Simon Says Bot - color change issue

Hi,
I'd like to create an app that can play the internet game Simon Says ...
I have a pretty good idea of the algorithm but lack some vital skills.
This is what i got so far...
package org.kodejava.example.awt;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.*;
public class Bot {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws NumberFormatException,
               IOException, AWTException {
          InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
          BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(isr);
          Robot robot = new Robot();
          ArrayList<Integer> volgorde = new ArrayList<Integer>();
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          System.out.println("tot hoeveel wil je gaan?");
          int tot = Integer.parseInt(in.readLine());
          int o = 10;
          try {
               Thread.sleep(5000); // do nothing for 5000 miliseconds (5 second)
          } catch (InterruptedException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          // 515 - 360
          robot.mouseMove(515, 360);
          // Press the mouse button #1.
          robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
          robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
          System.out.println("1");
          try {
               Thread.sleep(2000); // do nothing for 5000 miliseconds (5 second)
          } catch (InterruptedException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          System.out.println("2");
          Color rood = robot.getPixelColor(480, 370); // 500-400
          Color blauw = robot.getPixelColor(480, 580); // 500-520
          Color geel = robot.getPixelColor(690, 580); // 670-520
          Color groen = robot.getPixelColor(690, 370); // 670-400
          for (int i = 1; i < tot + 1; i++) {
               System.out.println("test?");
               int a = 0;
               int b = 0;
               do {
                    System.out.println("Do While");
                    if (!(rood.getBlue() < (robot.getPixelColor(480, 370).getBlue() + o)
                              && rood.getBlue() > (robot.getPixelColor(480, 370)
                                        .getBlue() - o)
                              && rood.getGreen() < (robot.getPixelColor(480, 370)
                                        .getGreen() + o)
                              && rood.getGreen() > (robot.getPixelColor(480, 370)
                                        .getGreen() - o)
                              && rood.getRed() < (robot.getPixelColor(480, 370)
                                        .getRed() + o)
                              && rood.getRed() > (robot.getPixelColor(480, 370)
                                        .getRed() - o))) {
                         volgorde.add(1);// rood
                         b++;
                         a = 1;
                         System.out.println("rood");
                         try {
                              Thread.sleep(500); // do nothing for 5000 miliseconds (5 second)
                         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                              e.printStackTrace();
                    if (!(groen.getBlue() < (robot.getPixelColor(690, 370).getBlue() + o)
                              && groen.getBlue() > (robot.getPixelColor(690, 370)
                                        .getBlue() - o)
                              && groen.getGreen() < (robot.getPixelColor(690, 370)
                                        .getGreen() + o)
                              && groen.getGreen() > (robot.getPixelColor(690, 370)
                                        .getGreen() - o)
                              && groen.getRed() < (robot.getPixelColor(690, 370)
                                        .getRed() + o)
                              && groen.getRed() > (robot.getPixelColor(690, 370)
                                        .getRed() - o)) && a != 1) {
                         volgorde.add(2);// groen
                         b++;
                         a = 1;
                         System.out.println("groen");
                         try {
                              Thread.sleep(500); // do nothing for 5000 miliseconds (5 second)
                         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                              e.printStackTrace();
                    if (!(geel.getBlue() < (robot.getPixelColor(690, 580).getBlue() + o)
                              && geel.getBlue() > (robot.getPixelColor(690, 580)
                                        .getBlue() - o)
                              && geel.getGreen() < (robot.getPixelColor(690, 580)
                                        .getGreen() + o)
                              && geel.getGreen() > (robot.getPixelColor(690, 580)
                                        .getGreen() - o)
                              && geel.getRed() < (robot.getPixelColor(690, 580)
                                        .getRed() + o)
                              && geel.getRed() > (robot.getPixelColor(690, 580)
                                        .getRed() - o)) && a != 1) {
                         volgorde.add(3);// geel
                         b++;
                         a = 1;
                         System.out.println("geel");
                         try {
                              Thread.sleep(500); // do nothing for 5000 miliseconds (5 second)
                         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                              e.printStackTrace();
                    if (!(blauw.getBlue() < (robot.getPixelColor(480, 580).getBlue() + o)
                              && blauw.getBlue() > (robot.getPixelColor(480, 580)
                                        .getBlue() - o)
                              && blauw.getGreen() < (robot.getPixelColor(480, 580)
                                        .getGreen() + o)
                              && blauw.getGreen() > (robot.getPixelColor(480, 580)
                                        .getGreen() - o)
                              && blauw.getRed() < (robot.getPixelColor(480, 580)
                                        .getRed() + o)
                              && blauw.getRed() > (robot.getPixelColor(480, 580)
                                        .getRed() - o)) && a != 1) {
                         volgorde.add(4);// blauw
                         b++;
                         a = 1;
                         System.out.println("blauw");
                         try {
                              Thread.sleep(500); // do nothing for 5000 miliseconds (5 second)
                         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                              e.printStackTrace();
                    a = 0;
               } while (b < i);
               System.out.println("kleur verandering gevonde");
               for (int y = 0; y < i; y++) {
                    try {
                         Thread.sleep(1000); // do nothing for 1000 miliseconds (1
                         // second)
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                         e.printStackTrace();
                    switch (volgorde.get(y)) {
                    case 1:
                         robot.mouseMove(500, 400);
                         robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
                         robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
                         System.out.println("rood click");
                         break;
                    case 2:
                         robot.mouseMove(670, 400);
                         robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
                         robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
                         System.out.println("groen click");
                         break;
                    case 3:
                         robot.mouseMove(670, 520);
                         robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
                         robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
                         System.out.println("geel click");
                         break;
                    case 4:
                         robot.mouseMove(500, 520);
                         robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
                         robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
                         System.out.println("blauw click");
                         break;
               }volgorde.clear();
               try {
                    Thread.sleep(400); // do nothing for 1000 miliseconds (1
                    // second)
               } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
          try {
               Thread.sleep(400); // do nothing for 1000 miliseconds (1
               // second)
          } catch (InterruptedException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK); //press wrong button to ende game and save score ...
          robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
          robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
          robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
          robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
          robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
}it can handle a sequence of about 9 clicks long ... after that it doesn't detected all the color changes correctly and therefor waits for another change wich doesn't come ...
is there anyway to speed up the change detection ? anyone know a faster algorithm than my 'do-while' function?
help would be appreciated.
Thnx in Advance,
a rookie with an idea.
Edited by: tooster on Sep 13, 2009 7:37 PM

This won't speed it up, but I suggest making your code a lot cleaner by making use of this class (I haven't tested it):
public class ColorRange {
   private Color min, max;
   public ColorRange(Color min, Color max) {
      this.min = min; this.max = max;
   public boolean contains(Color c) {
      return c.getGreen() >= min.getGreen() && c.getGreen() <= max.getGreen() &&
         c.getRed() >= min.getRed() && c.getRed() <= max.getRed() &&
         c.getBlue() >= min.getBlue() && c.getBlue() <= max.getBlue();
//...SNIP...
ColorRange blue, red, green, yellow; //initialize these
//...SNIP...
   if ( blue.contains(robot.getPixelColor(640,480) ) {Furthermore, I would introduce constants for your sample locations:
Point blueLoc = new Point(640, 480); //etcEdited by: endasil on 14-Sep-2009 10:21 AM

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Exploring a bit further, I've realized that the same color display issue exists with the original JPEGs from my camera (Canon T1i, shooting in sRGB color space). So it seems the issue did not originate with settings etc. in Photoshop.... but Photoshop (Bridge) IS displaying "two versions" on same screen at same time, and so must be doing something different with the JPEG info in one pane vs. the other.

Text color changes when more than one color is used in the same paragraph in a bulleted list

I work in a print shop on designers' files preparing them for print. Machine I use is an iMac, plenty of RAM, running Tiger 10.4. Here is my problem: A PC user sent us an InDesign CS3 file. A portion of the text is styled as a bulleted list with character color and bullet (the solid circle) defined as (default) black. However, the style is over-ridden on the bullet and first two words following the bullet with a spot color red, which is present in the Swatches palette (PMS 186). The remainder of the sentence stays black. The text somehow lost this override, and instead of keeping the 2 different colors all the text changed to black. This seems to have occurred when I saved the file on my machine. When I go back and open the original file the text is still colored both red and black. I think that the file was originally an InDesign CS2 file, and could even have been a Indd version 1 or Quark file. Why did the color change with no user intervention? Also, I can't understand why, when the first 2 words are highlighted and changed to red, the bullet also changes to red. (That is good, of course, because that is what we want, but I don't understand how that happens when the character style is black, and I can't even highlight the bullet itself). I sure would appreciate any ideas anyone has on this, I have to try to explain why we printed the text in black when it was supposed to be red and black!

thanks Alan and Bob. Nothing has explained the loss of color so far.
Alan, I will suggest to the designer that she use a nested style. I wonder if that will make the styling more stable moving accross the different platforms.
Bob, I feel like you may have thought, as I did, that hundreds of saves and saved-as and many different applications would have damaged the file, but as you could see by the History, the file was fairly fresh.
There is a very outside chance that I wiped out the style overides by command click but I am really careful and I doubt it.
So I'll thank you both again and check back each day, perhaps this will happen to someone else and become an issue. I have tried to repeat my actions and cause the error again but to no avail.

Colors changes on screen

OK guys I have a question? I just started to notice that I every time I press the menu key or even the a green phone key there are waves of color on the screen. Its almost like putting your finger on a plasma screen and watching the colors change.
but it only wants to do it when on certain times, not all the time!
what can I do to prevent from a major problem?

sounds like it could be a display issue
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Camera Raw 4.6 Color Conversion Issues

I'm using CS3. In the Camera Raw 4.6 import window the color looks great. When I get the image into Photoshop the color looks horrible. I know it's the color profile that Raw is assigning. My question... is there a way to disable the color profile conversion coming from Camera Raw?
I've always had great results without using profiles and now this alters my color. I've even tried to go in and force the image to use a different color profile but at this point the damage has been done by the camera raw plugin.

"I've been doing professional color correction for about 15 years and know how to use the programs without the use of color profiles."
You're always using profiles no matter what, both a source and and destination for everything from your monitor to working RGB, CMYK and Lab to output profiles for proofing and print.
You need good profiles to define the hardware devices and color spaces. Without them, it's all only a guess.
"When I say "great color", I mean to say Photoshop doesn't adjust my color with profiles because I have profiles disabled."
There's not really a way to disable profiles in Photoshop. You can sort of turn them off, but the default profiles in your Color Settings dialog are still in effect no matter what. In fact, you can't even display in image in RGB or CMYK without at least two profile, and more often three.
Just having profile in the loop doesn't mean that Photoshop will "adjust" your colors. Photoshop will only do what you tell it to do.
"My monitor is corrected and I have no need to use profiles since I understand UCR & GCR conversion for printing."
You monitor is corrected? How? Have you calibrated it? After the calibration Photoshop needs, you guessed it, a monitor profile, in order to properly display your images. And how to you get from the RGB of your digital captures to the CMYK you need for offset? Yeah. Profiles. Even if you're using the archaic and outdated Custom CMYK to set your total ink and black generation, you are still in effect, using profiles. You are using the parameters defined there in the same way custom measurement are used in ProfileMaker to generate a custom ICC profile. It's just not as accurate.
"Also, when I have something printed somewhere I have them disable their profiles to provide true color. And I also force acrobat to use my color maps when building pdfs so my printer has no need for conversion of any kind."
How you do know you've made the right conversion for that printer. Most printer just ignore embedded profiles anyway, but including proper output profiles can enable them to display the files correctly on their calibrated screens, and for the more advanced printers, that embedded profile can allow them to use Device Link Profiles to convert your files to custom press or proofing profiles.
"My complaint was that the Camera Raw Plug-in forces me to convert to a profile with 4 possible choices. I was asking if there is a way to disable this?"
It's actually a choice of four different profiles not a profile with four choices. The choices are based on color gamut and gamma in order of increased gamut. There is no way to disable them. What would you put in their place? There are raw converters that will let you convert the raw data to any color space on output, including CMYK. Maybe that would be more appropriate for you. CaptureOne and Raw Developer are the two that come to mind, but they all use profiles.
Hell, even in the golden age of the drum scanner, scanners like the Hell 3010 without even being able to see an image on screen, used profiles, only they called them by a different name - lookup tables. Lookup tables for scanner input and characteristic lookup tables for the analog proofing system the house used.
"I found if I convert using the Adobe 1998 profile the color comes out close, I simply have to increase the saturation to return to the original optical image values. I would however like to bypass this step."
It sounds to me like you need to spend a few weeks getting up to date with the tools that are available now. Between hardware monitor calibration and custom CMYK output profiles that take into account different ink limits and black generation, you're missing out on a boatload of fun.
A lot of things have changed in prepress in the last fifteen years not the least of which is that little number called Direct to Plate. Since everone has gone DTP, the one thing that has gone by the wayside are any kind of overall proofing standards. Where you used to be able to send the same file to ten different printers and get back proofs that were extremely close, now they're all over the map. The only way to effectively deal with this is with custom profiles for the high end digital proofers that printers use today.
Sure, you still need to take into account the specifics of total ink, highlight and shadow values, but you simply can't rely on the positively ancient ink definitions in Custom CMYK to work very well for any of today's output. Unless, of course, you and your clients don't mind going through rounds and rounds of proofs.

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