blobs
Class Blob

java.lang.Object
  blobs.Blob

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, Growable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BlobInPixelSource

public abstract class Blob

extends java.lang.Object

implements Growable, java.lang.Cloneable

Field Summary

static int

debugLevel

Method Summary

void	debugAll() You can get all the debug info drawn by this command.
void	debugPixel(int _x, int _y)
void	finishedSeed() Key function called by the search routines when you finished looking at a given seed location
int	getArea()
long	getBirthDate()
static int	getDebugLevel()
java.lang.String	getDebugString()
int	getLastX()
int	getLastY()
java.awt.Point	getMidPoint()
java.awt.Point	getNextExpectedPostion()
static java.awt.Polygon	getOutsidePolygon(java.awt.Polygon _wholePoly, java.awt.Point _center)
java.awt.Polygon	getPolygon()
java.awt.Rectangle	getRect()
java.awt.Rectangle	getSearchField()
java.awt.Point	getSmoothedPostion() This looks at the last few readings and take the median.
long	getTimeStamp()
static int	getTotalDebugLevels()
java.lang.String	getType()
int	getValidsInARow()
boolean	newBorderPoint(int _col, int _row) Key function call by the search routines.
void	newFrame() One of the key function calls by the search routines, this is called the very at the beginning of the frame.
boolean	newPoint(int column, int row) Key function called by the search routine.
void	newSeed(int _column, int _row) Key function called by the search routines.
void	setBirthDate(long age)
void	setDebugColor(java.awt.Color debugColor)
static void	setDebugLevel(int _debugLevel)
void	setDebugString(java.lang.String s)
void	setLastValidTime(long lastValid)
void	setSearchField(java.awt.Rectangle _r)
void	setType(java.lang.String _type)
void	validate() This give you a chance to decide if this is a valid growth according to your criter, eg is it big enough
void	validate(Blob _g) This give you a chance to decide if this is a valid growth according to your criter, eg is it big enough

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

debugLevel

public static int debugLevel

Method Detail

newFrame

public void newFrame()

Description copied from interface: Growable

One of the key function calls by the search routines, this is called the very at the beginning of the frame.

Specified by:

newFrame in interface Growable

newSeed

public void newSeed(int _column,
                    int _row)

Description copied from interface: Growable

Key function called by the search routines. Called when you first plant a seed to see if this growth will grow.

Specified by:

newSeed in interface Growable

Parameters:

_column -

_row -

newPoint

public boolean newPoint(int column,
                        int row)

Description copied from interface: Growable

Key function called by the search routine. Called everytime it reaches a new pixel. You would probably want to override this one and put code in is testing if a pixel qualifies in your growth.

Specified by:

newPoint in interface Growable

Parameters:

column -

row -

Returns:

weather or not the pixel is good by your standards, ie is a certain color or brightness

newBorderPoint

public boolean newBorderPoint(int _col,
                              int _row)

Description copied from interface: Growable

Key function call by the search routines. Called when the search reaches the end of a road, whether that be from radial scanning or horizontal scanning. This is useful for forming the points of a polygon

Specified by:

newBorderPoint in interface Growable

Parameters:

_col -

_row -

Returns:

getLastX

public int getLastX()

getLastY

public int getLastY()

finishedSeed

public void finishedSeed()

Description copied from interface: Growable

Key function called by the search routines when you finished looking at a given seed location

Specified by:

finishedSeed in interface Growable

validate

public void validate(Blob _g)

This give you a chance to decide if this is a valid growth according to your criter, eg is it big enough

validate

public void validate()

This give you a chance to decide if this is a valid growth according to your criter, eg is it big enough

getNextExpectedPostion

public java.awt.Point getNextExpectedPostion()

debugAll

public void debugAll()

You can get all the debug info drawn by this command. Alternatively you may want to use the debuglevel to have just one type of debug information at a time displayed.

getSmoothedPostion

public java.awt.Point getSmoothedPostion()

This looks at the last few readings and take the median. This should smooth out your x y coordinates

Returns:

the median mid point of the last couple of samples

getPolygon

public java.awt.Polygon getPolygon()

getRect

public java.awt.Rectangle getRect()

getBirthDate

public long getBirthDate()

setBirthDate

public void setBirthDate(long age)

getDebugString

public java.lang.String getDebugString()

setDebugString

public void setDebugString(java.lang.String s)

getArea

public int getArea()

getMidPoint

public java.awt.Point getMidPoint()

getValidsInARow

public int getValidsInARow()

setLastValidTime

public void setLastValidTime(long lastValid)

setDebugColor

public void setDebugColor(java.awt.Color debugColor)

debugPixel

public void debugPixel(int _x,
                       int _y)

getDebugLevel

public static int getDebugLevel()

setDebugLevel

public static void setDebugLevel(int _debugLevel)

getTotalDebugLevels

public static int getTotalDebugLevels()

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

setType

public void setType(java.lang.String _type)

getSearchField

public java.awt.Rectangle getSearchField()

Specified by:

getSearchField in interface Growable

setSearchField

public void setSearchField(java.awt.Rectangle _r)

getTimeStamp

public long getTimeStamp()

getOutsidePolygon

public static java.awt.Polygon getOutsidePolygon(java.awt.Polygon _wholePoly,
                                                 java.awt.Point _center)