libcamera: libcamera::ipa::CameraSensorHelper Class Reference

libcamera v0.2.0 Supporting cameras in Linux since 2019

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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 model constants. More...
struct | AnalogueGainExpConstants
| Analogue gain constants for the exponential gain model. More...
struct | AnalogueGainLinearConstants
| Analogue gain constants for the linear gain model. More...

## Public Member Functions
virtual uint32_t | gainCode (double gain) const
| Construct a CameraSensorHelper instance.
virtual double | gain (uint32_t gainCode) const
| Compute the real gain from the V4L2 subdev control gain code.

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

## Protected Attributes
AnalogueGainType | gainType_
| The analogue gain model type.
AnalogueGainConstants | gainConstants_
| The analogue gain parameters used for calculation.

## 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

enum libcamera::ipa::CameraSensorHelper::AnalogueGainType
| protected

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: 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: or
AnalogueGainExponential | Gain is expressed using an exponential model. The relationship between the integer gain parameter and the resulting gain multiplier is given by the following equation: Where 'x' is the gain control parameter, and 'a' and 'm' are image sensor-specific constants. This is a subset of the MIPI CCS exponential gain model with the linear factor 'a' being a constant, but with the exponent being configurable through the 'm' coefficient. When the gain is expressed in dB, 'a' is equal to 1 and 'm' to .

## 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] | gainCode | The 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.

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 CameraSensorHelperFactoryBase::create() function.

Compute gain code from the analogue gain absolute value

Parameters

  [in] | gain | The real gain to pass

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

Returns
  The gain code to pass to V4L2

## Member Data Documentation

## ◆ gainConstants_

libcamera::ipa::CameraSensorHelper::gainConstants_
| 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.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

- src/ipa/libipa/camera_sensor_helper.h
- src/ipa/libipa/camera_sensor_helper.cpp