[libcamera-devel] [PATCH 04/10] libcamera: control_ids: Define draft controls

Laurent Pinchart laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Mon Oct 12 03:03:42 CEST 2020


Hi Jacopo,

Thank you for the patch.

On Fri, Oct 09, 2020 at 01:29:51PM +0100, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> On 09/10/2020 13:20, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> > Libcamera is in the process of defining its own set of controls

s/Libcamera/libcamera/

> > to enable applications to control the image capture process and
> > return information on the captured frames.
> > 
> > To temporary close the gap in the Android camera HAL and support all
> 
> s/temporary/temporarily/
> 
> > controls required in the LIMITED hw level, define a set of Draft

s/hw/hardware/ ?

> > controls whose values are taken from their Android definition, in order
> > to allow pipeline handlers to support Android.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo at jmondi.org>
> > ---
> >  src/libcamera/control_ids.yaml | 266 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 266 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/src/libcamera/control_ids.yaml b/src/libcamera/control_ids.yaml
> > index 4c415545dcae..62724b218380 100644
> > --- a/src/libcamera/control_ids.yaml
> > +++ b/src/libcamera/control_ids.yaml
> > @@ -284,4 +284,270 @@ controls:
> >          order in an array of 9 floating point values.
> >  
> >        size: [3x3]
> > +
> > +  - AePrecaptureTrigger:
> > +      type: int32_t
> > +      draft: true
> > +      description: |
> > +        Draft control for AE metering trigger. Currently identical to
> > +        ANDROID_CONTROL_AE_PRECAPTURE_TRIGGER.
> > +
> > +        Whether the camera device will trigger a precapture metering sequence
> > +        when it processes this request.
> > +      enum:
> > +        - name: AePrecaptureTriggerIdle
> > +          value: 0
> > +          description: The trigger is idle.
> > +        - name: AePrecaptureTriggerStart
> > +          value: 1
> > +          description: The pre-capture AE metering is started by the camera.
> > +        - name: AePrecaptureTriggerCancel
> > +          value: 2
> > +          description: |
> > +            The camera will cancel any active or completed metering sequence.
> > +            The AE algorithm is reset to its initial state.
> > +
> > +  - AfTrigger:
> > +      type: int32_t
> > +      draft: true
> > +      description: |
> > +        Draft control for AF trigger. Currently identical to
> > +        ANDROID_CONTROL_AF_TRIGGER.
> > +
> > +        Whether the camera device will trigger autofocus for this request.
> > +      enum:
> > +        - name: AfTriggerIdle
> > +          value: 0
> > +          description: The trigger is idle.
> > +        - name: AfTriggerStart
> > +          value: 1
> > +          description: The AF routine is started by the camera.
> > +        - name: AfTriggerCancel
> > +          value: 2
> > +          description: |
> > +            The camera will cancel any active trigger and the AF routine is
> > +            reset to its initial state.
> > +
> > +  - NoiseReductionMode:
> > +      type: int32_t
> > +      draft: true
> > +      description: |
> > +        Draft control to select the noise reduction algorithm mode. Currently
> > +        identical to ANDROID_NOISE_REDUCTION_MODE.
> > +
> > +        Mode of operation for the noise reduction algorithm.
> > +
> > +        \sa properties::draft::AvailableNoiseReductionModes.

I think you can drop the period at the end, for this and all other \sa.

> 
> Only out of interest, does the \sa need to be fully qualified like that
> for things which are in the same scope?

Note that this is src/libcamera/control_ids.yaml, the namespace is
controls::draft, not properties::draft.

> Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com>
> 
> > +      enum:
> > +        - name: NoiseReductionModeOff
> > +          value: 0
> > +          description: No noise reduction is applied
> > +        - name: NoiseReductionModeFast
> > +          value: 1
> > +          description: |
> > +            Noise reduction is applied without reducing the frame rate.
> > +        - name: NoiseReductionModeHighQuality
> > +          value: 2
> > +          description: |
> > +            High quality noise reduction at the expense of frame rate.
> > +        - name: NoiseReductionModeMinimal
> > +          value: 3
> > +          description: |
> > +            Minimal noise reduction is applied without reducing the frame rate.
> > +        - name: NoiseReductionModeZSL
> > +          value: 4
> > +          description: |
> > +            Noise reduction is applied at different levels to different streams.
> > +
> > +  - ColorCorrectionAberrationMode:
> > +      type: int32_t
> > +      draft: true
> > +      description: |
> > +        Draft control to select the color correction aberration mode. Currently
> > +        identical to ANDROID_COLOR_CORRECTION_ABERRATION_MODE.
> > +
> > +        Mode of operation for the chromatic aberration correction algorithm.
> > +
> > +        \sa properties::draft::AvailableColorCorrectionAberrationModes.
> > +      enum:
> > +        - name: ColorCorrectionAberrationOff
> > +          value: 0
> > +          description: No aberration correction is applied.
> > +        - name: ColorCorrectionAberrationFast
> > +          value: 1
> > +          description: Aberration correction will not slow down the frame rate.
> > +        - name: ColorCorrectionAberrationHighQuality
> > +          value: 2
> > +          description: |
> > +            High quality aberration correction which might reduce the frame
> > +            rate.
> > +
> > +  - AeState:
> > +      type: int32_t
> > +      draft: true
> > +      description: |
> > +        Draft control to report the current AE algorithm state. Currently
> > +        identical to ANDROID_CONTROL_AE_STATE.
> > +
> > +        Current state of the AE algorithm.
> > +      enum:
> > +        - name: AeStateInactive
> > +          value: 0
> > +          description: The AE algorithm is inactive.
> > +        - name: AeStateSearching
> > +          value: 1
> > +          description: The AE algorithm has not converged yet.
> > +        - name: AeStateConverged
> > +          value: 2
> > +          description: The AE algorithm has converged.
> > +        - name: AeStateLocked
> > +          value: 3
> > +          description: The AE algorithm is locked.
> > +        - name: AeStateFlashRequired
> > +          value: 4
> > +          description: The AE algorithm would need a flash for good results
> > +        - name: AeStatePrecapture
> > +          value: 5
> > +          description: |
> > +            The AE algorithm has started a pre-capture metering session.
> > +            \sa AePrecaptureTrigger
> > +
> > +  - AfState:
> > +      type: int32_t
> > +      draft: true
> > +      description: |
> > +        Draft control to report the current AF algorithm state. Currently
> > +        identical to ANDROID_CONTROL_AF_STATE.
> > +
> > +        Current state of the AF algorithm.
> > +      enum:
> > +        - name: AfStateInactive
> > +          value: 0
> > +          description: The AF algorithm is inactive.
> > +        - name: AfStatePassiveScan
> > +          value: 1
> > +          description: |
> > +            AF is performing a passive scan of the scene in continuous
> > +            auto-focus mode.
> > +        - name: AfStatePassiveFocused
> > +          value: 2
> > +          description: |
> > +            AF believes the scene is in focus, but might restart scanning.
> > +        - name: AfStateActiveScan
> > +          value: 3
> > +          description: |
> > +            AF is performing a scan triggered by an AF trigger request.
> > +            \sa AfTrigger
> > +        - name: AfStateFocusedLock
> > +          value: 4
> > +          description: |
> > +            AF believes has focused correctly and has locked focus.
> > +        - name: AfStateNotFocusedLock
> > +          value: 5
> > +          description: |
> > +            AF has not been able to focus and has locked.
> > +        - name: AfStatePassiveUnfocused
> > +          value: 6
> > +          description: |
> > +            AF has completed a passive scan without finding focus.
> > +
> > +  - AwbState:
> > +      type: int32_t
> > +      draft: true
> > +      description: |
> > +        Draft control to report the current AWB algorithm state. Currently
> > +        identical to ANDROID_CONTROL_AWB_STATE.
> > +
> > +        Current state of the AWB algorithm.
> > +      enum:
> > +        - name: AwbStateInactive
> > +          value: 0
> > +          description: The AWB algorithm is inactive.
> > +        - name: AwbStateSearching
> > +          value: 1
> > +          description: The AWB algorithm has not converged yet.
> > +        - name: AwbConverged
> > +          value: 2
> > +          description: The AWB algorithm has converged.
> > +        - name: AwbLocked
> > +          value: 3
> > +          description: The AWB algorithm is locked.
> > +
> > +  - ScalerCropRegion:
> > +      type: Rectangle
> > +      draft: true
> > +      description: |
> > +        Draft control to report the region of the sensor that has been read-out.
> > +        Currently identical to ANDROID_SCALER_CROP_REGION.
> > +
> > +        The area of the sensor that has been read out, defined relatively to
> > +        the active pixel array size.
> > +
> > +        \sa properties::PixelArrayActiveAreas

This one will soon be replaced :-)

> > +
> > +  - SensorTimestamp:
> > +      type: int64_t
> > +      draft: true
> > +      description: |
> > +        Draft control to report the start of exposure of the first row of the
> > +        captured image. Currently identical to ANDROID_SENSOR_TIMESTAMP.
> > +
> > +  - SensorRollingShutterSkew:
> > +      type: int64_t
> > +      draft: true
> > +      description: |
> > +        Draft control to report the time between the start of exposure of the
> > +        first row and the start of exposure of the last row. Currently
> > +        identical to ANDROID_SENSOR_ROLLING_SHUTTER_SKEW
> > +
> > +  - LensShadingMapMode:
> > +      type: int32_t
> > +      draft: true
> > +      description: |
> > +        Draft control to report if the lens shading map is available. Currently
> > +        identical to ANDROID_STATISTICS_LENS_SHADING_MAP_MODE.
> > +
> > +        \sa properties::draft::AvailableLensShadingMapModes.
> > +      enum:
> > +        - name: LensShadingMapModeOff
> > +          value: 0
> > +          description: No lens shading map mode is available.
> > +        - name: LensShadingMapModeOn
> > +          value: 1
> > +          description: The lens shading map mode is available.
> > +
> > +  - SceneFlicker:
> > +      type: int32_t
> > +      draft: true
> > +      description: |
> > +        Draft control to report the detected scene light frequency. Currently
> > +        identical to ANDROID_STATISTICS_SCENE_FLICKER.
> > +      enum:
> > +        - name: SceneFickerOff
> > +          value: 0
> > +          description: No flickering detected.
> > +        - name: SceneFicker50Hz
> > +          value: 1
> > +          description: 50Hz flickering detected.
> > +        - name: SceneFicker60Hz
> > +          value: 2
> > +          description: 60Hz flickering detected.
> > +
> > +  - PipelineDepth:
> > +      type: int32_t
> > +      draft: true
> > +      description: |
> > +        Specifies the number of pipeline stages the frame went through from when

If you want to keep the "Draft control to ..." elsewhere I would add it
here too.

> > +        it was exposed to when the final completed result was available to the
> > +        framework. Always less than or equal to PipelineMaxDepth. Currently
> > +        identical to ANDROID_REQUEST_PIPELINE_DEPTH.
> > +
> > +        The typical value for this control is 3 as a frame is first exposed,
> > +        captured and then processed in a single pass through the ISP. Any
> > +        additional processing step performed after the ISP pass (in example face
> > +        detection, additional format conversions etc) count as an additional
> > +        pipeline stage.
> > +
> > +        \sa properties::draft:PipelineMaxDepth

s/draft:/draft::/

Acked-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>

> > +
> >  ...
> > 

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart


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