picamera_fps_demo.py

# import the necessary packages
from __future__ import print_function
from PiVideoStream import PiVideoStream
from imutils.video import FPS
from picamera.array import PiRGBArray
from picamera import PiCamera
import argparse
import imutils
import time
import cv2

# construct the argument parse and parse the arguments
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
ap.add_argument("-n", "--num-frames", type=int, default=100,
	help="# of frames to loop over for FPS test")
ap.add_argument("-d", "--display", type=int, default=-1,
	help="Whether or not frames should be displayed")
args = vars(ap.parse_args())

# initialize the camera and stream
camera = PiCamera()
camera.resolution = (320, 240)
camera.framerate = 32
rawCapture = PiRGBArray(camera, size=(320, 240))
stream = camera.capture_continuous(rawCapture, format="bgr",
	use_video_port=True)



################
# NON_THREADED #
################



# allow the camera to warmup and start the FPS counter
print("[INFO] sampling frames from `picamera` module...")
time.sleep(2.0)
fps = FPS().start()

# loop over some frames
for (i, f) in enumerate(stream):
	# grab the frame from the stream and resize it to have a maximum
	# width of 400 pixels
	frame = f.array
	frame = imutils.resize(frame, width=400)

	# check to see if the frame should be displayed to our screen
	if args["display"] > 0:
		cv2.imshow("Frame", frame)
		key = cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF

	# clear the stream in preparation for the next frame and update
	# the FPS counter
	rawCapture.truncate(0)
	fps.update()

	# check to see if the desired number of frames have been reached
	if i == args["num_frames"]:
		break

# stop the timer and display FPS information
fps.stop()
print("[INFO] elasped time: {:.2f}".format(fps.elapsed()))
print("[INFO] approx. FPS: {:.2f}".format(fps.fps()))

# do a bit of cleanup
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
stream.close()
rawCapture.close()
camera.close()

############
# THREADED #
############

# created a *threaded *video stream, allow the camera sensor to warmup,
# and start the FPS counter
print("[INFO] sampling THREADED frames from `picamera` module...")
vs = PiVideoStream().start()
time.sleep(2.0)
fps = FPS().start()
framecount = 0
vs.debug = True

# loop over some frames...this time using the threaded stream
while fps._numFrames < args["num_frames"]:
    # don't process the same frame twice
    #if not vs.frameready:
    #    continue

    # grab the frame from the threaded video stream and resize it
    # to have a maximum width of 400 pixels
    frame = vs.read()
    frame = imutils.resize(frame, width=400)

    # check to see if the frame should be displayed to our screen
    if args["display"] > 0:
	cv2.imshow("Frame", frame)
	key = cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF

    # update the FPS counter
    fps.update()

# stop the timer and display FPS information
fps.stop()
print("[INFO] elasped time: {:.2f}".format(fps.elapsed()))
print("[INFO] approx. FPS: {:.2f}".format(fps.fps()))

# do a bit of cleanup
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
vs.stop()