import processing.video.*;

Capture myWebcam;
int[] hist;

void setup() 
{        
  size(200, 200); 
  hist = new int[256];
  myWebcam = new Capture(this, "IIDC FireWire Video", width, height, 4);
} 

void draw() 
{ 
  if (myWebcam.available()) { 
    // Reads the new frame 
    myWebcam.read(); 
  } 
  image(myWebcam, 0, 0);  
  // Calculate the histogram
  for (int i=0; i<width; i++) {
    for (int j=0; j<height; j++) {
      hist[int(red(get(i, j)))]++; 
    }
  } 

  // Find the largest value in the histogram
  float maxval = 0;
  for (int i=0; i<width; i++) {
    if(hist[i] > maxval) {
      maxval = hist[i];
    }  
  }

  // Normalize the histogram to values between 0 and "height"
  for (int i=0; i<width; i++) {
    hist[i] = int(hist[i]/maxval * height);
  }

  // Draw half of the histogram (skip every second value)
  stroke(width);
  for (int i=0; i<width; i+=2) {
    line(i, height, i, height-hist[i]);
  }

}