[libcamera-devel] ipa: rkisp1: Add autofocus algorithm

[Jacopo Mondi]

Hi Nicholas,
   sorry for not replying on irc but I was on leave

On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 09:37:07PM -0400, Nicholas Roth via libcamera-devel wrote:
> To whom it may concern,
>
> I've had my eye on this patch series for some months now, and can see
> that it has not progressed since March. I am interested in
> contributing. My understanding is that the reason this ISP lacks an
> autofocus implementation is that the algorithm here does not work
> properly because it gets stuck in local minima. Is that correct?
>
> Professionally, I am a research-adjacent AI practitioner and I work
> with and read a lot about optimization, which seems very closely
> related to autofocus. I have also done computer vision work in the
> past. This is why I think that I might have something to add here.
>
> If this sounds good to the maintainers, and the original author
> doesn't object, I would like to proceed with this understanding,
> though I can't guarantee a fast rate of progress. Please also let me
> know if I am missing any other context about the patch series that
> would likely be helpful.

I've now cc-ed Daniel (the original author).

I admit I have not followed after Laurent's review of v6, maybe Daniel
can give more details about the current status.

Thanks
  j

>
> Thanks,
> -Nicholas