MarXbotLinearCameraSensor Class Reference

The linear camera sensor of the MarXbot. More...

Inheritance diagram for MarXbotLinearCameraSensor:

Public Member Functions
	MarXbotLinearCameraSensor (ConfigurationParameters &params, QString prefix)
	Constructor.
virtual	~MarXbotLinearCameraSensor ()
	Destructor.
virtual void	save (ConfigurationParameters &params, QString prefix)
	Saves current parameters into the given ConfigurationParameters object.
virtual int	size ()
	Returns the number of neurons required by this sensor.
virtual void	update ()
	Performs the sensor update. This also modifies the activation of input neurons.
Public Member Functions inherited from MarXbotSensor
	MarXbotSensor (ConfigurationParameters &params, QString prefix)
	Constructor.
virtual	~MarXbotSensor ()
	Destructor.
Public Member Functions inherited from Sensor
	Sensor (ConfigurationParameters &params, QString prefix)
	Constructor and Configure.
	~Sensor ()
	Destructor.
QString	name ()
	Return the name of the Sensor.
void	save (ConfigurationParameters &params, QString prefix)
	Save the parameters into the ConfigurationParameters.
void	setName (QString name)
	Use this method for changing the name of the Sensor.
Public Member Functions inherited from ParameterSettableInConstructor
	ParameterSettableInConstructor (ConfigurationParameters &, QString)
void	addObserver (RuntimeParameterObserver *obs)
T	getRuntimeParameter (QString paramName)
virtual ParameterSettableUI *	getUIManager ()
	ParameterSettable ()
virtual void	postConfigureInitialization ()
void	removeObserver (RuntimeParameterObserver *obs)
void	setRuntimeParameter (QString paramName, T newvalue)
QString	typeName () const
Public Member Functions inherited from ParameterSettable
void	addObserver (RuntimeParameterObserver *obs)
T	getRuntimeParameter (QString paramName)
void	removeObserver (RuntimeParameterObserver *obs)
void	setRuntimeParameter (QString paramName, T newvalue)
QString	typeName () const
Public Member Functions inherited from ConcurrentResourcesUser
void	addUsableResource (QString resource)
void	addUsableResources (QStringList resources)
void	declareResource (QString name, T *resource, QString lockBuddy="")
void	deleteResource (QString name)
T *	getResource (QString name, bool *resourceExists=NULL)
bool	hasResource (QString name) const
void	removeAllUsableResources ()
void	removeUsableResource (QString resource)
void	removeUsableResources (QStringList resources)
virtual void	shareResourcesWith (ResourcesUser *buddy)
void	usableResources (QStringList resources)
bool	usedResourcesExist (QStringList *nonExistingResources=NULL) const

Static Public Member Functions
static void	describe (QString type)
	Generates a description of this class and its parameters.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from MarXbotSensor
static void	describe (QString type)
	Describes all the parameters for this sensor.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from Sensor
static void	describe (QString type)
	Describe all the parameter for configuring the Sensor.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from ParameterSettableInConstructor
static void	describe (QString type)
static QString	fullParameterDescriptionPath (QString type, QString param)
static QString	fullSubgroupDescriptionPath (QString type, QString sub)
Static Public Member Functions inherited from ParameterSettable
static void	describe (QString type)
static QString	fullParameterDescriptionPath (QString type, QString param)
static QString	fullSubgroupDescriptionPath (QString type, QString sub)

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from ParameterSettableInConstructor
enum	Property
Public Types inherited from ConcurrentResourcesUser
typedef Resource::ResourceChangeType	ResourceChangeType
Public Attributes inherited from ParameterSettableInConstructor
	AllowMultiple
	Default
	IsList
	IsMandatory
Static Public Attributes inherited from ParameterSettableInConstructor
static const double	Infinity
static const int	MaxInteger
static const int	MinInteger
Protected Member Functions inherited from Sensor
QString	actualResourceNameForMultirobot (QString resourceName) const
	Returns the actual resource name to use.
void	checkAllNeededResourcesExist ()
	Checks whether all resources we need are existing and throws an exception if they aren't.
void	resetNeededResourcesCheck ()
	Resets the check on needed resources so that the next call to checkAllNeededResourcesExist() will perform the full check and not the quick one.
Static Protected Member Functions inherited from ParameterSettableInConstructor
static Descriptor	addTypeDescription (QString type, QString shortHelp, QString longHelp=QString(""))
static void	setGraphicalEditor (QString type)
Protected Attributes inherited from MarXbotSensor
QString	m_marxbotResource
	The name of the resource associated with the MarXbot robot.
QString	m_neuronsIteratorResource
	The name of th resource associated with the neural network iterator.

Detailed Description

The linear camera sensor of the MarXbot.

This is a linear camera with configurable aperture (using the aperture parameter). The number of photoreceptors can be configured using the numReceptors parameter. Each receptor returns three values, one for each of the three colors (red, green, blue). You can decide whether to use all three colors or only part of them. This means that the size returned by this sensor is numReceptors * <num colors used>. The inputs for the controller are returned in the following order: first the values of all the red receptors, then the values for all the green receptors, finally the values for all the blue receptors. This sensor only works with objects created using the Arena instance.

In addition to all parameters defined by the parent class (MarXbotSensor), this class also defines the following parameters:

• numReceptors: the number of receptors of the sensor. Each receptor returns three values, one for each of the three colors (red, green, blue), but you can decide to ignore some colors (see the "useRedChannel", "useGreenChannel" and "useBlueChannel" parameters). This means that the size returned by this sensor is numReceptors * <num colors used> (default is 8)
• useRedChannel: whether the red component of the perceived objects should be used or not (default true)
• useGreenChannel: whether the green component of the perceived objects should be used or not (default true)
• useBlueChannel: whether the blue component of the perceived objects should be used or not (default true)
• aperture: the aperture of the camera in degrees. The real MarXbot has an omnidirectional camera, so you can use here any value up to 360°

The resources required by this Sensor are the same as those of the parent class plus:

• arena: the instance of the Arena object where the robot lives

Definition at line 414 of file marxbotsensors.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MarXbotLinearCameraSensor	(	ConfigurationParameters &	params,
		QString	prefix
	)

Constructor.

Creates and configures the sensor

Parameters

params	the ConfigurationParameters containing the parameters
prefix	the path prefix to the paramters for this Sensor

Definition at line 332 of file marxbotsensors.cpp.

References ConfigurationParameters::getValue(), and ConfigurationHelper::throwUserConfigError().

~MarXbotLinearCameraSensor ( )

virtual

Destructor.

Definition at line 354 of file marxbotsensors.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

void describe ( QString  type )

static

Generates a description of this class and its parameters.

Parameters

type	the string representation of this class name

Definition at line 375 of file marxbotsensors.cpp.

References ParameterSettableInConstructor::addTypeDescription(), ParameterSettable::IntDescriptor::def(), ParameterSettable::BoolDescriptor::def(), ParameterSettable::RealDescriptor::def(), MarXbotSensor::describe(), ParameterSettable::Descriptor::describeBool(), ParameterSettable::Descriptor::describeInt(), ParameterSettable::Descriptor::describeReal(), ParameterSettable::IntDescriptor::help(), ParameterSettable::BoolDescriptor::help(), ParameterSettable::RealDescriptor::help(), ParameterSettable::RealDescriptor::limits(), ParameterSettable::IntDescriptor::limits(), and ParameterSettableInConstructor::MaxInteger.

void save ( ConfigurationParameters &  params, QString  prefix  )

virtual

Saves current parameters into the given ConfigurationParameters object.

Parameters

params	the ConfigurationParameters object in which parameters should be saved
prefix	the name and path of the group where to save parametrs

Reimplemented from MarXbotSensor.

Definition at line 360 of file marxbotsensors.cpp.

References ConfigurationParameters::createParameter(), MarXbotSensor::save(), and ConfigurationParameters::startObjectParameters().

int size ( )

virtual

Returns the number of neurons required by this sensor.

Returns

the number of neurons required by this sensor

Implements Sensor.

Definition at line 420 of file marxbotsensors.cpp.

void update ( )

virtual

Performs the sensor update. This also modifies the activation of input neurons.

Implements Sensor.

Definition at line 390 of file marxbotsensors.cpp.

References Sensor::checkAllNeededResourcesExist(), LinearCamera::colorForReceptor(), Sensor::name(), NeuronsIterator::nextNeuron(), NeuronsIterator::setCurrentBlock(), NeuronsIterator::setInput(), and LinearCamera::update().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• experiments/include/marxbotsensors.h
• experiments/src/marxbotsensors.cpp