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Intelligent Screen Saver

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A utility to control screen saver on your computer using computer vision (human face detection), rather than idle timer.
// Motion Detector
//
// Copyright � Andrew Kirillov, 2005
// andrew.kirillov@gmail.com
//
namespace VideoSource
{
	using System;
	using System.Drawing;
	using System.Drawing.Imaging;
	using System.IO;
	using System.Threading;
	using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
	using System.Net;

	using dshow;
	using dshow.Core;

	/// <summary>
	/// CaptureDevice - capture video from local device
	/// </summary>
	internal class CaptureDevice : IVideoSource
	{
		private string	source;
		private object	userData = null;
		private int		framesReceived;

		private Thread	thread = null;
		private ManualResetEvent stopEvent = null;

		// new frame event
		public event CameraEventHandler NewFrame;

		// VideoSource property
		public virtual string VideoSource
		{
			get { return source; }
			set { source = value; }
		}
		// Login property
		public string Login
		{
			get { return null; }
			set { }
		}
		// Password property
		public string Password
		{
			get { return null; }
			set {  }
		}
		// FramesReceived property
		public int FramesReceived
		{
			get
			{
				int frames = framesReceived;
				framesReceived = 0;
				return frames;
			}
		}
		// BytesReceived property
		public int BytesReceived
		{
			get { return 0; }
		}
		// UserData property
		public object UserData
		{
			get { return userData; }
			set { userData = value; }
		}
		// Get state of the video source thread
		public bool Running
		{
			get
			{
				if (thread != null)
				{
					if (thread.Join(0) == false)
						return true;

					// the thread is not running, so free resources
					Free();
				}
				return false;
			}
		}


		// Constructor
		public CaptureDevice()
		{
		}

		// Start work
		public void Start()
		{
			if (thread == null)
			{
				framesReceived = 0;

				// create events
				stopEvent	= new ManualResetEvent(false);
				
				// create and start new thread
				thread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(WorkerThread));
				thread.Name = source;
				thread.Start();
			}
		}

		// Signal thread to stop work
		public void SignalToStop()
		{
			// stop thread
			if (thread != null)
			{
				// signal to stop
				stopEvent.Set();
			}
		}

		// Wait for thread stop
		public void WaitForStop()
		{
			if (thread != null)
			{
				// wait for thread stop
				thread.Join();

				Free();
			}
		}

		// Abort thread
		public void Stop()
		{
			if (this.Running)
			{
				thread.Abort();
				// WaitForStop();
			}
		}

		// Free resources
		private void Free()
		{
			thread = null;

			// release events
			stopEvent.Close();
			stopEvent = null;
		}

		// Thread entry point
		public void WorkerThread()
		{
			// grabber
			Grabber	grabber = new Grabber(this);

			// objects
			object	graphObj = null;
			object	sourceObj = null;
			object	grabberObj = null;

			// interfaces
			IGraphBuilder	graph = null;
			IBaseFilter		sourceBase = null;
			IBaseFilter		grabberBase = null;
			ISampleGrabber	sg = null;
			IMediaControl	mc = null;

			try
			{
				// Get type for filter graph
				Type srvType = Type.GetTypeFromCLSID(Clsid.FilterGraph);
				if (srvType == null)
					throw new ApplicationException("Failed creating filter graph");

				// create filter graph
				graphObj = Activator.CreateInstance(srvType);
				graph = (IGraphBuilder) graphObj;

				// ----
				UCOMIBindCtx bindCtx = null;
				UCOMIMoniker moniker = null;
				int n = 0;

				// create bind context
				if (Win32.CreateBindCtx(0, out bindCtx) == 0)
				{
					// convert moniker`s string to a moniker
					if (Win32.MkParseDisplayName(bindCtx, source, ref n, out moniker) == 0)
					{
						// get device base filter
						Guid filterId = typeof(IBaseFilter).GUID;
						moniker.BindToObject(null, null, ref filterId, out sourceObj);

						Marshal.ReleaseComObject(moniker);
						moniker = null;
					}
					Marshal.ReleaseComObject(bindCtx);
					bindCtx = null;
				}
				// ----

				if (sourceObj == null)
					throw new ApplicationException("Failed creating device object for moniker");

				sourceBase = (IBaseFilter) sourceObj ;

				// Get type for sample grabber
				srvType = Type.GetTypeFromCLSID(Clsid.SampleGrabber);
				if (srvType == null)
					throw new ApplicationException("Failed creating sample grabber");

				// create sample grabber
				grabberObj = Activator.CreateInstance(srvType);
				sg = (ISampleGrabber) grabberObj;
				grabberBase = (IBaseFilter) grabberObj;

				// add source filter to graph
				graph.AddFilter(sourceBase, "source");
				graph.AddFilter(grabberBase, "grabber");

				// set media type
				AMMediaType mt = new AMMediaType();
				mt.majorType = MediaType.Video;
				mt.subType = MediaSubType.RGB24;
				sg.SetMediaType(mt);

				// connect pins
				if (graph.Connect(DSTools.GetOutPin(sourceBase, 0), DSTools.GetInPin(grabberBase, 0)) < 0)
					throw new ApplicationException("Failed connecting filters");

				// get media type
				if (sg.GetConnectedMediaType(mt) == 0)
				{
					VideoInfoHeader vih = (VideoInfoHeader) Marshal.PtrToStructure(mt.formatPtr, typeof(VideoInfoHeader));

					System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("width = " + vih.BmiHeader.Width + ", height = " + vih.BmiHeader.Height);
					grabber.Width = vih.BmiHeader.Width;
					grabber.Height = vih.BmiHeader.Height;
					mt.Dispose();
				}

				// render
				graph.Render(DSTools.GetOutPin(grabberBase, 0));

				//
				sg.SetBufferSamples(false);
				sg.SetOneShot(false);
				sg.SetCallback(grabber, 1);

				// window
				IVideoWindow win = (IVideoWindow) graphObj;
				win.put_AutoShow(false);
				win = null;


				// get media control
				mc = (IMediaControl) graphObj;

				// run
				mc.Run();

				while (!stopEvent.WaitOne(0, true))
				{
					Thread.Sleep(100);
				}
				mc.StopWhenReady();
			}
			// catch any exceptions
			catch (Exception e)
			{
				System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("----: " + e.Message);
			}
			// finalization block
			finally
			{
				// release all objects
				mc = null;
				graph = null;
				sourceBase = null;
				grabberBase = null;
				sg = null;

				if (graphObj != null)
				{
					Marshal.ReleaseComObject(graphObj);
					graphObj = null;
				}
				if (sourceObj != null)
				{
					Marshal.ReleaseComObject(sourceObj);
					sourceObj = null;
				}
				if (grabberObj != null)
				{
					Marshal.ReleaseComObject(grabberObj);
					grabberObj = null;
				}
			}
		}

		// new frame
		protected void OnNewFrame(Bitmap image)
		{
			framesReceived++;
			if ((!stopEvent.WaitOne(0, true)) && (NewFrame != null))
				NewFrame(this, new CameraEventArgs(image));
		}

		// Grabber
		private class Grabber : ISampleGrabberCB
		{
			private CaptureDevice parent;
			private int width, height;

			// Width property
			public int Width
			{
				get { return width; }
				set { width = value; }
			}
			// Height property
			public int Height
			{
				get { return height; }
				set { height = value; }
			}

			// Constructor
			public Grabber(CaptureDevice parent)
			{
				this.parent = parent;
			}

			//
			public int SampleCB(double SampleTime, IntPtr pSample)
			{
				return 0;
			}

			// Callback method that receives a pointer to the sample buffer
			public int BufferCB(double SampleTime, IntPtr pBuffer, int BufferLen)
			{
				// create new image
				System.Drawing.Bitmap img = new Bitmap(width, height, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);

				// lock bitmap data
				BitmapData	bmData = img.LockBits(
					new Rectangle(0, 0, width, height),
					ImageLockMode.ReadWrite,
					PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);

				// copy image data
				int srcStride = bmData.Stride;
				int dstStride = bmData.Stride;

				int dst = bmData.Scan0.ToInt32() + dstStride * (height - 1);
				int src = pBuffer.ToInt32();

				for (int y = 0; y < height; y++)
				{
					Win32.memcpy(dst, src, srcStride);
					dst -= dstStride;
					src += srcStride;
				}

				// unlock bitmap data
				img.UnlockBits(bmData);

				// notify parent
				parent.OnNewFrame(img);

				// release the image
				img.Dispose();

				return 0;
			}
		}
	}
}

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Lahore Univeristy of Management Sciences
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