17. Camera

The camera object is a built-in object that provides camera functionality.

Functional overview:

• Supports still image capture function.

Limitations:

• It can be used only when the Spresense camera board (ISX012 camera module) is connected.
• Only JPEG format of QVGA size (Width: 320px, Height: 240px) is available for still images.

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Camera Global Object

Methods()/Properties	Summary	Version	Note
camera.open()	Starts the camera module.	01.00.00+
camera.close()	Stops the camera module.	01.00.00+
camera.capture()	Captures a still image.	01.00.00+

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Details

camera.open()

Starts the camera module.

Name	Type	M/O	Summary	Note
return	boolean	-	true: Success false: Failure	If the camera module is not connected, it will fail.

camera.close()

Stops the camera module.

Name	Type	M/O	Summary	Note
return	undefined	-	-

camera.capture()

Captures a still image.

Name	Type	M/O	Summary	Note
return	ArrayBuffer, undefined	-	Still image data in JPEG format	If capture fails, undefined will be returned.

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Object Usage Examples

Sample1

This is a sample that captures a still image.

camera.open();

var img = camera.capture();
// upload image data

camera.close();

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Updated: 2020-06-01