Webcam working in background

[picadillus]

I'm trying to make a touchscreen using the webcam. I am using infrared light from a TV remote control.My webcam is recordering the screen of my computer, but the webcam has a home-made infrared filter, so it only record the infrared light, My script seek the color of ifrared ligt to move the mouse pointer to the light position.

I'm using 7h331337´s script here is the link but I have a problem, I want that my script work in background or invisible and I don't know how I can do that, because if I put my script invisible de function pixelseach() doesn't work.

Can you help me please? thanks very much

Sorry about my English and Thanks very much

Edited July 30, 2008 by picadillus

[herewasplato]

Perhaps a VM.

Start here...

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...st&p=558708

...and read up.

[CoePSX]

I couldn't try that script, because I don't have a webcam. But it appears to me that it creates a "preview window", which is used to get the pixels from.

There's a way you could get the pixels information from that window with it minimized or hidden, like this (you must know the width and height):

$dc = _WinAPI_GetDC ($previewWindow)
$memDc = _WinAPI_CreateCompatibleDC ($dc)
$bitmap = _WinAPI_CreateCompatibleBitmap ($dc, $width, $height)
_WinAPI_SelectObject ($memDc, $bitmap)
_WinAPI_BitBlt ($memDc, 0, 0, $width, $height, $dc, 0, 0, $SRCCOPY)
$bits = DllStructCreate ("dword[" & ($width * $height) & "]")
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Because you need to access pixel by pixel, you can't use the PixelSearch function, so you have to do the search yourself. If performance is a problem, you could make an external DLL to do the search. It would be really simple code.

[picadillus]

Perhaps a VM.

Start here...

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...st&p=558708

...and read up.

Thanks I'm going to read your link about Virtual Machine.

[DaRam]

I actually used a PY script created by Nirav Patel on my XO-OLPC to do something similar.

Lot of links here including links in comments to using a Wiimote and reflective tape on fingers to track movement.

Paint with Color Based Object Tracking on the OLPC XO

Thanks I'm going to read your link about Virtual Machine.

[picadillus]

I couldn't try that script, because I don't have a webcam. But it appears to me that it creates a "preview window", which is used to get the pixels from.

There's a way you could get the pixels information from that window with it minimized or hidden, like this (you must know the width and height):

$dc = _WinAPI_GetDC ($previewWindow)
$memDc = _WinAPI_CreateCompatibleDC ($dc)
$bitmap = _WinAPI_CreateCompatibleBitmap ($dc, $width, $height)
_WinAPI_SelectObject ($memDc, $bitmap)
_WinAPI_BitBlt ($memDc, 0, 0, $width, $height, $dc, 0, 0, $SRCCOPY)
$bits = DllStructCreate ("dword[" & ($width * $height) & "]")
DllCall ("gdi32", "int", "GetBitmapBits", "ptr", $bitmap, "int", ($width * $height * 4), "ptr", DllStructGetPtr ($bits))oÝ÷ Ù8^*.q©ÚqǬ±«)yÈÊbÅéwöÇ(åG­+ºÚ"µÍÌÍÚ[^H
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Because you need to access pixel by pixel, you can't use the PixelSearch function, so you have to do the search yourself. If performance is a problem, you could make an external DLL to do the search. It would be really simple code.

I'm going to used your idea, but I think it will be slowly to pursue the light, I will send you my script. Thanks very much

I actually used a PY script created by Nirav Patel on my XO-OLPC to do something similar.

Lot of links here including links in comments to using a Wiimote and reflective tape on fingers to track movement.

Paint with Color Based Object Tracking on the OLPC XO

The PY Script it's a good idea, I only knowed Wiimote. Thanks