[PATCH v3 2/3] ipa: libipa: agc: Change luminance target to piecewise linear function

Paul Elder paul.elder at ideasonboard.com
Fri May 17 13:47:44 CEST 2024


On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 12:29:16PM +0200, Dan Scally wrote:
> Hi Paul
> 
> On 17/05/2024 10:08, Paul Elder wrote:
> > Change the relative luminance target from a scalar value to a piecewise
> > linear function that needs to be sampled by the estimate lux value.
> > 
> > Also change the rkisp1 and ipu3 IPAs accordingly, as they use the libipa
> > agc. As they both don't yet have lux modules, hardcode them to a single
> > lux value for now.
> > 
> > This affects the format of the tuning files, but as there aren't yet any
> > this shouldn't be an issue.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Elder <paul.elder at ideasonboard.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Stefan Klug <stefan.klug at ideasonboard.com>
> 
> 
> Thanks for the patch, this looks good to me. We need to remember the same
> thing for the constraint target though I guess.

Yeah I just remembered that I had meant to squash that patch in with
this, but ig I can send it separately.


Thanks,

Paul

> 
> 
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Scally <dan.scally at ideasonboard.com>
> 
> > ---
> > No change in v3
> > 
> > Changes in v2:
> > - s/FPoint/PointF/
> > - add warning when using default relative luminance target when loading
> >    from the tuning file fails
> > ---
> >   src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp       |  5 ++++-
> >   src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.cpp | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++------
> >   src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.h   |  7 +++---
> >   src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp     |  5 ++++-
> >   4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
> > index c9b5548c4..984ed0874 100644
> > --- a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
> > +++ b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
> > @@ -222,12 +222,15 @@ void Agc::process(IPAContext &context, [[maybe_unused]] const uint32_t frame,
> >   	double analogueGain = frameContext.sensor.gain;
> >   	utils::Duration effectiveExposureValue = exposureTime * analogueGain;
> > +	/* \todo Plumb in the lux value. Requires a lux algo + tuning */
> > +	double lux = 400;
> > +
> >   	utils::Duration shutterTime;
> >   	double aGain, dGain;
> >   	std::tie(shutterTime, aGain, dGain) =
> >   		calculateNewEv(context.activeState.agc.constraintMode,
> >   			       context.activeState.agc.exposureMode, hist,
> > -			       effectiveExposureValue);
> > +			       effectiveExposureValue, lux);
> >   	LOG(IPU3Agc, Debug)
> >   		<< "Divided up shutter, analogue gain and digital gain are "
> > diff --git a/src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.cpp b/src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.cpp
> > index 2bf84d05b..fe07777dc 100644
> > --- a/src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.cpp
> > +++ b/src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.cpp
> > @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static constexpr double kDefaultRelativeLuminanceTarget = 0.16;
> >    */
> >   AgcMeanLuminance::AgcMeanLuminance()
> > -	: frameCount_(0), filteredExposure_(0s), relativeLuminanceTarget_(0)
> > +	: frameCount_(0), filteredExposure_(0s)
> >   {
> >   }
> > @@ -142,8 +142,16 @@ AgcMeanLuminance::~AgcMeanLuminance() = default;
> >   void AgcMeanLuminance::parseRelativeLuminanceTarget(const YamlObject &tuningData)
> >   {
> > -	relativeLuminanceTarget_ =
> > -		tuningData["relativeLuminanceTarget"].get<double>(kDefaultRelativeLuminanceTarget);
> > +	int ret = relativeLuminanceTarget_.readYaml(tuningData["relativeLuminanceTarget"]);
> > +	if (ret == 0)
> > +		return;
> > +
> > +	LOG(AgcMeanLuminance, Warning)
> > +		<< "Failed to load tuning parameter 'relativeLuminanceTarget', "
> > +		<< "using default [0, " << kDefaultRelativeLuminanceTarget << "]";
> > +
> > +	std::vector<PointF> points = { { 0, kDefaultRelativeLuminanceTarget } };
> > +	relativeLuminanceTarget_ = Pwl(points);
> >   }
> >   void AgcMeanLuminance::parseConstraint(const YamlObject &modeDict, int32_t id)
> > @@ -421,11 +429,18 @@ void AgcMeanLuminance::setLimits(utils::Duration minShutter,
> >   /**
> >    * \brief Estimate the initial gain needed to achieve a relative luminance
> >    * target
> > + * \param[in] lux The lux value at which to sample the luminance target pwl
> > + *
> > + * To account for non-linearity caused by saturation, the value needs to be
> > + * estimated in an iterative process, as multiplying by a gain will not increase
> > + * the relative luminance by the same factor if some image regions are saturated
> > + *
> >    * \return The calculated initial gain
> >    */
> > -double AgcMeanLuminance::estimateInitialGain() const
> > +double AgcMeanLuminance::estimateInitialGain(double lux) const
> >   {
> > -	double yTarget = relativeLuminanceTarget_;
> > +	double yTarget =
> > +		relativeLuminanceTarget_.eval(relativeLuminanceTarget_.domain().clamp(lux));
> >   	double yGain = 1.0;
> >   	/*
> > @@ -520,6 +535,7 @@ utils::Duration AgcMeanLuminance::filterExposure(utils::Duration exposureValue)
> >    * the calculated gain
> >    * \param[in] effectiveExposureValue The EV applied to the frame from which the
> >    * statistics in use derive
> > + * \param[in] lux The lux value at which to sample the luminance target pwl
> >    *
> >    * Calculate a new exposure value to try to obtain the target. The calculated
> >    * exposure value is filtered to prevent rapid changes from frame to frame, and
> > @@ -531,7 +547,8 @@ std::tuple<utils::Duration, double, double>
> >   AgcMeanLuminance::calculateNewEv(uint32_t constraintModeIndex,
> >   				 uint32_t exposureModeIndex,
> >   				 const Histogram &yHist,
> > -				 utils::Duration effectiveExposureValue)
> > +				 utils::Duration effectiveExposureValue,
> > +				 double lux)
> >   {
> >   	/*
> >   	 * The pipeline handler should validate that we have received an allowed
> > @@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ AgcMeanLuminance::calculateNewEv(uint32_t constraintModeIndex,
> >   	std::shared_ptr<ExposureModeHelper> exposureModeHelper =
> >   		exposureModeHelpers_.at(exposureModeIndex);
> > -	double gain = estimateInitialGain();
> > +	double gain = estimateInitialGain(lux);
> >   	gain = constraintClampGain(constraintModeIndex, yHist, gain);
> >   	/*
> > diff --git a/src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.h b/src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.h
> > index 0a81c6d28..6ec2a0dc9 100644
> > --- a/src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.h
> > +++ b/src/ipa/libipa/agc_mean_luminance.h
> > @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
> >   #include "exposure_mode_helper.h"
> >   #include "histogram.h"
> > +#include "pwl.h"
> >   namespace libcamera {
> > @@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public:
> >   	std::tuple<utils::Duration, double, double>
> >   	calculateNewEv(uint32_t constraintModeIndex, uint32_t exposureModeIndex,
> > -		       const Histogram &yHist, utils::Duration effectiveExposureValue);
> > +		       const Histogram &yHist, utils::Duration effectiveExposureValue, double lux);
> >   	void resetFrameCount()
> >   	{
> > @@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ private:
> >   	void parseConstraint(const YamlObject &modeDict, int32_t id);
> >   	int parseConstraintModes(const YamlObject &tuningData);
> >   	int parseExposureModes(const YamlObject &tuningData);
> > -	double estimateInitialGain() const;
> > +	double estimateInitialGain(double lux) const;
> >   	double constraintClampGain(uint32_t constraintModeIndex,
> >   				   const Histogram &hist,
> >   				   double gain);
> > @@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ private:
> >   	uint64_t frameCount_;
> >   	utils::Duration filteredExposure_;
> > -	double relativeLuminanceTarget_;
> > +	Pwl relativeLuminanceTarget_;
> >   	std::map<int32_t, std::vector<AgcConstraint>> constraintModes_;
> >   	std::map<int32_t, std::shared_ptr<ExposureModeHelper>> exposureModeHelpers_;
> > diff --git a/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp
> > index 4af397bdc..1c9872d02 100644
> > --- a/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp
> > +++ b/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp
> > @@ -379,12 +379,15 @@ void Agc::process(IPAContext &context, [[maybe_unused]] const uint32_t frame,
> >   	double analogueGain = frameContext.sensor.gain;
> >   	utils::Duration effectiveExposureValue = exposureTime * analogueGain;
> > +	/* \todo Plumb in the lux value. Requires a lux algo + tuning */
> > +	double lux = 400;
> > +
> >   	utils::Duration shutterTime;
> >   	double aGain, dGain;
> >   	std::tie(shutterTime, aGain, dGain) =
> >   		calculateNewEv(context.activeState.agc.constraintMode,
> >   			       context.activeState.agc.exposureMode,
> > -			       hist, effectiveExposureValue);
> > +			       hist, effectiveExposureValue, lux);
> >   	LOG(RkISP1Agc, Debug)
> >   		<< "Divided up shutter, analogue gain and digital gain are "


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