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libcamera::ipa::CameraSensorHelper Class Reference

Base class for computing sensor tuning parameters using sensor-specific constants. More...

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Classes

struct  AnalogueGainConstants
 Analogue gain constants used for gain calculation. More...
 

Public Member Functions

virtual uint32_t gainCode (double gain) const
 Construct a CameraSensorHelper instance. More...
 
virtual double gain (uint32_t gainCode) const
 Compute the real gain from the V4L2 subdev control gain code. More...
 

Protected Types

enum  AnalogueGainType { AnalogueGainLinear , AnalogueGainExponential }
 The gain calculation modes as defined by the MIPI CCS. More...
 

Protected Attributes

AnalogueGainConstants analogueGainConstants_
 The analogue gain parameters used for calculation. More...
 

Detailed Description

Base class for computing sensor tuning parameters using sensor-specific constants.

Instances derived from CameraSensorHelper class are sensor-specific. Each supported sensor will have an associated base class defined.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ AnalogueGainType

The gain calculation modes as defined by the MIPI CCS.

Describes the image sensor analogue gain capabilities. Two modes are possible, depending on the sensor: Linear and Exponential.

Enumerator
AnalogueGainLinear 

Gain is computed using linear gain estimation.

The relationship between the integer gain parameter and the resulting gain multiplier is given by the following equation:

$gain=\frac{m0x+c0}{m1x+c1}$

Where 'x' is the gain control parameter, and m0, m1, c0 and c1 are image-sensor-specific constants of the sensor. These constants are static parameters, and for any given image sensor either m0 or m1 shall be zero.

The full Gain equation therefore reduces to either:

$gain=\frac{c0}{m1x+c1}$ or $\frac{m0x+c0}{c1}$

AnalogueGainExponential 

Gain is computed using exponential gain estimation (introduced in CCS v1.1)

Starting with CCS v1.1, Alternate Global Analogue Gain is also available. If the image sensor supports it, then the global analogue gain can be controlled by linear and exponential gain formula:

$gain = analogLinearGainGlobal * 2^{analogExponentialGainGlobal}$

Todo:
not implemented in libipa

Member Function Documentation

◆ gain()

double libcamera::ipa::CameraSensorHelper::gain ( uint32_t  gainCode) const
virtual

Compute the real gain from the V4L2 subdev control gain code.

Parameters
[in]gainCodeThe V4L2 subdev control gain

This function aims to abstract the calculation of the gain letting the IPA use the real gain for its estimations. It is the counterpart of the function CameraSensorHelper::gainCode.

The parameters come from the MIPI Alliance Camera Specification for Camera Command Set (CCS).

Returns
The real gain

◆ gainCode()

uint32_t libcamera::ipa::CameraSensorHelper::gainCode ( double  gain) const
virtual

Construct a CameraSensorHelper instance.

CameraSensorHelper derived class instances shall never be constructed manually but always through the CameraSensorHelperFactory::create() function.

Compute gain code from the analogue gain absolute value

Parameters
[in]gainThe real gain to pass

This function aims to abstract the calculation of the gain letting the IPA use the real gain for its estimations.

The parameters come from the MIPI Alliance Camera Specification for Camera Command Set (CCS).

Returns
The gain code to pass to V4L2

Member Data Documentation

◆ analogueGainConstants_

libcamera::ipa::CameraSensorHelper::analogueGainConstants_
protected

The analogue gain parameters used for calculation.

The analogue gain is calculated through a formula, and its parameters are sensor specific. Use this variable to store the values at init time.


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