stream.point_cloud

class blickfeld_scanner.stream.point_cloud.point_cloud(connection=None, from_file=None)

Class to request a point cloud stream

Parameters

connection (blickfeld_scanner.scanner.connection) – connection to the device

close()

Close point cloud stream and connection

get_metadata()

Get metadata of point cloud stream

Returns

Point cloud metadata, see: Protobuf definitions PointCloud.Metadata

recv_frame()

Receive point cloud frame

Returns

point cloud frame with all the data in it, see: Protobuf definitions Frame

end_of_stream()

Check whether stream has ended. This function is required for point cloud streams of files

Returns

Bool if end of stream is reached

record_to_file(file_name)

Record point cloud stream to file

Parameters

file_name – Path to the file where it should be dumped

stop_recording()

Stop recording