Event management for camera systems

• US 8,089,516 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2006
• Issued: 01/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Staudacher, David, Franke, Daniel G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Nhan T
• Assistant Examiner(s): LE, TUAN H
• Application Number:
  US11/471,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20070291124A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,023 Days
• Field of Search: 348/207.99, 348/362, 3482211-2251, 348345-347, 710260-269, 712/244
• US Class Current: 348/207.99
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/543 Local
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications

Abstract

Systems and methods of event management for camera systems are disclosed. In an exemplary implementation, a method may comprise publishing a plurality of event notifications identifying available frame data. The method may also comprise subscribing a program code module to at least one of the event notifications. The method may also comprise executing a process at the program code module corresponding to the subscribed event notification after the subscribed event notification is published.

Claims

1. A camera system comprising:

an event manager publishing a plurality of event notifications, at least one of the event notifications identifying frame data available from a sensor device, and at least one of the event notifications identifying results available from an executed process, wherein the frame data and results are available to multiple processes without locking the frame data and the results;

a plurality of independently executable program code modules, each program code module subscribing to at least one of the event notifications and executing a process in response to the event manager publishing the subscribed event notification; and

a closed-loop data path between the event manager, each of the plurality of independently executable program code modules, and the sensor device, the closed-loop data path receiving output from each of the executable program code modules and feeding back the output to the sensor device for changing the frame data for the event manager.

2. The camera system of claim 1, further comprising a frame producer operatively associated with the sensor device, the frame producer notifying the event manager if frame data is available.

3. The camera system of claim 1, further comprising a library operatively associated with the sensor device, the library storing available frame data for the program code modules.

4. The camera system of claim 3, wherein the library provides the available frame data to a plurality of the program code modules concurrently without having to lock the frame data for use by any particular program code module.

5. The camera system of claim 3, wherein the library provides the available frame data to a plurality of the program code modules concurrently without having to provide the frame data in separate buffers for use by the program code modules.

6. The camera system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the program code modules returns at least one process result to the event manager.

7. The camera system of claim 1, further comprising a library operatively associated with the program code modules, the library storing process results from at least some of the program code modules for use by others of the program code modules.

8. The camera system of claim 7, wherein the library provides the available process results to a plurality of the program code modules concurrently without having to lock the process results for use by any particular program code module.

9. The camera system of claim 7, wherein the library provides the available process results to a plurality of the program code modules concurrently without having to provide the process results in separate buffers for use by the program code modules.

10. A method of event management for camera systems having program code stored on a non-transient computer-readable storage medium and executable by a processor to perform the method comprising:

publishing a plurality of event notifications identifying available frame data;

publishing a plurality of event notifications identifying available process results from executing program code modules;

subscribing a program code module to at least one of the event notifications; and

executing a process at the program code module corresponding to the subscribed event notification after the subscribed event notification is published, wherein output from the executed process changes the available frame data for use by other program code modules, wherein the frame data and results are available to multiple processes without locking the frame data and the results.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising verifying the available frame data remained constant during execution of the process by the program code module.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising re-executing the process if the available frame data changed during execution of the process by the program code module.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising including an instance of the frame data in the event notification.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising including an instance of the process results in the event notification.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising publishing the plurality of event notifications from the executing program code modules at different stages during execution.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising publishing the plurality of event notifications from the executing program code modules after execution completes.

17. A computer program product including a non-transient computer readable storage medium encoding computer programs for executing a closed-loop computer process on a camera system, the closed-loop computer process comprising independently executable modules for:

publishing event notifications at least identifying available frame data;

wherein the event notifications identify at least process results from executing the at least one process;

subscribing to at least one of the event notifications; and

executing at least one process corresponding to the subscribed event if the subscribed event is published, wherein output from executing at least one process feeds back to input on the camera system to change the available frame data for executing processes;

wherein the frame data and results are available to multiple processes without locking the frame data and the results.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the event notifications include at least one of the following:

an instance of the frame data, and an instance of the process results.