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camera

Connection to camera on mobile device

Description

A camera object represents a connection to a camera on a mobile device. After you create the object, you can acquire images from the device camera using Object Functions.

Add-On Required

To use this function for accessing mobile device sensors remotely from MATLAB® installed on a desktop or laptop computer, you must also install either MATLAB Support Package for Apple iOS Sensors or MATLAB Support Package for Android® Sensors. For more information, see Get and Manage Add-Ons.

Creation

Description

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cam = camera(m,name) connects to the camera specified by name on the mobile device m.

Input Arguments

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mobile device connection, specified as a mobiledev object.

Camera name, specified as 'back' or 'front'. Valid camera names are listed in the AvailableCameras property of the mobiledev object.

Example: cam = camera(m,'front') creates a connection to the front-facing camera of the mobile device represented by the mobiledev object m.

Properties

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This property is read-only.

Camera name, returned as 'back' or 'front'. The 'back' camera is the rear-facing camera on the back of the phone. The 'front' camera is the front-facing camera on the side of the display.

Data Types: char | string

This property is read-only.

Available resolutions of the camera, returned as a cell array of strings. Possible resolutions are '640x480' and '1280x720'. If the device camera does not support one of these resolutions, the closest supported resolution is selected.

Data Types: cell

Camera resolution, returned as a character vector or string scalar. Valid values are listed in the AvailableResolutions property. You can set the camera resolution using dot notation.

Example: cam.Resolution = '1280x720' sets the camera resolution to 1280-by-720.

Data Types: char | string

Camera flash mode, specified as 'auto', 'on', or 'off'. This property is only available for cameras that support flash. You can set the flash mode using dot notation.

Example: cam.Flash = 'off' turns off flash.

Data Types: char | string

Camera autofocus mode, specified as 'on' or 'off'. This property is only available for cameras that support autofocus. You can set the autofocus mode using dot notation.

Example: cam.Autofocus = 'off' turns off autofocus.

Data Types: char | string

Object Functions

snapshotAcquire single image frame from mobile device camera

Examples

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This example assumes that you have already installed and set up MATLAB Mobile™ on your device and connected to the MathWorks® Cloud. If you have not, see Install MATLAB Mobile on Your Device.

If you want to read the data in a different session of MATLAB, start MATLAB Online™ or MATLAB on your local computer.

Start MATLAB Mobile on your mobile device.

In your MATLAB session, create a mobiledev object m.

m = mobiledev
m = 
mobiledev with properties:

                   Connected: 1
            AvailableCameras: {'back' 'front'}
                     Logging: 0
            InitialTimestamp: ''

   AccelerationSensorEnabled: 0
AngularVelocitySensorEnabled: 0
       MagneticSensorEnabled: 0
    OrientationSensorEnabled: 0
       PositionSensorEnabled: 0

The AvailableCameras property indicates that this device has both 'back' and 'front' cameras.

Create a connection to the 'back' camera of the device.

cam = camera(m,'back')
cam = 
  Camera with properties:

                    Name: 'back'
    AvailableResolutions: {'640x480'  '1280x720'}
              Resolution: '640x480'
                   Flash: 'off'
               Autofocus: 'on'

Creating the connection returns the camera object and its properties.

Version History

Introduced in R2019a