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Python matplotlib example 'camera'
Functions in program:
def updatefig(*args):
Modules used in program:
import matplotlib.cm as cm
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.animation as animation
import time
import cv2
import numpy as np
python camera
Python matplotlib example: camera
# Display webcam image, plus plasma diagnostics
# version 2, 2013-09-25
# Amar
# Changelog:
# v2: Very slight modification of http://matplotlib.org/examples/animation/dynamic_image.html
import numpy as np
import cv2
import time
import matplotlib.animation as animation
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.cm as cm
try: import Tkinter as Tk
except ImportError: import tkinter as Tk
from matplotlib.backends.backend_tkagg import FigureCanvasTkAgg, NavigationToolbar2TkAgg
from matplotlib.figure import Figure
class Camera:
def __init__(self,channel=0):
self.capture = cv2.VideoCapture(channel)
self.success,self.image = self.capture.read()
print("Beginning acquisition ...",)
def acquire(self):
self.success,self.image = self.capture.read()
def close(self):
if self.capture.isOpened(): self.capture.release()
print("released camera")
camera = Camera()
fig = plt.figure()
fig.canvas.set_window_title('USB Camera')
im = plt.imshow(camera.image[:,:,0])
def updatefig(*args):
camera.acquire()
im.set_array(camera.image[:,:,0])
return im,
ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, updatefig, interval=80, blit=True)
plt.show()
camera.close()
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