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

[Jacopo Mondi]

Daniel now cc-ed for real

On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 09:07:12AM +0200, Jacopo Mondi via libcamera-devel wrote:
> 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