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"""Invoked from each client's thread after a frame was processed."""
self.events[get_ident()][0].clear()
class BaseCamera(object):
thread = None # background thread that reads frames from camera
frame = None # current frame is stored here by background thread
last_access = 0 # time of last client access to the camera
event = CameraEvent()
def __init__(self):
"""Start the background camera thread if it isn't running yet."""
if BaseCamera.thread is None:
BaseCamera.last_access = time.time()
# start background frame thread
BaseCamera.thread = threading.Thread(target=self._thread)
BaseCamera.thread.start()
# wait until frames are available
while self.get_frame() is None:
time.sleep(0)
def get_frame(self):
"""Return the current camera frame."""
BaseCamera.last_access = time.time()
# wait for a signal from the camera thread
BaseCamera.event.wait()
BaseCamera.event.clear()
return BaseCamera.frame
@staticmethod
def frames():
""""Generator that returns frames from the camera."""
raise RuntimeError('Must be implemented by subclasses.')
@classmethod
def _thread(cls):
"""Camera background thread."""
print('Starting camera thread.')
frames_iterator = cls.frames()