[PATCH v5 10/10] libcamera: software_isp: Apply CCM in debayering

Milan Zamazal mzamazal at redhat.com
Mon Feb 3 21:15:07 CET 2025


Milan Zamazal <mzamazal at redhat.com> writes:

> This patch applies color correction matrix (CCM) in debayering if the
> CCM is specified.  Not using CCM must still be supported for performance
> reasons.
>
> The CCM is applied as follows:
>
>             [r1 r2 r3]
>   [r g b] * [g1 g2 g3]
>             [b1 b2 b3]

I think this should actually be:

  [r1 g1 b1]   [r]
  [r2 g2 b2] * [g]
  [r3 g3 b3]   [b]

Unless somebody corrects me, I'll change this in v6.

I was unsure which is the correct version, I couldn't find it documented
anywhere.  I can't remember why I selected the original version
eventually.  But the second one produces much better images with the
matrices I copied from another pipeline for my sensor and it's also used
by matrices in RGB<->YUV conversion recipes so I guess that one is
actually right.  Of course, it's just about the format of the input
matrices, nothing else changes.

> The CCM matrix (the right side of the multiplication) is constant during
> single frame processing, while the input pixel (the left side) changes.
> Because each of the color channels is only 8-bit in software ISP, we can
> make 9 lookup tables with 256 input values for multiplications of each
> of the r_i, g_i, b_i values.  This way we don't have to multiply each
> pixel, we can use table lookups and additions instead.  Gamma (which is
> non-linear and thus cannot be a part of the 9 lookup tables values) is
> applied on the final values rounded to integers using another lookup
> table.
>
> We use int16_t to store the precomputed multiplications.  This seems to
> be noticeably (>10%) faster than `float' for the price of slightly less
> accuracy and it covers the range of values that sane CCMs produce.  The
> selection and structure of data is performance critical, for example
> using bytes would add significant (>10%) speedup but would be too short
> to cover the value range.
>
> The color lookup tables can be represented either as unions,
> accommodating tables for both the CCM and non-CCM cases, or as separate
> tables for each of the cases, leaving the tables for the other case
> unused.  The latter is selected as a matter of preference.
>
> The tables are copied (as before), which is not elegant but also not a
> big problem.  There are patches posted that use shared buffers for
> parameters passing in software ISP (see software ISP TODO #5) and they
> can be adjusted for the new parameter format.
>
> Color gains from white balance are supposed not to be a part of the
> specified CCM.  They are applied on it using matrix multiplication,
> which is simple and in correspondence with future additions in the form
> of matrix multiplication, like saturation adjustment.
>
> With this patch, the reported per-frame slowdown when applying CCM is
> about 45% on Debix Model A and about 75% on TI AM69 SK.
>
> Using std::clamp in debayering adds some performance penalty (a few
> percent).  The clamping is necessary to eliminate out of range values
> possibly produced by the CCM.  If it could be avoided by adjusting the
> precomputed tables some way then performance could be improved a bit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Milan Zamazal <mzamazal at redhat.com>
> ---
>  .../internal/software_isp/debayer_params.h    | 15 ++++-
>  src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.cpp             | 65 ++++++++++++++-----
>  src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.h               |  1 +
>  src/libcamera/software_isp/debayer.cpp        | 52 ++++++++++++++-
>  src/libcamera/software_isp/debayer_cpu.cpp    | 35 ++++++++--
>  src/libcamera/software_isp/debayer_cpu.h      |  4 ++
>  6 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/software_isp/debayer_params.h b/include/libcamera/internal/software_isp/debayer_params.h
> index 7d8fdd48..9a7dbe93 100644
> --- a/include/libcamera/internal/software_isp/debayer_params.h
> +++ b/include/libcamera/internal/software_isp/debayer_params.h
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
>  /*
> - * Copyright (C) 2023, 2024 Red Hat Inc.
> + * Copyright (C) 2023-2025 Red Hat Inc.
>   *
>   * Authors:
>   * Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com>
> @@ -18,11 +18,24 @@ namespace libcamera {
>  struct DebayerParams {
>  	static constexpr unsigned int kRGBLookupSize = 256;
>  
> +	struct CcmColumn {
> +		int16_t r;
> +		int16_t g;
> +		int16_t b;
> +	};
> +
>  	using ColorLookupTable = std::array<uint8_t, kRGBLookupSize>;
> +	using CcmLookupTable = std::array<CcmColumn, kRGBLookupSize>;
> +	using GammaLookupTable = std::array<uint8_t, kRGBLookupSize>;
>  
>  	ColorLookupTable red;
>  	ColorLookupTable green;
>  	ColorLookupTable blue;
> +
> +	CcmLookupTable redCcm;
> +	CcmLookupTable greenCcm;
> +	CcmLookupTable blueCcm;
> +	GammaLookupTable gammaLut;
>  };
>  
>  } /* namespace libcamera */
> diff --git a/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.cpp b/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.cpp
> index e5e995c7..7719aecc 100644
> --- a/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.cpp
> +++ b/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.cpp
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
>  /*
> - * Copyright (C) 2024, Red Hat Inc.
> + * Copyright (C) 2024-2025, Red Hat Inc.
>   *
>   * Color lookup tables construction
>   */
> @@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ void Lut::updateGammaTable(IPAContext &context)
>  	context.activeState.gamma.contrast = contrast;
>  }
>  
> +int16_t Lut::ccmValue(unsigned int i, float ccm) const
> +{
> +	return std::round(i * ccm);
> +}
> +
>  void Lut::prepare(IPAContext &context,
>  		  [[maybe_unused]] const uint32_t frame,
>  		  [[maybe_unused]] IPAFrameContext &frameContext,
> @@ -91,28 +96,52 @@ void Lut::prepare(IPAContext &context,
>  	 * observed, it's not permanently prone to minor fluctuations or
>  	 * rounding errors.
>  	 */
> -	if (context.activeState.gamma.blackLevel != context.activeState.blc.level ||
> -	    context.activeState.gamma.contrast != context.activeState.knobs.contrast)
> +	const bool gammaUpdateNeeded =
> +		context.activeState.gamma.blackLevel != context.activeState.blc.level ||
> +		context.activeState.gamma.contrast != context.activeState.knobs.contrast;
> +	if (gammaUpdateNeeded)
>  		updateGammaTable(context);
>  
>  	auto &gains = context.activeState.awb.gains;
>  	auto &gammaTable = context.activeState.gamma.gammaTable;
>  	const unsigned int gammaTableSize = gammaTable.size();
> -
> -	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DebayerParams::kRGBLookupSize; i++) {
> -		const double div = static_cast<double>(DebayerParams::kRGBLookupSize) /
> -				   gammaTableSize;
> -		/* Apply gamma after gain! */
> -		unsigned int idx;
> -		idx = std::min({ static_cast<unsigned int>(i * gains.r() / div),
> -				 gammaTableSize - 1 });
> -		params->red[i] = gammaTable[idx];
> -		idx = std::min({ static_cast<unsigned int>(i * gains.g() / div),
> -				 gammaTableSize - 1 });
> -		params->green[i] = gammaTable[idx];
> -		idx = std::min({ static_cast<unsigned int>(i * gains.b() / div),
> -				 gammaTableSize - 1 });
> -		params->blue[i] = gammaTable[idx];
> +	const double div = static_cast<double>(DebayerParams::kRGBLookupSize) /
> +			   gammaTableSize;
> +
> +	if (!context.ccmEnabled) {
> +		for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DebayerParams::kRGBLookupSize; i++) {
> +			/* Apply gamma after gain! */
> +			unsigned int idx;
> +			idx = std::min({ static_cast<unsigned int>(i * gains.r() / div),
> +					 gammaTableSize - 1 });
> +			params->red[i] = gammaTable[idx];
> +			idx = std::min({ static_cast<unsigned int>(i * gains.g() / div),
> +					 gammaTableSize - 1 });
> +			params->green[i] = gammaTable[idx];
> +			idx = std::min({ static_cast<unsigned int>(i * gains.b() / div),
> +					 gammaTableSize - 1 });
> +			params->blue[i] = gammaTable[idx];
> +		}
> +	} else if (context.activeState.ccm.changed || gammaUpdateNeeded) {
> +		Matrix<double, 3, 3> gainCcm = { { gains.r(), 0, 0,
> +						   0, gains.g(), 0,
> +						   0, 0, gains.b() } };
> +		auto ccm = gainCcm * context.activeState.ccm.ccm;
> +		auto &red = params->redCcm;
> +		auto &green = params->greenCcm;
> +		auto &blue = params->blueCcm;
> +		for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DebayerParams::kRGBLookupSize; i++) {
> +			red[i].r = ccmValue(i, ccm[0][0]);
> +			red[i].g = ccmValue(i, ccm[1][0]);
> +			red[i].b = ccmValue(i, ccm[2][0]);
> +			green[i].r = ccmValue(i, ccm[0][1]);
> +			green[i].g = ccmValue(i, ccm[1][1]);
> +			green[i].b = ccmValue(i, ccm[2][1]);
> +			blue[i].r = ccmValue(i, ccm[0][2]);
> +			blue[i].g = ccmValue(i, ccm[1][2]);
> +			blue[i].b = ccmValue(i, ccm[2][2]);
> +			params->gammaLut[i] = gammaTable[i / div];
> +		}
>  	}
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.h b/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.h
> index 889f864b..77324800 100644
> --- a/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.h
> +++ b/src/ipa/simple/algorithms/lut.h
> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public:
>  
>  private:
>  	void updateGammaTable(IPAContext &context);
> +	int16_t ccmValue(unsigned int i, float ccm) const;
>  };
>  
>  } /* namespace ipa::soft::algorithms */
> diff --git a/src/libcamera/software_isp/debayer.cpp b/src/libcamera/software_isp/debayer.cpp
> index 45fe6960..4c84a556 100644
> --- a/src/libcamera/software_isp/debayer.cpp
> +++ b/src/libcamera/software_isp/debayer.cpp
> @@ -23,9 +23,39 @@ namespace libcamera {
>   * \brief Size of a color lookup table
>   */
>  
> +/**
> + * \struct DebayerParams::CcmColumn
> + * \brief Type of a single column of a color correction matrix (CCM)
> + */
> +
> +/**
> + * \var DebayerParams::CcmColumn::r
> + * \brief Red (first) component of a CCM column
> + */
> +
> +/**
> + * \var DebayerParams::CcmColumn::g
> + * \brief Green (second) component of a CCM column
> + */
> +
> +/**
> + * \var DebayerParams::CcmColumn::b
> + * \brief Blue (third) component of a CCM column
> + */
> +
>  /**
>   * \typedef DebayerParams::ColorLookupTable
> - * \brief Type of the lookup tables for red, green, blue values
> + * \brief Type of the simple lookup tables for red, green, blue values
> + */
> +
> +/**
> + * \typedef DebayerParams::CcmLookupTable
> + * \brief Type of the CCM lookup tables for red, green, blue values
> + */
> +
> +/**
> + * \typedef DebayerParams::GammaLookupTable
> + * \brief Type of the gamma lookup tables for CCM
>   */
>  
>  /**
> @@ -43,6 +73,26 @@ namespace libcamera {
>   * \brief Lookup table for blue color, mapping input values to output values
>   */
>  
> +/**
> + * \var DebayerParams::redCcm
> + * \brief CCM lookup table for red color, mapping input values to output values
> + */
> +
> +/**
> + * \var DebayerParams::greenCcm
> + * \brief CCM lookup table for green color, mapping input values to output values
> + */
> +
> +/**
> + * \var DebayerParams::blueCcm
> + * \brief CCM lookup table for blue color, mapping input values to output values
> + */
> +
> +/**
> + * \var DebayerParams::gammaLut
> + * \brief Gamma lookup table used with color correction matrix
> + */
> +
>  /**
>   * \class Debayer
>   * \brief Base debayering class
> diff --git a/src/libcamera/software_isp/debayer_cpu.cpp b/src/libcamera/software_isp/debayer_cpu.cpp
> index 0cd03a8f..5ddfdcf6 100644
> --- a/src/libcamera/software_isp/debayer_cpu.cpp
> +++ b/src/libcamera/software_isp/debayer_cpu.cpp
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
>  
>  #include "debayer_cpu.h"
>  
> +#include <algorithm>
>  #include <stdlib.h>
>  #include <sys/ioctl.h>
>  #include <time.h>
> @@ -51,8 +52,12 @@ DebayerCpu::DebayerCpu(std::unique_ptr<SwStatsCpu> stats)
>  	enableInputMemcpy_ = true;
>  
>  	/* Initialize color lookup tables */
> -	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DebayerParams::kRGBLookupSize; i++)
> +	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DebayerParams::kRGBLookupSize; i++) {
>  		red_[i] = green_[i] = blue_[i] = i;
> +		redCcm_[i] = { 1, 0, 0 };
> +		greenCcm_[i] = { 0, 1, 0 };
> +		blueCcm_[i] = { 0, 0, 1 };
> +	}
>  }
>  
>  DebayerCpu::~DebayerCpu() = default;
> @@ -62,12 +67,24 @@ DebayerCpu::~DebayerCpu() = default;
>  	const pixel_t *curr = (const pixel_t *)src[1] + xShift_; \
>  	const pixel_t *next = (const pixel_t *)src[2] + xShift_;
>  
> -#define STORE_PIXEL(b, g, r)        \
> -	*dst++ = blue_[b];          \
> -	*dst++ = green_[g];         \
> -	*dst++ = red_[r];           \
> -	if constexpr (addAlphaByte) \
> -		*dst++ = 255;       \
> +#define GAMMA(value) \
> +	*dst++ = gammaLut_[std::clamp(value, 0, static_cast<int>(gammaLut_.size()) - 1)]
> +
> +#define STORE_PIXEL(b_, g_, r_)                                        \
> +	if constexpr (ccmEnabled) {                                    \
> +		const DebayerParams::CcmColumn &blue = blueCcm_[b_];   \
> +		const DebayerParams::CcmColumn &green = greenCcm_[g_]; \
> +		const DebayerParams::CcmColumn &red = redCcm_[r_];     \
> +		GAMMA(blue.r + blue.g + blue.b);                       \
> +		GAMMA(green.r + green.g + green.b);                    \
> +		GAMMA(red.r + red.g + red.b);                          \
> +	} else {                                                       \
> +		*dst++ = blue_[b_];                                    \
> +		*dst++ = green_[g_];                                   \
> +		*dst++ = red_[r_];                                     \
> +	}                                                              \
> +	if constexpr (addAlphaByte)                                    \
> +		*dst++ = 255;                                          \
>  	x++;
>  
>  /*
> @@ -757,6 +774,10 @@ void DebayerCpu::process(uint32_t frame, FrameBuffer *input, FrameBuffer *output
>  	green_ = params.green;
>  	red_ = swapRedBlueGains_ ? params.blue : params.red;
>  	blue_ = swapRedBlueGains_ ? params.red : params.blue;
> +	greenCcm_ = params.greenCcm;
> +	redCcm_ = swapRedBlueGains_ ? params.blueCcm : params.redCcm;
> +	blueCcm_ = swapRedBlueGains_ ? params.redCcm : params.blueCcm;
> +	gammaLut_ = params.gammaLut;
>  
>  	/* Copy metadata from the input buffer */
>  	FrameMetadata &metadata = output->_d()->metadata();
> diff --git a/src/libcamera/software_isp/debayer_cpu.h b/src/libcamera/software_isp/debayer_cpu.h
> index 21c08a2d..9f73a2fd 100644
> --- a/src/libcamera/software_isp/debayer_cpu.h
> +++ b/src/libcamera/software_isp/debayer_cpu.h
> @@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ private:
>  	DebayerParams::ColorLookupTable red_;
>  	DebayerParams::ColorLookupTable green_;
>  	DebayerParams::ColorLookupTable blue_;
> +	DebayerParams::CcmLookupTable redCcm_;
> +	DebayerParams::CcmLookupTable greenCcm_;
> +	DebayerParams::CcmLookupTable blueCcm_;
> +	DebayerParams::GammaLookupTable gammaLut_;
>  	debayerFn debayer0_;
>  	debayerFn debayer1_;
>  	debayerFn debayer2_;



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