                               int quality)

Construct a new DLifeVisionServerCamera using the provided configuration parameters.

Parameters:

host - ip or hostname for the dLife vision server.

tcpPort - the port for the dLife vision server.

udpPort - the port on which you will receive the streamed video.

dev - the video device from which the server should stream the video (E.g. /dev/video0)

input - the input on the video device to be used.

std - the video standard to be used.

width - the width of the streamed video.

height - the height of the streamed video.

quality - the quality of the streamed video.

Method Detail

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws VideoSourceCreationFailedException

Display the GUI for a Camera that streams video from a dLife vision server. The user is asked for the information necessary to connect to the server and to configure the video stream.

Parameters:

args - none

Throws:

VideoSourceCreationFailedException