[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v2 3/3] ipa: ipu3: Fill AGC and AWB metadata in algorithms

Laurent Pinchart laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Thu Oct 20 12:33:55 CEST 2022


Hi Jacopo,

On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 09:40:39AM +0200, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 11:56:14PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart via libcamera-devel wrote:
> > Fill the frame metadata in the AGC and AWB algorithm's prepare()
> > function. This removes the need to fill metadata manually in the IPA
> > module's processStatsBuffer() function.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>
> > ---
> >  src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp | 16 +++++++++++++++-
> >  src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/awb.cpp | 10 ++++++++++
> >  src/ipa/ipu3/ipa_context.cpp    |  3 +++
> >  src/ipa/ipu3/ipa_context.h      |  1 +
> >  src/ipa/ipu3/ipu3.cpp           | 13 +------------
> >  5 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
> > index f4e559bf8b84..b5309bdbea25 100644
> > --- a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
> > +++ b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
> > @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
> >  #include <libcamera/base/log.h>
> >  #include <libcamera/base/utils.h>
> >
> > +#include <libcamera/control_ids.h>
> >  #include <libcamera/ipa/core_ipa_interface.h>
> >
> >  #include "libipa/histogram.h"
> > @@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ double Agc::estimateLuminance(IPAActiveState &activeState,
> >  void Agc::process(IPAContext &context, [[maybe_unused]] const uint32_t frame,
> >  		  IPAFrameContext &frameContext,
> >  		  const ipu3_uapi_stats_3a *stats,
> > -		  [[maybe_unused]] ControlList &metadata)
> > +		  ControlList &metadata)
> >  {
> >  	/*
> >  	 * Estimate the gain needed to have the proportion of pixels in a given
> > @@ -365,6 +366,19 @@ void Agc::process(IPAContext &context, [[maybe_unused]] const uint32_t frame,
> >
> >  	computeExposure(context, frameContext, yGain, iqMeanGain);
> >  	frameCount_++;
> > +
> > +	utils::Duration exposureTime = context.configuration.sensor.lineDuration
> > +				     * frameContext.sensor.exposure;
> > +	metadata.set(controls::AnalogueGain, frameContext.sensor.gain);
> > +	metadata.set(controls::ExposureTime, exposureTime.get<std::micro>());
> > +
> > +	/* \todo Use VBlank value calculated from each frame exposure. */
> 
> What block will adjust the frame duration ? AEGC for sure can ends up
> enlarging blankings, what other component will handle control of
> vblank ?

I think it will be AGC only.

> Nothing that interefere with this patch
> Reviewed-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo at jmondi.org>
> 
> > +	uint32_t vTotal = context.configuration.sensor.size.height
> > +			+ context.configuration.sensor.defVBlank;
> > +	utils::Duration frameDuration = context.configuration.sensor.lineDuration
> > +				      * vTotal;
> > +	metadata.set(controls::FrameDuration, frameDuration.get<std::micro>());
> > +
> >  }
> >
> >  REGISTER_IPA_ALGORITHM(Agc, "Agc")
> > diff --git a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/awb.cpp b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/awb.cpp
> > index 6452b6a1acd2..dd7ebc07c534 100644
> > --- a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/awb.cpp
> > +++ b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/awb.cpp
> > @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
> >
> >  #include <libcamera/base/log.h>
> >
> > +#include <libcamera/control_ids.h>
> > +
> >  /**
> >   * \file awb.h
> >   */
> > @@ -403,6 +405,14 @@ void Awb::process(IPAContext &context, [[maybe_unused]] const uint32_t frame,
> >  	context.activeState.awb.gains.green = asyncResults_.greenGain;
> >  	context.activeState.awb.gains.red = asyncResults_.redGain;
> >  	context.activeState.awb.temperatureK = asyncResults_.temperatureK;
> > +
> > +	metadata.set(controls::AwbEnable, true);
> > +	metadata.set(controls::ColourGains, {
> > +			static_cast<float>(context.activeState.awb.gains.red),
> > +			static_cast<float>(context.activeState.awb.gains.blue)
> > +		});
> > +	metadata.set(controls::ColourTemperature,
> > +		     context.activeState.awb.temperatureK);
> >  }
> >
> >  constexpr uint16_t Awb::threshold(float value)
> > diff --git a/src/ipa/ipu3/ipa_context.cpp b/src/ipa/ipu3/ipa_context.cpp
> > index 68f017b04751..959f314f5452 100644
> > --- a/src/ipa/ipu3/ipa_context.cpp
> > +++ b/src/ipa/ipu3/ipa_context.cpp
> > @@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ namespace libcamera::ipa::ipu3 {
> >   *
> >   * \var IPASessionConfiguration::sensor.defVBlank
> >   * \brief The default vblank value of the sensor
> > + *
> > + * \var IPASessionConfiguration::sensor.size
> > + * \brief Sensor output resolution
> >   */
> >
> >  /**
> > diff --git a/src/ipa/ipu3/ipa_context.h b/src/ipa/ipu3/ipa_context.h
> > index 36099353e9f2..e9a3863b1693 100644
> > --- a/src/ipa/ipu3/ipa_context.h
> > +++ b/src/ipa/ipu3/ipa_context.h
> > @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct IPASessionConfiguration {
> >  	struct {
> >  		int32_t defVBlank;
> >  		utils::Duration lineDuration;
> > +		Size size;
> >  	} sensor;
> >  };
> >
> > diff --git a/src/ipa/ipu3/ipu3.cpp b/src/ipa/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
> > index bc0f6007baca..a9a2b49ca95b 100644
> > --- a/src/ipa/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
> > +++ b/src/ipa/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
> > @@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ int IPAIPU3::configure(const IPAConfigInfo &configInfo,
> >  	/* Initialise the sensor configuration. */
> >  	context_.configuration.sensor.lineDuration = sensorInfo_.minLineLength
> >  						   * 1.0s / sensorInfo_.pixelRate;
> > +	context_.configuration.sensor.size = sensorInfo_.outputSize;
> >
> >  	/*
> >  	 * Compute the sensor V4L2 controls to be used by the algorithms and
> > @@ -628,8 +629,6 @@ void IPAIPU3::processStatsBuffer(const uint32_t frame,
> >  	frameContext.sensor.exposure = sensorControls.get(V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE).get<int32_t>();
> >  	frameContext.sensor.gain = camHelper_->gain(sensorControls.get(V4L2_CID_ANALOGUE_GAIN).get<int32_t>());
> >
> > -	double lineDuration = context_.configuration.sensor.lineDuration.get<std::micro>();
> > -	int32_t vBlank = context_.configuration.sensor.defVBlank;
> >  	ControlList metadata(controls::controls);
> >
> >  	for (auto const &algo : algorithms())
> > @@ -637,16 +636,6 @@ void IPAIPU3::processStatsBuffer(const uint32_t frame,
> >
> >  	setControls(frame);
> >
> > -	/* \todo Use VBlank value calculated from each frame exposure. */
> > -	int64_t frameDuration = (vBlank + sensorInfo_.outputSize.height) * lineDuration;
> > -	metadata.set(controls::FrameDuration, frameDuration);
> > -
> > -	metadata.set(controls::AnalogueGain, frameContext.sensor.gain);
> > -
> > -	metadata.set(controls::ColourTemperature, context_.activeState.awb.temperatureK);
> > -
> > -	metadata.set(controls::ExposureTime, frameContext.sensor.exposure * lineDuration);
> > -
> >  	/*
> >  	 * \todo The Metadata provides a path to getting extended data
> >  	 * out to the application. Further data such as a simplifed Histogram

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart


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