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teamwk123/carsrun/camera_pi.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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# camera_pi.py
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import time
import io
import threading
import picamera
class Camera(object):
thread = None # background thread that reads frames from camera
frame = None # current frame is stored here by background thread
last_access = 0 # time of last client access to the camera
def initialize(self):
if Camera.thread is None:
# start background frame thread
Camera.thread = threading.Thread(target=self._thread)
Camera.thread.start()
# wait until frames start to be available
while self.frame is None:
time.sleep(0)
def get_frame(self):
Camera.last_access = time.time()
self.initialize()
return self.frame
@classmethod
def _thread(cls):
with picamera.PiCamera() as camera:
# camera setup
camera.resolution = (320, 240)
camera.hflip = True
camera.vflip = True
# let camera warm up
camera.start_preview()
time.sleep(2)
stream = io.BytesIO()
for foo in camera.capture_continuous(stream, 'jpeg',
use_video_port=True):
# store frame
stream.seek(0)
cls.frame = stream.read()
# reset stream for next frame
stream.seek(0)
stream.truncate()
# if there hasn't been any clients asking for frames in
# the last 10 seconds stop the thread
if time.time() - cls.last_access > 10:
break
cls.thread = None