Capturing image from webcam in java?

Question

How can I continuously capture images from a webcam?

I want to experiment with object recognition (by maybe using java media framework).

I was thinking of creating two threads

one thread:

• Node 1: capture live image
• Node 2: save image as "1.jpg"
• Node 3: wait 5 seconds
• Node 4: repeat...

other thread:

• Node 1: wait until image is captured
• Node 2: using the "1.jpg" get colors from every pixle
• Node 3: save data in arrays
• Node 4: repeat...

Answer 1

http://grack.com/downloads/school/enel619.10/report/java_media_framework.html

Using the Player with Swing

The Player can be easily used in a Swing application as well. The following code creates a Swing-based TV capture program with the video output displayed in the entire window:

import javax.media.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;

public class JMFTest extends JFrame {
    Player _player;
    JMFTest() {
        addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter() {
            public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e ) {
                _player.stop();
                _player.deallocate();
                _player.close();
                System.exit( 0 );
            }
        });
          setExtent( 0, 0, 320, 260 );
        JPanel panel = (JPanel)getContentPane();
        panel.setLayout( new BorderLayout() );
        String mediaFile = "vfw://1";
        try {
            MediaLocator mlr = new MediaLocator( mediaFile );
            _player = Manager.createRealizedPlayer( mlr );
            if (_player.getVisualComponent() != null)
            panel.add("Center", _player.getVisualComponent());
            if (_player.getControlPanelComponent() != null)
            panel.add("South", _player.getControlPanelComponent());
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println( "Got exception " + e );
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JMFTest jmfTest = new JMFTest();
        jmfTest.show();
    }
}

Answer 2

I have used JMF on a videoconference application and it worked well on two laptops: one with integrated webcam and another with an old USB webcam. It requires JMF being installed and configured before-hand, but once you're done you can access the hardware via Java code fairly easily.

Answer 3

This kind of goes off of gt_ebuddy's answer using JavaCV, but my video output is at a much higher quality then his answer. I've also added some other random improvements (such as closing down the program when ESC and CTRL+C are pressed, and making sure to close down the resources the program uses properly).

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;

import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.ActionMap;
import javax.swing.InputMap;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;

import com.googlecode.javacv.CanvasFrame;
import com.googlecode.javacv.OpenCVFrameGrabber;
import com.googlecode.javacv.cpp.opencv_core.IplImage;

public class HighRes extends JComponent implements Runnable {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    private static CanvasFrame frame = new CanvasFrame("Web Cam");
    private static boolean running = false;
    private static int frameWidth = 800;
    private static int frameHeight = 600;
    private static OpenCVFrameGrabber grabber = new OpenCVFrameGrabber(0);
    private static BufferedImage bufImg;

    public HighRes()
    {
        // setup key bindings
        ActionMap actionMap = frame.getRootPane().getActionMap();
        InputMap inputMap = frame.getRootPane().getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);

        for (Keys direction : Keys.values())
        {
            actionMap.put(direction.getText(), new KeyBinding(direction.getText()));
            inputMap.put(direction.getKeyStroke(), direction.getText());
        }

        frame.getRootPane().setActionMap(actionMap);
        frame.getRootPane().setInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW, inputMap);

        // setup window listener for close action
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
        {
            public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
            {
                stop();
            }
        });
    }

    public static void main(String... args)
    {
        HighRes webcam = new HighRes();
        webcam.start();
    }

    @Override
    public void run()
    {
        try
        {

            grabber.setImageWidth(frameWidth);
            grabber.setImageHeight(frameHeight);
            grabber.start();
            while (running)
            {

                final IplImage cvimg = grabber.grab();
                if (cvimg != null)
                {

                    // cvFlip(cvimg, cvimg, 1); // mirror

                    // show image on window
                    bufImg = cvimg.getBufferedImage();
                    frame.showImage(bufImg);
                }
            }
            grabber.stop();
            grabber.release();
            frame.dispose();
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public void start()
    {
        new Thread(this).start();
        running = true;
    }

    public void stop()
    {
        running = false;
    }

    private class KeyBinding extends AbstractAction {

        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

        public KeyBinding(String text)
        {
            super(text);
            putValue(ACTION_COMMAND_KEY, text);
        }

        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
        {
            String action = e.getActionCommand();
            if (action.equals(Keys.ESCAPE.toString()) || action.equals(Keys.CTRLC.toString())) stop();
            else System.out.println("Key Binding: " + action);
        }
    }
}

enum Keys
{
    ESCAPE("Escape", KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE, 0)),
    CTRLC("Control-C", KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_C, KeyEvent.CTRL_DOWN_MASK)),
    UP("Up", KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_UP, 0)),
    DOWN("Down", KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_DOWN, 0)),
    LEFT("Left", KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_LEFT, 0)),
    RIGHT("Right", KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT, 0));

    private String text;
    private KeyStroke keyStroke;

    Keys(String text, KeyStroke keyStroke)
    {
        this.text = text;
        this.keyStroke = keyStroke;
    }

    public String getText()
    {
        return text;
    }

    public KeyStroke getKeyStroke()
    {
        return keyStroke;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString()
    {
        return text;
    }
}

Answer 4

I used Webcam Capture API...u can download from this http://webcam-capture.sarxos.pl/

        webcam = Webcam.getDefault();
        webcam.open();

        if (webcam.isOpen()) { //if web cam open 
            BufferedImage image = webcam.getImage();
            JLabel imageLbl = new JLabel();
            imageLbl.setSize(640, 480);             //show captured image
            imageLbl.setIcon(new ImageIcon(image));

            int showConfirmDialog = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, imageLbl, "Image Viewer", JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION, JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, new ImageIcon(""));

            if (showConfirmDialog == JOptionPane.YES_OPTION) {
                JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
                chooser.setDialogTitle("Save Image");
                chooser.setFileFilter(new FileNameExtensionFilter("IMAGES ONLY", "png", "jpeg", "jpg")); //this file extentions are shown
                int showSaveDialog = chooser.showSaveDialog(this);
                if (showSaveDialog == 0) {                  //if pressed 'Save' button
                    String filePath = chooser.getCurrentDirectory().toString().replace("\\", "/");
                    String fileName = chooser.getSelectedFile().getName(); //get user entered file name to save
                    ImageIO.write(image, "PNG", new File(filePath + "/" + fileName + ".png"));

                }
            }
        }

Answer 5

FMJ can do this, as can the supporting library it uses, LTI-CIVIL. Both are on sourceforge.

Answer 6

JMyron is very simple for use. http://webcamxtra.sourceforge.net/

myron = new JMyron();
myron.start(imgw, imgh);
myron.update();
int[] img = myron.image();