[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v3 02/12] libcamera: camera: Introduce SensorConfiguration

Jacopo Mondi jacopo.mondi at ideasonboard.com
Fri Sep 15 15:06:40 CEST 2023


Introduce SensorConfiguration in the libcamera API.

The SensorConfiguration is part of the CameraConfiguration class
and allows applications to control the sensor settings.

Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi at ideasonboard.com>
Reviewed-by: Naushir Patuck <naush at raspberrypi.com>
Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com>
---
 include/libcamera/camera.h |  43 +++++++++
 src/libcamera/camera.cpp   | 185 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 228 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/libcamera/camera.h b/include/libcamera/camera.h
index 004bc89455f5..b2aa8d467feb 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/camera.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/camera.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <libcamera/base/signal.h>
 
 #include <libcamera/controls.h>
+#include <libcamera/geometry.h>
 #include <libcamera/request.h>
 #include <libcamera/stream.h>
 #include <libcamera/transform.h>
@@ -30,6 +31,47 @@ class FrameBufferAllocator;
 class PipelineHandler;
 class Request;
 
+class SensorConfiguration
+{
+public:
+	unsigned int bitDepth = 0;
+
+	Rectangle analogCrop;
+
+	struct {
+		unsigned int binX = 1;
+		unsigned int binY = 1;
+	} binning;
+
+	struct {
+		unsigned int xOddInc = 1;
+		unsigned int xEvenInc = 1;
+		unsigned int yOddInc = 1;
+		unsigned int yEvenInc = 1;
+	} skipping;
+
+	Size outputSize;
+
+	bool valid() const
+	{
+		return validate() != Invalid;
+	}
+
+	explicit operator bool() const
+	{
+		return validate() == Populated;
+	}
+
+private:
+	enum Status {
+		Unpopulated,
+		Populated,
+		Invalid,
+	};
+
+	Status validate() const;
+};
+
 class CameraConfiguration
 {
 public:
@@ -66,6 +108,7 @@ public:
 	bool empty() const;
 	std::size_t size() const;
 
+	SensorConfiguration sensorConfig;
 	Transform transform;
 
 protected:
diff --git a/src/libcamera/camera.cpp b/src/libcamera/camera.cpp
index 0eecee766f00..f497a35c90fb 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/camera.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/camera.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,21 @@
  * implemented in the above order at the hardware level. The libcamera pipeline
  * handlers translate the pipeline model to the real hardware configuration.
  *
+ * \subsection camera-sensor-mode Camera Sensor Model
+ *
+ * libcamera allows applications to control the configuration of the camera
+ * sensor, particularly it allows to control the frame geometry and frame
+ * delivery rate of the sensor.
+ *
+ * The camera sensor configuration applies to all streams produced by a camera
+ * from the same image source.
+ *
+ * More details about the camera sensor model implemented by libcamera are
+ * available in the libcamera camera-sensor-model documentation page.
+ *
+ * The sensor configuration is specified by applications by populating the
+ * CameraConfiguration::sensorConfig class member.
+ *
  * \subsection digital-zoom Digital Zoom
  *
  * Digital zoom is implemented as a combination of the cropping and scaling
@@ -111,6 +126,166 @@ namespace libcamera {
 
 LOG_DECLARE_CATEGORY(Camera)
 
+/**
+ * \class SensorConfiguration
+ * \brief Camera sensor configuration
+ *
+ * The SensorConfiguration class collects parameters to control the operations
+ * of the camera sensor, accordingly to the abstract camera sensor model
+ * implemented by libcamera.
+ *
+ * \todo Applications shall fully populate all fields of the
+ * CameraConfiguration::sensorConfig class members before validating the
+ * CameraConfiguration. If the SensorConfiguration is not fully populated, or if
+ * any of its parameters cannot be applied to the sensor in use, the
+ * CameraConfiguration validation process will fail and return
+ * CameraConfiguration::Status::Invalid.
+ *
+ * Applications that populate the SensorConfiguration class members are
+ * expected to be highly-specialized applications that know what sensor
+ * they are operating with and what parameters are valid for the sensor in use.
+ *
+ * A detailed description of the abstract camera sensor model implemented by
+ * libcamera and the description of its configuration parameters is available
+ * in the libcamera documentation camera-sensor-model file.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \enum SensorConfiguration::Status
+ * \brief The sensor configuration validation status
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \var SensorConfiguration::bitDepth
+ * \brief The sensor image format bit depth
+ *
+ * The number of bits (resolution) used to represent a pixel sample.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \var SensorConfiguration::analogCrop
+ * \brief The analog crop rectangle
+ *
+ * The selected portion of the active pixel array used to produce the image
+ * frame.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \var SensorConfiguration::binning
+ * \brief Sensor binning configuration
+ *
+ * Refer to the camera-sensor-model documentation for an accurate description
+ * of the binning operations. Disabled by default.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \var SensorConfiguration::binX
+ * \brief Horizontal binning factor
+ *
+ * The horizontal binning factor. Default to 1.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \var SensorConfiguration::binY
+ * \brief Vertical binning factor
+ *
+ * The vertical binning factor. Default to 1.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \var SensorConfiguration::skipping
+ * \brief The sensor skipping configuration
+ *
+ * Refer to the camera-sensor-model documentation for an accurate description
+ * of the skipping operations.
+ *
+ * If no skipping is performed, all the structure fields should be
+ * set to 1. Disabled by default.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \var SensorConfiguration::xOddInc
+ * \brief Horizontal increment for odd rows. Default to 1.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \var SensorConfiguration::xEvenInc
+ * \brief Horizontal increment for even rows. Default to 1.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \var SensorConfiguration::yOddInc
+ * \brief Vertical increment for odd columns. Default to 1.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \var SensorConfiguration::yEvenInc
+ * \brief Vertical increment for even columns. Default to 1.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \var SensorConfiguration::outputSize
+ * \brief The frame output (visible) size
+ *
+ * The size of the data frame as received by the host processor.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \fn SensorConfiguration::valid() const
+ * \brief Validate the SensorConfiguration
+ *
+ * Validate the sensor configuration.
+ *
+ * \todo A sensor configuration is valid (or well-formed) if it's either
+ * completely un-populated or fully populated. For now allow applications to
+ * populate the bitDepth and the outputSize only.
+ *
+ * \return True if the SensorConfiguration is either fully populated or
+ * un-populated, false otherwise
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \fn SensorConfiguration::operator bool() const
+ * \brief Test if a SensorConfiguration is fully populated
+ * \return True if the SensorConfiguration is fully populated
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \brief Validate the sensor configuration
+ *
+ * \todo A sensor configuration is valid (or well-formed) if it's either
+ * completely un-populated or fully populated. For now allow applications to
+ * populate the bitDepth and the outputSize only.
+ *
+ * \return The sensor configuration status
+ * \retval Unpopulated The sensor configuration is fully unpopulated
+ * \retval Populated The sensor configuration is fully populated
+ * \retval Invalid The sensor configuration is invalid (not fully populated
+ * and not fully unpopulated)
+ */
+SensorConfiguration::Status SensorConfiguration::validate() const
+{
+	if (bitDepth && binning.binX && binning.binY &&
+	    skipping.xOddInc && skipping.yOddInc &&
+	    skipping.xEvenInc && skipping.yEvenInc &&
+	    !outputSize.isNull())
+		return Populated;
+
+	/*
+	 * By default the binning and skipping factors are initialized to 1, but
+	 * a zero-initialized SensorConfiguration is considered unpopulated
+	 * as well.
+	 */
+	if (!bitDepth &&
+	    binning.binX <= 1 && binning.binY <= 1 &&
+	    skipping.xOddInc <= 1 && skipping.yOddInc <= 1 &&
+	    skipping.xEvenInc <= 1 && skipping.yEvenInc <= 1 &&
+	    outputSize.isNull())
+		return Unpopulated;
+
+	return Invalid;
+}
+
 /**
  * \class CameraConfiguration
  * \brief Hold configuration for streams of the camera
@@ -391,6 +566,16 @@ CameraConfiguration::Status CameraConfiguration::validateColorSpaces(ColorSpaceF
 	return status;
 }
 
+/**
+ * \var CameraConfiguration::sensorConfig
+ * \brief The camera sensor configuration
+ *
+ * The sensorConfig field allows control of the configuration of the camera
+ * sensor. Refer to the camera-sensor-model documentation and to the
+ * SensorConfiguration class documentation for details about the sensor
+ * configuration process.
+ */
+
 /**
  * \var CameraConfiguration::transform
  * \brief User-specified transform to be applied to the image
-- 
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