Web Camera #

Web Camera is a gh-element that allows user to use their web cameras in the application. This element also has the function of taking photos from users cameras. The resolution and quality of photos can be adjusted in element settings.

Functional Characteristics #

Web Camera can be used as an instrument for authentication or registration in your application. That is, to be able to take pictures on the spot to know your customers by sight. The camera is also used to register the arrival of employees to work by taking photos in a certain application.

Value Format #

This element does not have any value.

Element Options #

This element has only one group of configuring settings.

Field Settings #

Field settings contains two standard options and a set of unique settings.

Multiple Value #

The current setting allows to take the multiple photos. If this function is off, the new photo will replace an old one. Otherwise, all taken photos will be saved in the multiple image field.

Quality Level #

The quality of the resulting picture depends on this setting. There is a slider, thanks to which you can choose absolutely any value of quality.

Image Recording Field #

This is the setting where you have to select the field where the taken images will be saved.

Output Image Width #

Use this option to select the width of the captured photo. Its height will be adjusted automatically. That is, this setting allows you to scale the resulting photo.

Element Style #

The style of this element can be customized with standard settings. In addition, it has two standard types of interpretation.

General Settings #

There are two extra settings in this group which allows to adjust the resolution of the camera in the certain interpretation type.

The taken photos will have the same resolution.

Width #

The current setting allows you to enter the width of the displaying field.

Height #

This is the function that determines the height of the camera.

Data Model #

The data model of the current element contains the values of main element settings:

{
    "data_model": {
        "interpretation": [],
        "output_img_height": 720,
        "output_img_width": 1280,
        "quality": 100
    }
}

Filtration #

The web camera can not be filtered out.

Interpretation #

The web camera has only two types of interpretations.

Camera #

This type of interpretation allows the user to display an image from the user's webcam.

Default #

This type of interpretation displays the element as an icon.