I am trying to implement Remote FrameBuffer Protocol using Java socket programming.
I have a server side program that takes screenshot of the entire screen using robot and store it in BufferedImage .Then I converted it into a byte array and sending it to the client .
Objective :
To display the entire screen of the server side machine in a Swing GUI of the client side.
Problem i am facing :
i am able to send the image in bytes from server and receive it from the server by the client (client.java) and convert it into a jpg image (output.jpg) using ImageIO and put that image in a Swing frame.
But i am able to see the first image in the Swing and whenever the image gets updated ,the image in the Swing is not updating or refreshing .
What I want :
I want the image to refresh and show updated image every time the server sends the image data .
client.java
package remoteclient;
import java.lang.*;
import javax.imageio.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
public class client {
public static void main(String args[])throws Exception{
Socket s=new Socket("localhost",5900);
DataInputStream din=new DataInputStream(s.getInputStream());
DataOutputStream dout=new DataOutputStream(s.getOutputStream());
BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
int width=0,height=0;
try {
width = din.readInt(); //getting width and height from server thru socket.
height = din.readInt();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
JFrame f = new JFrame("Client");
JLabel label = new JLabel();
f.setSize(width, height);
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.setVisible(true);
boolean continueLoop = true;
while(continueLoop)
{
try {
int len = din.readInt();
byte[] imageInByte = new byte[len];
System.out.println(len);
din.readFully(imageInByte);
System.out.println(imageInByte);
ByteArrayInputStream bis = new ByteArrayInputStream(imageInByte);
BufferedImage bImage2 = ImageIO.read(bis);
// Image im1 = bImage2.getScaledInstance(width,height, Image.SCALE_SMOOTH);
ImageIO.write(bImage2, "jpg", new File("output.jpg") );
bImage2 = ImageIO.read(new File("output.jpg"));
label.setIcon(new ImageIcon(im1));
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(bImage2);
icon.getImage().flush();
label.setIcon( icon );
f.getContentPane().add(label, BorderLayout.CENTER);
f.pack();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
What I want :
I want the image to refresh and show updated image every time the server sends the image data .
Updated code with comments about demo code that should be removed from your working code:
Here's an example, using default UIManager icons, and SwingWorker, as noted in the comments to the original posting. You would instead use images from your server connection.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.SwingWorker;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
public class SwingLabelWithUpdatedImage {
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
final JLabel label = new JLabel("", SwingConstants.CENTER);
final JFrame frame = new JFrame("Client");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(label, BorderLayout.CENTER);
final Dimension preferredSize = new Dimension(200, 100);
frame.setPreferredSize(preferredSize);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.pack();
final ImageUpdateWorker task = new ImageUpdateWorker(label);
task.execute();
}
public static class ImageUpdateWorker extends SwingWorker<Void, IconInfo> {
// iconInfoList is not need in your code. It's here so I can
// supply a dummy set of icons to demonstrate UI updates.
final List<IconInfo> iconInfoList;
private JLabel label;
ImageUpdateWorker(JLabel label) {
this.label = label;
// Delete this in your code
this.iconInfoList = initIconInfoList();
}
#Override
public Void doInBackground() {
boolean isTrue = true;
while (isTrue) {
// Put your socket code to read the next icon from a server.
// You don't need to do the ImageIO.write(), ImageIO.read() dance,
// unless you must save the icon to disk. In that case, you don't need
// to read it back in.
// Here, I just rotate the iconInfoList to make it
// appear as though a new icon was received.
// Your code will not have any need to do this.
Collections.rotate(iconInfoList, -1);
// Just publish the icon you create from the image
// you receive from your remote server.
publish(iconInfoList.get(0));
try {
Thread.sleep(10);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
return null;
}
#Override
protected void process(List<IconInfo> icons) {
// You might check for an empty list.
// #kleopatra's suggestion to get the last icon is correct.
// See https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/concurrency/interim.html
IconInfo iconInfo = icons.get(icons.size() - 1);
label.setIcon(iconInfo.icon);
// Your code will not do this
label.setText(iconInfo.name);
// You can get the icon dimensions just from the icon,
// so you don't really need the IconInfo class.
label.setSize(iconInfo.dimension);
}
/** Demo code only. It doesn't belong in your working code.
*/
protected List<IconInfo> initIconInfoList() {
// Just a quick way to get some icons; don't need to
// fetch from a server just to demonstrate how to
// refresh the UI.
List<IconInfo> iconInfoList = UIManager.getDefaults().keySet().stream()
.filter(this::isIconKey)
.map(IconInfo::new)
.filter(iconInfo -> iconInfo.icon != null)
.collect(Collectors.toList());
return iconInfoList;
}
/** Demo code only. It doesn't belong in your working code.
*/
protected boolean isIconKey(Object key) {
return String.class.isAssignableFrom(key.getClass())
&& ((String) key).toLowerCase().contains("icon");
}
}
/** This is just a convenience to convey
* the icon and its UIManager key (i.e., name).
* Your remote server doesn't supply a name,
* so you don't really need this class.
* It's just to make the demo more expressive.
*/
public static class IconInfo {
final private String name;
final private Icon icon;
final private Dimension dimension;
IconInfo(Object name) {
this.name = name.toString();
icon = UIManager.getIcon(name);
dimension = icon == null
? new Dimension(32, 32)
: new Dimension(icon.getIconWidth(), icon.getIconHeight());
}
}
}
I'm working on a project and the goal is to have all images read with ImageIO. This seems to work for everything except GIF images (which display as a static image of the initial frame). I have seen other answers on Stack Overflow and from a thread on the Oracle forums but most require using Java's File class which I can't access due to the program's SecurityManager. I've been able to break the GIF down into an Image array and edit the metadata, but after stitching everything back together I can only display a single image.
Below is a SSCCE for the program:
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
public class GifRenderer {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Image image = null;
byte[] imageByteArray = null;
try {
String location = "http://i.imgur.com/Ejh5gJa.gif";
imageByteArray = createByteArray(location);
// This works, but I'm trying to use ImageIO
//image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(imageByteArray);
InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(imageByteArray);
image = ImageIO.read(in);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setSize(300, 300);
JLabel label = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(image));
frame.add(label);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
// Constraint: This method simulates how the image is originally received
private static byte[] createByteArray(String urlString) throws IOException {
URL url = new URL(urlString);
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
InputStream is = null;
try {
is = url.openStream ();
byte[] byteChunk = new byte[4096];
int n;
while ( (n = is.read(byteChunk)) > 0 ) {
baos.write(byteChunk, 0, n);
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace ();
} finally {
if (is != null) { is.close(); }
}
return baos.toByteArray();
}
}
Some constraints worth mentioning that might not be clear:
The image is originally received as a byte array
The image should be read by ImageIO
The final result should be an Image object
The File class can't be accessed
Given these constraints is there still a way to use ImageIO to display the GIF the same way Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage() would display the image?
Can someone help me how can I include emoticons in this code.
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.net.Socket;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
/**
* A simple Swing-based client for the chat server. Graphically
* it is a frame with a text field for entering messages and a
* textarea to see the whole dialog.
*
* The client follows the Chat Protocol which is as follows.
* When the server sends "SUBMITNAME" the client replies with the
* desired screen name. The server will keep sending "SUBMITNAME"
* requests as long as the client submits screen names that are
* already in use. When the server sends a line beginning
* with "NAMEACCEPTED" the client is now allowed to start
* sending the server arbitrary strings to be broadcast to all
* chatters connected to the server. When the server sends a
* line beginning with "MESSAGE " then all characters following
* this string should be displayed in its message area.
*/
public class ChatClient {
BufferedReader in;
PrintWriter out;
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Chatter");
JTextField textField = new JTextField(40);
JTextArea messageArea = new JTextArea(8, 40);
/**
* Constructs the client by laying out the GUI and registering a
* listener with the textfield so that pressing Return in the
* listener sends the textfield contents to the server. Note
* however that the textfield is initially NOT editable, and
* only becomes editable AFTER the client receives the NAMEACCEPTED
* message from the server.
*/
public ChatClient() {
// Layout GUI
textField.setEditable(false);
messageArea.setEditable(false);
frame.getContentPane().add(textField, "North");
frame.getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(messageArea), "Center");
frame.pack();
// Add Listeners
textField.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
/**
* Responds to pressing the enter key in the textfield by sending
* the contents of the text field to the server. Then clear
* the text area in preparation for the next message.
*/
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
out.println(textField.getText());
textField.setText("");
}
});
}
/**
* Prompt for and return the address of the server.
*/
private String getServerAddress() {
return JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
frame,
"Enter IP Address of the Server:",
"Welcome to the Chatter",
JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
}
/**
* Prompt for and return the desired screen name.
*/
private String getName() {
return JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
frame,
"Choose a screen name:",
"Screen name selection",
JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
}
/**
* Connects to the server then enters the processing loop.
*/
private void run() throws IOException {
// Make connection and initialize streams
String serverAddress = getServerAddress();
Socket socket = new Socket(serverAddress, 9001);
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
socket.getInputStream()));
out = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
// Process all messages from server, according to the protocol.
while (true) {
String line = in.readLine();
if (line.startsWith("SUBMITNAME")) {
out.println(getName());
} else if (line.startsWith("NAMEACCEPTED")) {
textField.setEditable(true);
} else if (line.startsWith("MESSAGE")) {
messageArea.append(line.substring(8) + "\n");
}
}
}
/**
* Runs the client as an application with a closeable frame.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
ChatClient client = new ChatClient();
client.frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
client.frame.setVisible(true);
client.run();
}
}
First of all, I didn't look your code to be honest (sry about that), but what you are asking is something very simple. Have you noticed that all emoticons have a sequence of characters?
Skype Example: :* :) (y) ... and so on
When compiling the message, a simple replaceAll takes place.
String message = "Of course :)";
// in this place here you will make a loop for all your emoticons or just
// match it by regex.
message = message.replaceAll(":)", imageToAdd);
sendMessage(message);
That is basically what happens in the chat when you add an emoticon. You can use a HashMap to, where the id would be the char sequence and the value would be the path or image component of that emoticon. (It is much faster if you have several)
Didnt bashed my head in your code but what i have used in my chatbox is this:
Autoreplace smiles text with appropriate images in JEditorPane.
To support the autoreplacing we need a JEditorPane with StyledEditorKit (or extension class) to provide images in text. We just add a DocumentListener to process text insert events. After inserting we check whether the changed text contains smiles string - the ":)". If it contains we replace the smile text with an appropriate image.
The example provides only one smile support - the ":)" string but can be easy extended.
NOTE: We should surround our code with SwingUtilities.invokeLater() because we cannot change document during mutation intercepted in the listener.
The example code is below:
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentListener;
import javax.swing.text.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.*;
public class AutoreplaceSmiles extends JEditorPane {
static ImageIcon SMILE_IMG=createImage();
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Autoreplace :) with Smiles images example");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
final AutoreplaceSmiles app = new AutoreplaceSmiles();
app.setEditorKit(new StyledEditorKit());
app.initListener();
JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane(app);
frame.getContentPane().add(scroll);
frame.setSize(400, 200);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public AutoreplaceSmiles() {
super();
}
private void initListener() {
getDocument().addDocumentListener(new DocumentListener(){
public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent event) {
final DocumentEvent e=event;
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
if (e.getDocument() instanceof StyledDocument) {
try {
StyledDocument doc=(StyledDocument)e.getDocument();
int start= Utilities.getRowStart(AutoreplaceSmiles.this,Math.max(0,e.getOffset()-1));
int end=Utilities.getWordStart(AutoreplaceSmiles.this,e.getOffset()+e.getLength());
String text=doc.getText(start, end-start);
int i=text.indexOf(":)");
while(i>=0) {
final SimpleAttributeSet attrs=new SimpleAttributeSet(
doc.getCharacterElement(start+i).getAttributes());
if (StyleConstants.getIcon(attrs)==null) {
StyleConstants.setIcon(attrs, SMILE_IMG);
doc.remove(start+i, 2);
doc.insertString(start+i,":)", attrs);
}
i=text.indexOf(":)", i+2);
}
} catch (BadLocationException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
});
}
public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
}
public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
}
});
}
static ImageIcon createImage() {
BufferedImage res=new BufferedImage(17, 17, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics g=res.getGraphics();
((Graphics2D)g).setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g.setColor(Color.yellow);
g.fillOval(0,0,16,16);
g.setColor(Color.black);
g.drawOval(0,0,16,16);
g.drawLine(4,5, 6,5);
g.drawLine(4,6, 6,6);
g.drawLine(11,5, 9,5);
g.drawLine(11,6, 9,6);
g.drawLine(4,10, 8,12);
g.drawLine(8,12, 12,10);
g.dispose();
return new ImageIcon(res);
}
}
I am porting part of my C++ OpenCV-based code to Java OpenCV. I am using the Java wrappers prepared by Willow Garage, i.e., the group behind c++ OpenCV. I am not using javacv (hosted at googlecode).
Part of this code accesses the video stream of the webcam and processes it. With C++ I am able to show the webcam video in 'real-time': if I wave my hand, the video on the screen shows me waving a hand. With Java if I wave my hand the video (taken from the webcam) is not able to keep my pace: the frame rate is incredibly slow.
What I do is:
I read the frame of the webcam video using OpenCV, it is a Mat object named frame;
I access the byte array of the frame and use it to build a BufferedImage;
The image is shown in a JPanel inside its paint method.
I am using java version 1.7 and OpenCV 2.4.8 on OS X 10.8.5.
Do you have any suggestion on how I might speed up the whole process?
Regards
Try this,,, it will give u better result
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import org.opencv.core.Core;
import org.opencv.core.Mat;
import org.opencv.core.MatOfByte;
import org.opencv.highgui.Highgui;
import org.opencv.highgui.VideoCapture;
public class Robot extends JPanel implements Runnable {
static BufferedImage bufImagew = null;
public Robot() {
JFrame f=new JFrame();
f.setVisible(true);
f.add(this);
f.setSize(new Dimension(640,500));
}
#Override
public void run() {
System.loadLibrary(Core.NATIVE_LIBRARY_NAME);
VideoCapture camera = new VideoCapture(0);
// 1 for next camera
int i = 0;
try {
Mat frame = new Mat();
while (true) {
camera.read(frame);
Mat image_tmp = frame;
MatOfByte matOfByte = new MatOfByte();
BufferedImage bufImage = null;
if(image_tmp!=null)
Highgui.imencode(".jpg", image_tmp, matOfByte);
byte[] byteArray = matOfByte.toArray();
try {
InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(byteArray);
bufImage = ImageIO.read(in);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
bufImagew=bufImage;
this.repaint();
if(i==5)
i=0;
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
System.loadLibrary(Core.NATIVE_LIBRARY_NAME);
DetectFaceDemo d=new DetectFaceDemo();
try {
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawImage(bufImagew,0,0,null);
}
catch(Exception e){}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Robot gs = new Robot();
Thread th = new Thread(gs);
th.start();
}
}
How can I continuously capture images from a webcam?
I want to experiment with object recognition (by maybe using java media framework).
I was thinking of creating two threads
one thread:
Node 1: capture live image
Node 2: save image as "1.jpg"
Node 3: wait 5 seconds
Node 4: repeat...
other thread:
Node 1: wait until image is captured
Node 2: using the "1.jpg" get colors
from every pixle
Node 3: save data in arrays
Node 4: repeat...
This JavaCV implementation works fine.
Code:
import org.bytedeco.javacv.*;
import org.bytedeco.opencv.opencv_core.IplImage;
import java.io.File;
import static org.bytedeco.opencv.global.opencv_core.cvFlip;
import static org.bytedeco.opencv.helper.opencv_imgcodecs.cvSaveImage;
public class Test implements Runnable {
final int INTERVAL = 100;///you may use interval
CanvasFrame canvas = new CanvasFrame("Web Cam");
public Test() {
canvas.setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
public void run() {
new File("images").mkdir();
FrameGrabber grabber = new OpenCVFrameGrabber(0); // 1 for next camera
OpenCVFrameConverter.ToIplImage converter = new OpenCVFrameConverter.ToIplImage();
IplImage img;
int i = 0;
try {
grabber.start();
while (true) {
Frame frame = grabber.grab();
img = converter.convert(frame);
//the grabbed frame will be flipped, re-flip to make it right
cvFlip(img, img, 1);// l-r = 90_degrees_steps_anti_clockwise
//save
cvSaveImage("images" + File.separator + (i++) + "-aa.jpg", img);
canvas.showImage(converter.convert(img));
Thread.sleep(INTERVAL);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Test gs = new Test();
Thread th = new Thread(gs);
th.start();
}
}
There is also post on configuration for JavaCV
You can modify the code and be able to save the images in regular interval and do rest of the processing you want.
Some time ago I've created generic Java library which can be used to take pictures with a PC webcam. The API is very simple, not overfeatured, can work standalone, but also supports additional webcam drivers like OpenIMAJ, JMF, FMJ, LTI-CIVIL, etc, and some IP cameras.
Link to the project is https://github.com/sarxos/webcam-capture
Example code (take picture and save in test.jpg):
Webcam webcam = Webcam.getDefault();
webcam.open();
BufferedImage image = webcam.getImage();
ImageIO.write(image, "JPG", new File("test.jpg"));
It is also available in Maven Central Repository or as a separate ZIP which includes all required dependencies and 3rd party JARs.
JMyron is very simple for use.
http://webcamxtra.sourceforge.net/
myron = new JMyron();
myron.start(imgw, imgh);
myron.update();
int[] img = myron.image();
Here is a similar question with some - yet unaccepted - answers. One of them mentions FMJ as a java alternative to JMF.
This kind of goes off of gt_ebuddy's answer using JavaCV, but my video output is at a much higher quality then his answer. I've also added some other random improvements (such as closing down the program when ESC and CTRL+C are pressed, and making sure to close down the resources the program uses properly).
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.ActionMap;
import javax.swing.InputMap;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import com.googlecode.javacv.CanvasFrame;
import com.googlecode.javacv.OpenCVFrameGrabber;
import com.googlecode.javacv.cpp.opencv_core.IplImage;
public class HighRes extends JComponent implements Runnable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private static CanvasFrame frame = new CanvasFrame("Web Cam");
private static boolean running = false;
private static int frameWidth = 800;
private static int frameHeight = 600;
private static OpenCVFrameGrabber grabber = new OpenCVFrameGrabber(0);
private static BufferedImage bufImg;
public HighRes()
{
// setup key bindings
ActionMap actionMap = frame.getRootPane().getActionMap();
InputMap inputMap = frame.getRootPane().getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);
for (Keys direction : Keys.values())
{
actionMap.put(direction.getText(), new KeyBinding(direction.getText()));
inputMap.put(direction.getKeyStroke(), direction.getText());
}
frame.getRootPane().setActionMap(actionMap);
frame.getRootPane().setInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW, inputMap);
// setup window listener for close action
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
{
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
{
stop();
}
});
}
public static void main(String... args)
{
HighRes webcam = new HighRes();
webcam.start();
}
#Override
public void run()
{
try
{
grabber.setImageWidth(frameWidth);
grabber.setImageHeight(frameHeight);
grabber.start();
while (running)
{
final IplImage cvimg = grabber.grab();
if (cvimg != null)
{
// cvFlip(cvimg, cvimg, 1); // mirror
// show image on window
bufImg = cvimg.getBufferedImage();
frame.showImage(bufImg);
}
}
grabber.stop();
grabber.release();
frame.dispose();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void start()
{
new Thread(this).start();
running = true;
}
public void stop()
{
running = false;
}
private class KeyBinding extends AbstractAction {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public KeyBinding(String text)
{
super(text);
putValue(ACTION_COMMAND_KEY, text);
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
String action = e.getActionCommand();
if (action.equals(Keys.ESCAPE.toString()) || action.equals(Keys.CTRLC.toString())) stop();
else System.out.println("Key Binding: " + action);
}
}
}
enum Keys
{
ESCAPE("Escape", KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE, 0)),
CTRLC("Control-C", KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_C, KeyEvent.CTRL_DOWN_MASK)),
UP("Up", KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_UP, 0)),
DOWN("Down", KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_DOWN, 0)),
LEFT("Left", KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_LEFT, 0)),
RIGHT("Right", KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT, 0));
private String text;
private KeyStroke keyStroke;
Keys(String text, KeyStroke keyStroke)
{
this.text = text;
this.keyStroke = keyStroke;
}
public String getText()
{
return text;
}
public KeyStroke getKeyStroke()
{
return keyStroke;
}
#Override
public String toString()
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}
You can try Java Webcam SDK library also.
SDK demo applet is available at link.
I have used JMF on a videoconference application and it worked well on two laptops: one with integrated webcam and another with an old USB webcam. It requires JMF being installed and configured before-hand, but once you're done you can access the hardware via Java code fairly easily.
You can try Marvin Framework. It provides an interface to work with cameras. Moreover, it also provides a set of real-time video processing features, like object tracking and filtering.
Take a look!
Real-time Video Processing Demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5mBt0kRYvk
You can use the source below. Just save a frame using MarvinImageIO.saveImage() every 5 second.
Webcam video demo:
public class SimpleVideoTest extends JFrame implements Runnable{
private MarvinVideoInterface videoAdapter;
private MarvinImage image;
private MarvinImagePanel videoPanel;
public SimpleVideoTest(){
super("Simple Video Test");
videoAdapter = new MarvinJavaCVAdapter();
videoAdapter.connect(0);
videoPanel = new MarvinImagePanel();
add(videoPanel);
new Thread(this).start();
setSize(800,600);
setVisible(true);
}
#Override
public void run() {
while(true){
// Request a video frame and set into the VideoPanel
image = videoAdapter.getFrame();
videoPanel.setImage(image);
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SimpleVideoTest t = new SimpleVideoTest();
t.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
}
For those who just want to take a single picture:
WebcamPicture.java
public class WebcamPicture {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try{
MarvinVideoInterface videoAdapter = new MarvinJavaCVAdapter();
videoAdapter.connect(0);
MarvinImage image = videoAdapter.getFrame();
MarvinImageIO.saveImage(image, "./res/webcam_picture.jpg");
} catch(MarvinVideoInterfaceException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
I used Webcam Capture API. You can download it from here
webcam = Webcam.getDefault();
webcam.open();
if (webcam.isOpen()) { //if web cam open
BufferedImage image = webcam.getImage();
JLabel imageLbl = new JLabel();
imageLbl.setSize(640, 480); //show captured image
imageLbl.setIcon(new ImageIcon(image));
int showConfirmDialog = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, imageLbl, "Image Viewer", JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION, JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, new ImageIcon(""));
if (showConfirmDialog == JOptionPane.YES_OPTION) {
JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
chooser.setDialogTitle("Save Image");
chooser.setFileFilter(new FileNameExtensionFilter("IMAGES ONLY", "png", "jpeg", "jpg")); //this file extentions are shown
int showSaveDialog = chooser.showSaveDialog(this);
if (showSaveDialog == 0) { //if pressed 'Save' button
String filePath = chooser.getCurrentDirectory().toString().replace("\\", "/");
String fileName = chooser.getSelectedFile().getName(); //get user entered file name to save
ImageIO.write(image, "PNG", new File(filePath + "/" + fileName + ".png"));
}
}
}
http://grack.com/downloads/school/enel619.10/report/java_media_framework.html
Using the Player with Swing
The Player can be easily used in a Swing application as well. The following code creates a Swing-based TV capture program with the video output displayed in the entire window:
import javax.media.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class JMFTest extends JFrame {
Player _player;
JMFTest() {
addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e ) {
_player.stop();
_player.deallocate();
_player.close();
System.exit( 0 );
}
});
setExtent( 0, 0, 320, 260 );
JPanel panel = (JPanel)getContentPane();
panel.setLayout( new BorderLayout() );
String mediaFile = "vfw://1";
try {
MediaLocator mlr = new MediaLocator( mediaFile );
_player = Manager.createRealizedPlayer( mlr );
if (_player.getVisualComponent() != null)
panel.add("Center", _player.getVisualComponent());
if (_player.getControlPanelComponent() != null)
panel.add("South", _player.getControlPanelComponent());
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println( "Got exception " + e );
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
JMFTest jmfTest = new JMFTest();
jmfTest.show();
}
}
Java usually doesn't like accessing hardware, so you will need a driver program of some sort, as goldenmean said. I've done this on my laptop by finding a command line program that snaps a picture. Then it's the same as goldenmean explained; you run the command line program from your java program in the takepicture() routine, and the rest of your code runs the same.
Except for the part about reading pixel values into an array, you might be better served by saving the file to BMP, which is nearly that format already, then using the standard java image libraries on it.
Using a command line program adds a dependency to your program and makes it less portable, but so was the webcam, right?
I believe the web-cam application software which comes along with the web-cam, or you native windows webcam software can be run in a batch script(windows/dos script) after turning the web cam on(i.e. if it needs an external power supply). In the bacth script , u can add appropriate delay to capture after certain time period. And keep executing the capture command in loop.
I guess this should be possible
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There's a pretty nice interface for this in processing, which is kind of a pidgin java designed for graphics. It gets used in some image recognition work, such as that link.
Depending on what you need out of it, you might be able to load the video library that's used there in java, or if you're just playing around with it you might be able to get by using processing itself.
FMJ can do this, as can the supporting library it uses, LTI-CIVIL. Both are on sourceforge.
Recommand using FMJ for multimedia relatived java app.
Try using JMyron How To Use Webcam Using Java. I think using JMyron is the easiest way to access a webcam using java. I tried to use it with a 64-bit processor, but it gave me an error. It worked just fine on a 32-bit processor, though.