USB Camera [usbwebcamera]

usbwebcamera

import cv2
import threading
import time
import logging
import os

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
archive_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), 'archive')

thread = None

class UsbWebCamera:

    def __init__(self,fps=20,video_source=1):
        logger.info("Initializing usb camera class with {fps} " + str(fps) + " and video_source={" + str(video_source) + "}")
        self.fps = fps
        self.video_source = video_source
        self.camera = cv2.VideoCapture(self.video_source)
        print( "1: width: {}, height : {}".format(self.camera.get(3), self.camera.get(4) ) )
        #width=self.camera.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH)
        #height=self.camera.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT)
        #print( "2: width: {}, height : {}".format(width, height) )
        self.camera.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH, 640)
        self.camera.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT, 480)
        
        # We want a max of 5s history to be stored, thats 5s*fps
        self.max_frames = 5*self.fps
        self.frames = []
        self.isrunning = False
        
    def run(self):
        logging.debug("Perparing Usb Camera thread")
        global thread
        if thread is None:
            logging.debug("Creating thread")
            thread = threading.Thread(target=self._capture_loop,daemon=True)
            logger.debug("Starting thread")
            self.isrunning = True
            thread.start()
            logger.info("Thread started")

    def _capture_loop(self):
        dt = 1/self.fps
        logger.debug("Observation started")
        while self.isrunning:
            v,im = self.camera.read()
            #im = cv2.flip(im, 1)
            #im = cv2.flip(im, 0)
            if v:
                if len(self.frames)==self.max_frames:
                    self.frames = self.frames[1:]
                self.frames.append(im)
            time.sleep(dt)
        logger.info("Thread stopped successfully")

    def stop(self):
        logger.debug("Stopping thread")
        self.isrunning = False
        
    def get_frame(self, _bytes=True):
        if len(self.frames)>0:
            if _bytes:
                img = cv2.imencode('.png',self.frames[-1])[1].tobytes()
            else:
                img = self.frames[-1]
        else:
            with open(archive_path+"/not_found.jpeg","rb") as f:
                img = f.read()
        return img