[PATCH v6 14/18] libcamera: software_isp: Move color handling to an algorithm module

Milan Zamazal mzamazal at redhat.com
Thu Sep 19 20:00:08 CEST 2024


Hi Kieran,

thank you for review.

Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com> writes:

> Quoting Milan Zamazal (2024-09-06 13:09:23)
>> After black level handling has been moved to an algorithm module, white
>> balance and the construction of color tables can be moved to algorithm
>
>> modules too.
>> 
>> This time, the moved code is split between stats processing and
>> parameter construction methods.  It is also split to two algorithm
>> modules:
>> 
>> - White balance computation.
>> 
>> - Gamma table computation and color lookup tables construction.  While
>>   this applies the color gains computed by the white balance algorithm,
>>   it is not directly related to white balance.  And we may want to
>>   modify the color lookup tables in future according to other parameters
>>   than just gamma and white balance gains.
>> 
>> Gamma table computation and color lookup tables construction could be
>> split to separate algorithms too.  But there is no big need for that now
>> so they are kept together for simplicity.
>> 
>> This is the only part of the software ISP algorithms that sets the
>> parameters so emitting setIspParams can be moved to prepare() method.
>> 
>> A more natural representation of the gains (and black level) would be
>> floating point numbers.  This is not done here in order to minimize
>> changes in code movements.  It will be addressed in a followup patch.
>
> Aha, I was just commenting on that, but now I see this. I agree, lets
> keep such a change separate - this is just a refactor patch.
>
>
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Milan Zamazal <mzamazal at redhat.com>
>> ---
>>  src/ipa/simple/algorithms/awb.cpp     | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  src/ipa/simple/algorithms/awb.h       | 32 +++++++++++
>>  src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.cpp     | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.h       | 35 ++++++++++++
>>  src/ipa/simple/algorithms/meson.build |  2 +
>>  src/ipa/simple/data/uncalibrated.yaml |  2 +
>>  src/ipa/simple/ipa_context.cpp        | 30 +++++++++++
>>  src/ipa/simple/ipa_context.h          | 14 +++++
>>  src/ipa/simple/soft_simple.cpp        | 64 +---------------------
>>  9 files changed, 265 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 src/ipa/simple/algorithms/awb.cpp
>>  create mode 100644 src/ipa/simple/algorithms/awb.h
>>  create mode 100644 src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.cpp
>>  create mode 100644 src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.h
>> 
>> diff --git a/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/awb.cpp b/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/awb.cpp
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 00000000..f89f1d3d
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/awb.cpp
>> @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
>> +/*
>> + * Copyright (C) 2024, Red Hat Inc.
>> + *
>> + * Auto white balance
>> + */
>> +
>> +#include "awb.h"
>> +
>> +#include <numeric>
>> +#include <stdint.h>
>> +
>> +#include <libcamera/base/log.h>
>> +
>> +#include "simple/ipa_context.h"
>> +
>> +namespace libcamera {
>> +
>> +LOG_DEFINE_CATEGORY(IPASoftAwb)
>> +
>> +namespace ipa::soft::algorithms {
>> +
>> +int Awb::init(IPAContext &context,
>> +             [[maybe_unused]] const YamlObject &tuningData)
>> +{
>> +       auto &gains = context.activeState.gains;
>> +       gains.red = gains.green = gains.blue = 256;
>> +
>> +       return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +void Awb::process(IPAContext &context,
>> +                 [[maybe_unused]] const uint32_t frame,
>> +                 [[maybe_unused]] IPAFrameContext &frameContext,
>> +                 const SwIspStats *stats,
>> +                 [[maybe_unused]] ControlList &metadata)
>> +{
>> +       const SwIspStats::Histogram &histogram = stats->yHistogram;
>> +       const uint8_t blackLevel = context.activeState.blc.level;
>> +
>> +       /*
>> +        * Black level must be subtracted to get the correct AWB ratios, they
>> +        * would be off if they were computed from the whole brightness range
>> +        * rather than from the sensor range.
>> +        */
>> +       const uint64_t nPixels = std::accumulate(
>> +               histogram.begin(), histogram.end(), 0);
>> +       const uint64_t offset = blackLevel * nPixels;
>> +       const uint64_t sumR = stats->sumR_ - offset / 4;
>> +       const uint64_t sumG = stats->sumG_ - offset / 2;
>> +       const uint64_t sumB = stats->sumB_ - offset / 4;
>> +
>> +       /*
>> +        * Calculate red and blue gains for AWB.
>> +        * Clamp max gain at 4.0, this also avoids 0 division.
>> +        * Gain: 128 = 0.5, 256 = 1.0, 512 = 2.0, etc.
>> +        */
>> +       auto &gains = context.activeState.gains;
>> +       gains.red = sumR <= sumG / 4 ? 1024 : 256 * sumG / sumR;
>> +       gains.blue = sumB <= sumG / 4 ? 1024 : 256 * sumG / sumB;
>> +       /* Green gain is fixed to 256 */
>
> Why are we encoding fixed point maths here instead of floats?
>
> Edit: Never mind ;-) It was like this before and will be tackled
> separately.
>
>
>> +
>> +       LOG(IPASoftAwb, Debug) << "gain R/B " << gains.red << "/" << gains.blue;
>> +}
>> +
>> +REGISTER_IPA_ALGORITHM(Awb, "Awb")
>> +
>> +} /* namespace ipa::soft::algorithms */
>> +
>> +} /* namespace libcamera */
>> diff --git a/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/awb.h b/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/awb.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 00000000..235249b6
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/awb.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
>> +/*
>> + * Copyright (C) 2024, Red Hat Inc.
>> + *
>> + * Auto white balance
>> + */
>> +
>> +#pragma once
>> +
>> +#include "algorithm.h"
>> +
>> +namespace libcamera {
>> +
>> +namespace ipa::soft::algorithms {
>> +
>> +class Awb : public Algorithm
>> +{
>> +public:
>> +       Awb() = default;
>> +       ~Awb() = default;
>> +
>> +       int init(IPAContext &context, const YamlObject &tuningData) override;
>> +       void process(IPAContext &context,
>> +                    const uint32_t frame,
>> +                    IPAFrameContext &frameContext,
>> +                    const SwIspStats *stats,
>> +                    ControlList &metadata) override;
>> +};
>> +
>> +} /* namespace ipa::soft::algorithms */
>> +
>> +} /* namespace libcamera */
>> diff --git a/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.cpp b/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.cpp
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 00000000..6781f34e
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.cpp
>> @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
>> +/*
>> + * Copyright (C) 2024, Red Hat Inc.
>> + *
>> + * Color lookup tables construction
>> + */
>> +
>> +#include "lut.h"
>> +
>> +#include <algorithm>
>> +#include <cmath>
>> +#include <stdint.h>
>> +
>> +#include <libcamera/base/log.h>
>> +
>> +#include "simple/ipa_context.h"
>> +
>> +namespace libcamera {
>> +
>> +namespace ipa::soft::algorithms {
>> +
>> +int Lut::init(IPAContext &context, [[maybe_unused]] const YamlObject &tuningData)
>> +{
>> +       /* Gamma value is fixed */
>> +       context.configuration.gamma = 0.5;
>
> I think we specify the gamma control as '1/gamma' ... so I'm curious if
> we should initialise as gamma = 1 / 2; (But I get that's a bit
> superfluos right now, and not for this patch which is just refactoring
> the structures anyway).

Yes, changing from 0.5 to 1/2 in a refactoring patch would add noise.
Whether to stick with 0.5 or change it 1/2 later, I don't care.  Maybe
if we have a reason to use a non-fixed gamma one day, it'll get changed
anyway.

>> +       updateGammaTable(context);
>> +
>> +       return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +void Lut::updateGammaTable(IPAContext &context)
>> +{
>> +       auto &gammaTable = context.activeState.gamma.gammaTable;
>> +       auto blackLevel = context.activeState.blc.level;
>> +       const unsigned int blackIndex = blackLevel * gammaTable.size() / 256;
>> +       std::fill(gammaTable.begin(), gammaTable.begin() + blackIndex, 0);
>> +       const float divisor = gammaTable.size() - blackIndex - 1.0;
>> +       for (unsigned int i = blackIndex; i < gammaTable.size(); i++)
>> +               gammaTable[i] = UINT8_MAX * std::pow((i - blackIndex) / divisor,
>> +                                                    context.configuration.gamma);
>> +       context.activeState.gamma.blackLevel = blackLevel;
>> +}
>> +
>> +void Lut::prepare(IPAContext &context,
>> +                 [[maybe_unused]] const uint32_t frame,
>> +                 [[maybe_unused]] IPAFrameContext &frameContext,
>> +                 [[maybe_unused]] DebayerParams *params)
>> +{
>> +       /*
>> +        * Update the gamma table if needed. This means if black level changes
>> +        * and since the black level gets updated only if a lower value is
>> +        * observed, it's not permanently prone to minor fluctuations or
>> +        * rounding errors.
>> +        */
>> +       if (context.activeState.gamma.blackLevel != context.activeState.blc.level)
>> +               updateGammaTable(context);
>> +       auto &gains = context.activeState.gains;
>> +       auto &gammaTable = context.activeState.gamma.gammaTable;
>> +       const unsigned int gammaTableSize = gammaTable.size();
>> +       for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DebayerParams::kRGBLookupSize; i++) {
>> +               const unsigned int div = static_cast<double>(DebayerParams::kRGBLookupSize) *
>> +                                        256 / gammaTableSize;
>> +               /* Apply gamma after gain! */
>> +               unsigned int idx;
>> +               idx = std::min({ i * gains.red / div, gammaTableSize - 1 });
>> +               params->red[i] = gammaTable[idx];
>> +               idx = std::min({ i * gains.green / div, gammaTableSize - 1 });
>> +               params->green[i] = gammaTable[idx];
>> +               idx = std::min({ i * gains.blue / div, gammaTableSize - 1 });
>> +               params->blue[i] = gammaTable[idx];
>> +       }
>> +}
>> +
>> +REGISTER_IPA_ALGORITHM(Lut, "Lut")
>> +
>> +} /* namespace ipa::soft::algorithms */
>> +
>> +} /* namespace libcamera */
>> diff --git a/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.h b/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 00000000..2c034e9f
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
>> +/*
>> + * Copyright (C) 2024, Red Hat Inc.
>> + *
>> + * Color lookup tables construction
>> + */
>> +
>> +#pragma once
>> +
>> +#include "algorithm.h"
>> +
>> +namespace libcamera {
>> +
>> +namespace ipa::soft::algorithms {
>> +
>> +class Lut : public Algorithm
>> +{
>> +public:
>> +       Lut() = default;
>> +       ~Lut() = default;
>> +
>> +       int init(IPAContext &context, const YamlObject &tuningData)
>> +               override;
>> +       void prepare(IPAContext &context,
>> +                    const uint32_t frame,
>> +                    IPAFrameContext &frameContext,
>> +                    DebayerParams *params) override;
>> +
>> +private:
>> +       void updateGammaTable(IPAContext &context);
>> +};
>> +
>> +} /* namespace ipa::soft::algorithms */
>> +
>> +} /* namespace libcamera */
>> diff --git a/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/meson.build b/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/meson.build
>> index 1f63c220..f575611e 100644
>> --- a/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/meson.build
>> +++ b/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/meson.build
>> @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
>>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
>>  
>>  soft_simple_ipa_algorithms = files([
>> +    'awb.cpp',
>>      'blc.cpp',
>> +    'lut.cpp',
>>  ])
>> diff --git a/src/ipa/simple/data/uncalibrated.yaml b/src/ipa/simple/data/uncalibrated.yaml
>> index e0d03d96..893a0b92 100644
>> --- a/src/ipa/simple/data/uncalibrated.yaml
>> +++ b/src/ipa/simple/data/uncalibrated.yaml
>> @@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
>>  version: 1
>>  algorithms:
>>    - BlackLevel:
>> +  - Awb:
>> +  - Lut:
>>  ...
>> diff --git a/src/ipa/simple/ipa_context.cpp b/src/ipa/simple/ipa_context.cpp
>> index 268cff32..5fa492cb 100644
>> --- a/src/ipa/simple/ipa_context.cpp
>> +++ b/src/ipa/simple/ipa_context.cpp
>> @@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ namespace libcamera::ipa::soft {
>>   * \brief The current state of IPA algorithms
>>   */
>>  
>> +/**
>> + * \var IPASessionConfiguration::gamma
>> + * \brief Gamma value to be used in the raw image processing
>> + */
>> +
>>  /**
>>   * \var IPAActiveState::black
>>   * \brief Context for the Black Level algorithm
>> @@ -58,4 +63,29 @@ namespace libcamera::ipa::soft {
>>   * \brief Current determined black level
>>   */
>>  
>> +/**
>> + * \var IPAActiveState::gains
>> + * \brief Context for gains in the Colors algorithm
>> + *
>> + * \var IPAActiveState::gains.red
>> + * \brief Gain of red color
>> + *
>> + * \var IPAActiveState::gains.green
>> + * \brief Gain of green color
>> + *
>> + * \var IPAActiveState::gains.blue
>> + * \brief Gain of blue color
>> + */
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * \var IPAActiveState::gamma
>> + * \brief Context for gamma in the Colors algorithm
>> + *
>> + * \var IPAActiveState::gamma.gammaTable
>> + * \brief Computed gamma table
>> + *
>> + * \var IPAActiveState::gamma.blackLevel
>> + * \brief Black level used for the gamma table computation
>> + */
>> +
>>  } /* namespace libcamera::ipa::soft */
>> diff --git a/src/ipa/simple/ipa_context.h b/src/ipa/simple/ipa_context.h
>> index ac2a59d7..737bbbc3 100644
>> --- a/src/ipa/simple/ipa_context.h
>> +++ b/src/ipa/simple/ipa_context.h
>> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
>>  
>>  #pragma once
>>  
>> +#include <array>
>>  #include <stdint.h>
>>  
>>  #include <libipa/fc_queue.h>
>> @@ -16,12 +17,25 @@ namespace libcamera {
>>  namespace ipa::soft {
>>  
>>  struct IPASessionConfiguration {
>> +       float gamma;
>>  };
>>  
>>  struct IPAActiveState {
>>         struct {
>>                 uint8_t level;
>>         } blc;
>> +
>> +       struct {
>> +               unsigned int red;
>> +               unsigned int green;
>> +               unsigned int blue;
>> +       } gains;
>> +
>> +       static constexpr unsigned int kGammaLookupSize = 1024;
>> +       struct {
>> +               std::array<double, kGammaLookupSize> gammaTable;
>> +               uint8_t blackLevel;
>
> What is the distinction between blc.level and gamma.blackLevel?

blc.level is the black level.  gamma.blackLevel tracks the last black
level used when the gamma lookup table was computed;
if blc.level != gamma.blackLevel then it means the gamma table must be
recomputed.  Not particularly pretty but the other options that came to
my mind were even uglier.

> I think as this is just restructuring to modules - I'd overlook this for
> future cleanups if the redundancy could/should be removed anyway so:
>
>
> Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com>
>
>
>> +       } gamma;
>>  };
>>  
>>  struct IPAFrameContext : public FrameContext {
>> diff --git a/src/ipa/simple/soft_simple.cpp b/src/ipa/simple/soft_simple.cpp
>> index 3332e2b1..f8d923c5 100644
>> --- a/src/ipa/simple/soft_simple.cpp
>> +++ b/src/ipa/simple/soft_simple.cpp
>> @@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
>>   * Simple Software Image Processing Algorithm module
>>   */
>>  
>> -#include <cmath>
>> -#include <numeric>
>>  #include <stdint.h>
>>  #include <sys/mman.h>
>>  
>> @@ -93,9 +91,6 @@ private:
>>         std::unique_ptr<CameraSensorHelper> camHelper_;
>>         ControlInfoMap sensorInfoMap_;
>>  
>> -       static constexpr unsigned int kGammaLookupSize = 1024;
>> -       std::array<uint8_t, kGammaLookupSize> gammaTable_;
>> -       int lastBlackLevel_ = -1;
>>         /* Local parameter storage */
>>         struct IPAContext context_;
>>  
>> @@ -283,6 +278,7 @@ void IPASoftSimple::fillParamsBuffer(const uint32_t frame)
>>         IPAFrameContext &frameContext = context_.frameContexts.get(frame);
>>         for (auto const &algo : algorithms())
>>                 algo->prepare(context_, frame, frameContext, params_);
>> +       setIspParams.emit();
>>  }
>>  
>>  void IPASoftSimple::processStats(const uint32_t frame,
>> @@ -300,62 +296,6 @@ void IPASoftSimple::processStats(const uint32_t frame,
>>         for (auto const &algo : algorithms())
>>                 algo->process(context_, frame, frameContext, stats_, metadata);
>>  
>> -       SwIspStats::Histogram histogram = stats_->yHistogram;
>> -       const uint8_t blackLevel = context_.activeState.blc.level;
>> -
>> -       /*
>> -        * Black level must be subtracted to get the correct AWB ratios, they
>> -        * would be off if they were computed from the whole brightness range
>> -        * rather than from the sensor range.
>> -        */
>> -       const uint64_t nPixels = std::accumulate(
>> -               histogram.begin(), histogram.end(), 0);
>> -       const uint64_t offset = blackLevel * nPixels;
>> -       const uint64_t sumR = stats_->sumR_ - offset / 4;
>> -       const uint64_t sumG = stats_->sumG_ - offset / 2;
>> -       const uint64_t sumB = stats_->sumB_ - offset / 4;
>> -
>> -       /*
>> -        * Calculate red and blue gains for AWB.
>> -        * Clamp max gain at 4.0, this also avoids 0 division.
>> -        * Gain: 128 = 0.5, 256 = 1.0, 512 = 2.0, etc.
>> -        */
>> -       const unsigned int gainR = sumR <= sumG / 4 ? 1024 : 256 * sumG / sumR;
>> -       const unsigned int gainB = sumB <= sumG / 4 ? 1024 : 256 * sumG / sumB;
>> -       /* Green gain and gamma values are fixed */
>> -       constexpr unsigned int gainG = 256;
>> -
>> -       /* Update the gamma table if needed */
>> -       if (blackLevel != lastBlackLevel_) {
>> -               constexpr float gamma = 0.5;
>> -               const unsigned int blackIndex = blackLevel * kGammaLookupSize / 256;
>> -               std::fill(gammaTable_.begin(), gammaTable_.begin() + blackIndex, 0);
>> -               const float divisor = kGammaLookupSize - blackIndex - 1.0;
>> -               for (unsigned int i = blackIndex; i < kGammaLookupSize; i++)
>> -                       gammaTable_[i] = UINT8_MAX *
>> -                                        std::pow((i - blackIndex) / divisor, gamma);
>> -
>> -               lastBlackLevel_ = blackLevel;
>> -       }
>> -
>> -       for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DebayerParams::kRGBLookupSize; i++) {
>> -               constexpr unsigned int div =
>> -                       DebayerParams::kRGBLookupSize * 256 / kGammaLookupSize;
>> -               unsigned int idx;
>> -
>> -               /* Apply gamma after gain! */
>> -               idx = std::min({ i * gainR / div, (kGammaLookupSize - 1) });
>> -               params_->red[i] = gammaTable_[idx];
>> -
>> -               idx = std::min({ i * gainG / div, (kGammaLookupSize - 1) });
>> -               params_->green[i] = gammaTable_[idx];
>> -
>> -               idx = std::min({ i * gainB / div, (kGammaLookupSize - 1) });
>> -               params_->blue[i] = gammaTable_[idx];
>> -       }
>> -
>> -       setIspParams.emit();
>> -
>>         /* \todo Switch to the libipa/algorithm.h API someday. */
>>  
>>         /*
>> @@ -372,6 +312,7 @@ void IPASoftSimple::processStats(const uint32_t frame,
>>          * Calculate Mean Sample Value (MSV) according to formula from:
>>          * https://www.araa.asn.au/acra/acra2007/papers/paper84final.pdf
>>          */
>> +       const uint8_t blackLevel = context_.activeState.blc.level;
>>         const unsigned int blackLevelHistIdx =
>>                 blackLevel / (256 / SwIspStats::kYHistogramSize);
>>         const unsigned int histogramSize =
>> @@ -421,7 +362,6 @@ void IPASoftSimple::processStats(const uint32_t frame,
>>  
>>         LOG(IPASoft, Debug) << "exposureMSV " << exposureMSV
>>                             << " exp " << exposure_ << " again " << again_
>> -                           << " gain R/B " << gainR << "/" << gainB
>>                             << " black level " << static_cast<unsigned int>(blackLevel);
>>  }
>>  
>> -- 
>> 2.44.1
>>



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