machinevisiontoolbox.Sources.VideoCamera

class machinevisiontoolbox.Sources.VideoCamera(id=0, rgb=True, **kwargs)

Iterate images from a local video camera

Parameters:

• id (int) – Identity of local camera

• kwargs – options applied to image frames, see convert

Connect to a local video camera. For some cameras this will cause the recording light to come on.

The resulting object is an iterator over the frames from the video camera. The iterator returns Image objects.

Example:

>>> from machinevisiontoolbox import VideoCamera
>>> video = VideoCamera(0)
>>> for im in video:
>>>   # process image

alternatively:

>>> img = video.grab()

Note:

The value of id is system specific but generally 0 is the first attached video camera.

References:

• Robotics, Vision & Control for Python, Section 11.1.3, P. Corke, Springer 2023.

Seealso:

convert cv2.VideoCapture,

__init__(id=0, rgb=True, **kwargs)

Methods

__init__
get	Get camera property
grab	Grab single frame from camera
release	Release the camera
set	Set camera property

Attributes

framerate	Camera frame rate
height	Height of video frame
properties
shape	Shape of video frame
width	Width of video frame