00001
00002 /***************************************************************************
00003  *  camera.h - Abstract class defining a camera
00004  *
00005  *  Created: Tue Feb 22 10:36:39 2005
00006  *  Copyright  2005-2007  Tim Niemueller [www.niemueller.de]
00007  *
00008  ****************************************************************************/
00009
00010 /*  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
00011  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
00012  *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
00013  *  (at your option) any later version. A runtime exception applies to
00014  *  this software (see LICENSE.GPL_WRE file mentioned below for details).
00015  *
00016  *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
00017  *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
00018  *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
00019  *  GNU Library General Public License for more details.
00020  *
00021  *  Read the full text in the LICENSE.GPL_WRE file in the doc directory.
00022  */
00023
00024 #ifndef __FIREVISION_CAMERA_H_
00025 #define __FIREVISION_CAMERA_H_
00026 
00027 #include <fvutils/color/colorspaces.h>
00028 #include <utils/time/time.h>
00029
00030 class Camera
00031 {
00032
00033  public:
00034   virtual ~Camera();
00035
00036   virtual void             open()                                  = 0;
00037   virtual void             start()                                 = 0;
00038   virtual void             stop()                                  = 0;
00039   virtual void             close()                                 = 0;
00040   virtual void             capture()                               = 0;
00041   virtual void             flush()                                 = 0;
00042
00043   virtual bool             ready()                                 = 0;
00044
00045   virtual void             print_info()                            = 0;
00046
00047   virtual unsigned char *  buffer()                                = 0;
00048   virtual unsigned int     buffer_size()                           = 0;
00049   virtual void             dispose_buffer()                        = 0;
00050
00051   virtual unsigned int     pixel_width()                           = 0;
00052   virtual unsigned int     pixel_height()                          = 0;
00053   virtual colorspace_t     colorspace()                            = 0;
00054   virtual fawkes::Time *   capture_time();
00055
00056   // virtual unsigned int     number_of_images()                      = 0;
00057   virtual void             set_image_number(unsigned int n)        = 0;
00058 };
00059
00060 #endif