{WebTwainObject}.Addon.Camera
{WebTwainObject} denotes the
WebTwaininstance.Dynamsoft provides a built-in feature to handle camera capturing, prospective adjusting, etc. Check out the APIs showVideo() and closeVideo().
Methods
- getSourceList()
- selectSource()
- getCurrentSource()
- closeSource()
- getResolution()
- setResolution()
- getCurrentResolution()
- play()
- pause()
- resume()
- stop()
- getStatus()
- capture()
getSourceList
Syntax
/**
* Return a list of all available cameras.
*/
getSourceList(): Promise<DeviceInfo[]>;
interface DeviceInfo{
deviceId: string;
label: string;
}
Example
DWObject.Addon.Camera.getSourceList();
selectSource
Syntax
/**
* Select a camera to use.
* @param deviceId Specify the camera with its deviceId.
*/
selectSource(deviceId: string): Promise<DeviceInfo>;
getCurrentSource
Syntax
/**
* Return the info about the current camera.
*/
getCurrentSource():DeviceInfo;
closeSource
Syntax
/**
* Close the current camera.
*/
closeSource(): Promise<DeviceInfo>;
getResolution
Syntax
/**
* Return the resolutions supported by the current camera.
*/
getResolution(): Promise<Resolution[]>
interface Resolution{
width: number;
height: number;
}
setResolution
Syntax
/**
* Set the resolution for the current camera.
* @param resolution Specify the resolution.
*/
setResolution(resolution: Resolution): Promise<Resolution>;
getCurrentResolution
Syntax
/**
* Return the resolution of the current camera.
*/
getCurrentResolution(): Promise<Resolution>;
Usage notes
If the camera is playing, the actual resolution is returned. If the camera is not playing, the last set resolution or null is returned.
play
Syntax
/**
* Start streaming video from the current camera.
* @param element Specify an HTML element to put the video stream in.
* @param resolution Specify the initial resolution.
*/
play(element?: HTMLElement,
resolution?: Resolution
): Promise<Resolution>;
Usage notes
If no camera is chosen, the default camera is used.
If the method is called without arguments or null is passed to element, the video will show in the main viewer.
pause
Syntax
/**
* Pause the video stream.
*/
pause(): void;
resume
Syntax
/**
* Resume the video stream.
*/
resume(): void;
stop
Syntax
/**
* Stop the video stream.
*/
stop(): void;
getStatus
Syntax
/**
* Return the status of the current camera.
*/
getStatus(): string;
Usage notes
The status string is either empty or one of the following: “playing”, “paused”, “stopped”. An empty string means no camera is open.
capture
Syntax
/**
* Capture a frame from the video stream.
*/
capture(): Promise<Blob>;
Yes
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