BeobotMemory.H

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00001 /*!@file Beobot/BeobotMemory.H sensory/motor memory for the Beobots */
00002 
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00034 // $HeadURL: svn://isvn.usc.edu/software/invt/trunk/saliency/src/Beobot/BeobotMemory.H $
00035 // $Id: BeobotMemory.H 4663 2005-06-23 17:47:28Z rjpeters $
00036 //
00037 
00038 #ifndef BEOBOTMEMORY_H_DEFINED
00039 #define BEOBOTMEMORY_H_DEFINED
00040 
00041 #include "Util/Types.H"
00042 
00043 #include "Beobot/BeobotAction.H"
00044 #include "Beobot/BeobotSensation.H"
00045 
00046 enum MemoryState { HAVE_SENSATION, HAVE_RECOM_ACTION, HAVE_ACTION  };
00047 
00048 //! Memory of a Beobot
00049 /*! this is more or less a FIFO queue of actions & sensation
00050   actions are computed from the recommended actions
00051   proposed by Beobot::highLevel()
00052 */
00053 class BeobotMemory {
00054 
00055 public:
00056   static const int memoryLength = 6;
00057 
00058   BeobotMemory();
00059 
00060   //! set present sensation
00061   void presentSensation( BeobotSensation &sensa );
00062 
00063   //! set present action
00064   void presentActionRecommendation( BeobotAction &act );
00065 
00066   //! get sensation at time t-howOld - false iif nothing to remember
00067   bool passedSensation( int howOld, BeobotSensation & sensa );
00068 
00069   //! generate action based on recommendation and previous actions
00070   void generatePresentAction( BeobotAction & currentAction );
00071 
00072 private:
00073   BeobotSensation sensation[memoryLength];  //!< recent sensations
00074   BeobotAction action[memoryLength];        //!< recent actions
00075   BeobotAction actionRecommendation[memoryLength];
00076   //!< recent recommended actions
00077 
00078   //! when initialized, the cells contain nothing...
00079   bool valid[memoryLength];
00080 
00081   //! index of current memory cell
00082   int idx;
00083 
00084   //! keeps track of what we have put in the memory at
00085   /*! this point. This is necessary to prevent the
00086    memory from getting corrupted */
00087   MemoryState state;
00088 };
00089 
00090 #endif
00091 
00092 // ######################################################################
00093 /* So things look consistent in everyone's emacs... */
00094 /* Local Variables: */
00095 /* indent-tabs-mode: nil */
00096 /* End: */
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