VisionRunner.h

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// Copyright (c) FIRST and other WPILib contributors.
// Open Source Software; you can modify and/or share it under the terms of
// the WPILib BSD license file in the root directory of this project.
 
#pragma once
 
#include <atomic>
#include <functional>
#include <memory>
 
#include "cscore_cv.h"
#include "vision/VisionPipeline.h"
 
namespace frc {
 
/**
 * Non-template base class for VisionRunner.
 */
class VisionRunnerBase {
 public:
  /**
   * Creates a new vision runner. It will take images from the {@code
   * videoSource}, and call the virtual DoProcess() method.
   *
   * @param videoSource the video source to use to supply images for the
   *                    pipeline
   */
  explicit VisionRunnerBase(cs::VideoSource videoSource);
 
  ~VisionRunnerBase();
 
  VisionRunnerBase(const VisionRunnerBase&) = delete;
  VisionRunnerBase& operator=(const VisionRunnerBase&) = delete;
 
  /**
   * Runs the pipeline one time, giving it the next image from the video source
   * specified in the constructor. This will block until the source either has
   * an image or throws an error. If the source successfully supplied a frame,
   * the pipeline's image input will be set, the pipeline will run, and the
   * listener specified in the constructor will be called to notify it that the
   * pipeline ran. This must be run in a dedicated thread, and cannot be used in
   * the main robot thread because it will freeze the robot program.
   *
   * <p>This method is exposed to allow teams to add additional functionality or
   * have their own ways to run the pipeline. Most teams, however, should just
   * use RunForever() in its own thread using a std::thread.</p>
   */
  void RunOnce();
 
  /**
   * A convenience method that calls runOnce() in an infinite loop. This must be
   * run in a dedicated thread, and cannot be used in the main robot thread
   * because it will freeze the robot program.
   *
   * <strong>Do not call this method directly from the main thread.</strong>
   */
  void RunForever();
 
  /**
   * Stop a RunForever() loop.
   */
  void Stop();
 
 protected:
  virtual void DoProcess(cv::Mat& image) = 0;
 
 private:
  std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat> m_image;
  cs::CvSink m_cvSink;
  std::atomic_bool m_enabled;
};
 
/**
 * A vision runner is a convenient wrapper object to make it easy to run vision
 * pipelines from robot code. The easiest way to use this is to run it in a
 * std::thread and use the listener to take snapshots of the pipeline's outputs.
 *
 * @see VisionPipeline
 */
template <typename T>
class VisionRunner : public VisionRunnerBase {
 public:
  /**
   * Creates a new vision runner. It will take images from the {@code
   * videoSource}, send them to the {@code pipeline}, and call the {@code
   * listener} when the pipeline has finished to alert user code when it is safe
   * to access the pipeline's outputs.
   *
   * @param videoSource The video source to use to supply images for the
   *                    pipeline
   * @param pipeline    The vision pipeline to run
   * @param listener    A function to call after the pipeline has finished
   *                    running
   */
  VisionRunner(cs::VideoSource videoSource, T* pipeline,
               std::function<void(T&)> listener)
      : VisionRunnerBase(videoSource),
        m_pipeline(pipeline),
        m_listener(listener) {}
 
  virtual ~VisionRunner() = default;
 
 protected:
  void DoProcess(cv::Mat& image) override {
    m_pipeline->Process(image);
    m_listener(*m_pipeline);
  }
 
 private:
  T* m_pipeline;
  std::function<void(T&)> m_listener;
};
 
}  // namespace frc