ch.aplu.ev3

Class HTColorSensor

java.lang.Object

ch.aplu.ev3.Part

ch.aplu.ev3.Sensor

ch.aplu.ev3.HTColorSensor

public class HTColorSensor
extends Sensor

Class that represents a color sensor (HiTechnic Color Sensor in RGB mode).

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HTColorSensor() Creates a sensor instance connected to port S1.
HTColorSensor(SensorPort port) Creates a sensor instance connected to the given port.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.awt.Color	getColor() Polls the sensor.
int	getColorID() Returns the color ID (0..17).
int	getColorInt() Polls the sensor.
static boolean	inColorCube(java.awt.Color color, int[] colorCube) Checks if given color lies within given color cube.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HTColorSensor

public HTColorSensor(SensorPort port)

Creates a sensor instance connected to the given port.

Parameters:

port - the port where the sensor is plugged-in

HTColorSensor

public HTColorSensor()

Creates a sensor instance connected to port S1.

Method Detail

getColor

public java.awt.Color getColor()

Polls the sensor. Returns the java.awt.color of the color.

Returns:

the current color

getColorInt

public int getColorInt()

Polls the sensor. Returns the color as integer value. Red in bits 0..6, Green in bits 7..15, Blue in bits 16..23, 1 in bits 24..31.

Returns:

color int

getColorID

public int getColorID()

Returns the color ID (0..17).
,* 0: black
1,2,3; blue
4, 5: green
4, 5: green
6, 7: yellow
8, 9, 10: red
11-16: light red
17: white
(see www.hitechnic.com for color chart).

Returns:

color identifier

inColorCube

public static boolean inColorCube(java.awt.Color color,
                  int[] colorCube)

Checks if given color lies within given color cube.

Parameters:

color - the color to check

colorCube - an integer array of 6 boundary values in the order: red_min, red_max, green_min, green_max, blue_min, blue_max

Returns:

true, if the color is within the color cube; otherwise false