edu.memphis.ccrg.lida.sensorymemory
Interface SensoryMemory

All Superinterfaces:

FrameworkModule, FullyInitializable, Initializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SensoryMemoryImpl

public interface SensoryMemory
extends FrameworkModule

This is the interface to be implemented by sensory memory modules. Implementing modules sense the environment, store the sensed data ,and process it.

Author:

Ryan J. McCall

Method Summary

void	addSensoryMemoryListener(SensoryMemoryListener l) Adds a listener to this memory.
java.lang.Object	getSensoryContent(java.lang.String modality, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> params) Returns content from this SensoryMemory.
void	runSensors() Runs all the sensors associated with this memory.

Methods inherited from interface edu.memphis.ccrg.lida.framework.FrameworkModule

addListener, addSubModule, containsSubmodule, containsSubmodule, decayModule, getAssistingTaskSpawner, getModuleContent, getModuleName, getSubmodule, getSubmodule, getSubmodules, setAssistingTaskSpawner, setModuleName, taskManagerDecayModule

Methods inherited from interface edu.memphis.ccrg.lida.framework.initialization.FullyInitializable

setAssociatedModule

Methods inherited from interface edu.memphis.ccrg.lida.framework.initialization.Initializable

containsParameter, getParam, getParameters, init, init

Method Detail

addSensoryMemoryListener

void addSensoryMemoryListener(SensoryMemoryListener l)

Adds a listener to this memory. This listener constantly checks for information being sent from this memory to other modules (Perceptual Associative Memory and Sensory Motor Memory).

Parameters:

l - the listener added to this memory

runSensors

void runSensors()

Runs all the sensors associated with this memory. The sensors get the information from the environment and store in this memory for later processing and passing to the perceptual memory module.

getSensoryContent

java.lang.Object getSensoryContent(java.lang.String modality,
                                   java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> params)

Returns content from this SensoryMemory. Intended to be used by feature detectors to get specific parts of the sensory memory.

Parameters:

modality - user may optionally use this parameter to specify modality.

params - optional parameters

Returns:

content