qTox/widget/camera.h

/*
    Copyright (C) 2014 by Project Tox <https://tox.im>

    This file is part of qTox, a Qt-based graphical interface for Tox.

    This program is libre software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.
    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

    See the COPYING file for more details.
*/

#ifndef CAMERA_H
#define CAMERA_H

#include <QImage>
#include "vpx/vpx_image.h"
#include "opencv2/opencv.hpp"

/**
 * This class is a wrapper to share a camera's captured video frames
 * It allows objects to suscribe and unsuscribe to the stream, starting
 * the camera only when needed, and giving access to the last frames
 **/

class Camera
{
public:
    Camera();
    static Camera* getInstance(); ///< Returns the global widget's Camera instance
    void suscribe(); ///< Call this once before trying to get frames
    void unsuscribe(); ///< Call this once when you don't need frames anymore
    cv::Mat getLastFrame(); ///< Get the last captured frame
    QImage getLastImage(); ///< Convert the last frame to a QImage (can be expensive !)
    vpx_image getLastVPXImage(); ///< Convert the last frame to a vpx_image (can be expensive !)

private:
    int refcount; ///< Number of users suscribed to the camera
    cv::VideoCapture cam; ///< OpenCV camera capture opbject
};

#endif // CAMERA_H