qr-scanner: only check max 5 times per second for a QR code

Still raw the image and everything all the time to keep the experience smooth. One more improvement would be to also skip the image data extraction, but that can be done after the clipping work.

packages/qr-code-scanner/src/qr-code-scanner.js

@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ export class QrCodeScanner extends ScopedElementsMixin(DBPLitElement) {
             requestAnimationFrame(tick);
         }).catch((e) => { console.log(e); that.askPermission = true;});
 
+        let lastVideoTime = -1;
+        let lastCode = null;
+
         function tick() {
            if (that.sourceChanged) {
                 video.srcObject.getTracks().forEach(function(track) {
@@ -291,9 +294,19 @@ export class QrCodeScanner extends ScopedElementsMixin(DBPLitElement) {
                     imageData = canvas.getImageData(maskStartX , maskStartY, maskWidth, maskHeight);
                 }
 
-                var code = jsQR(imageData.data, imageData.width, imageData.height, {
-                    inversionAttempts: "dontInvert",
-                });
+                let code = null;
+                // We only check for QR codes 5 times a second to improve performance
+                let shouldAnalyze = Math.abs(lastVideoTime - video.currentTime) >= 1/5;
+                if (shouldAnalyze) {
+                    lastVideoTime = video.currentTime;
+                    code = jsQR(imageData.data, imageData.width, imageData.height, {
+                        inversionAttempts: "dontInvert",
+                    });
+                    lastCode = code;
+                } else {
+                    code = lastCode;
+                }
+
                 if (code) {
                     let topLeftCorner = code.location.topLeftCorner;
                     let topRightCorner = code.location.topRightCorner;