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diff --git a/include/libcamera/camera.h b/include/libcamera/camera.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a7579d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/libcamera/camera.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018, Google Inc.
+ *
+ * camera.h - Camera object interface
+ */
+#ifndef __LIBCAMERA_CAMERA_H__
+#define __LIBCAMERA_CAMERA_H__
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace libcamera {
+
+class Camera
+{
+public:
+	Camera(const std::string &name);
+
+	const std::string &name() const;
+	void get();
+	void put();
+
+private:
+	virtual ~Camera() { };
+	int ref_;
+	std::string name_;
+};
+
+} /* namespace libcamera */
+
+#endif /* __LIBCAMERA_CAMERA_H__ */
diff --git a/include/libcamera/libcamera.h b/include/libcamera/libcamera.h
index 790771b6..44c094d9 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/libcamera.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/libcamera.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #ifndef __LIBCAMERA_LIBCAMERA_H__
 #define __LIBCAMERA_LIBCAMERA_H__
 
+#include <libcamera/camera.h>
+
 namespace libcamera {
 
 class libcamera
diff --git a/include/libcamera/meson.build b/include/libcamera/meson.build
index 8c82675a..9b266ad9 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/include/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 libcamera_api = files([
+    'camera.h',
     'libcamera.h',
 ])
 
diff --git a/src/libcamera/camera.cpp b/src/libcamera/camera.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6da2b201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libcamera/camera.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018, Google Inc.
+ *
+ * camera.cpp - Camera device
+ */
+
+#include <libcamera/camera.h>
+
+#include "log.h"
+
+/**
+ * \file camera.h
+ * \brief Camera device handling
+ *
+ * At the core of libcamera is the camera device, combining one image source
+ * with processing hardware able to provide one or multiple image streams. The
+ * Camera class represents a camera device.
+ *
+ * A camera device contains a single image source, and separate camera device
+ * instances relate to different image sources. For instance, a phone containing
+ * front and back image sensors will be modelled with two camera devices, one
+ * for each sensor. When multiple streams can be produced from the same image
+ * source, all those streams are guaranteed to be part of the same camera
+ * device.
+ *
+ * While not sharing image sources, separate camera devices can share other
+ * system resources, such as an ISP. For this reason camera device instances may
+ * not be fully independent, in which case usage restrictions may apply. For
+ * instance, a phone with a front and a back camera device may not allow usage
+ * of the two devices simultaneously.
+ */
+
+namespace libcamera {
+
+/**
+ * \class Camera
+ * \brief Camera device
+ *
+ * The Camera class models a camera capable of producing one or more image
+ * streams from a single image source. It provides the main interface to
+ * configuring and controlling the device, and capturing image streams. It is
+ * the central object exposed by libcamera.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \brief Construct a named camera device
+ *
+ * \param[in] name The name to set on the camera device
+ *
+ * The caller is responsible for guaranteeing unicity of the camera
+ * device name.
+ */
+Camera::Camera(const std::string &name)
+	: ref_(1), name_(name)
+{
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Retrieve the name of the camera
+ *
+ * \return Name of the camera device
+ */
+const std::string &Camera::name() const
+{
+	return name_;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Acquire a reference to the camera
+ */
+void Camera::get()
+{
+	ref_++;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Release a reference to the camera
+ *
+ * When the last reference is released the camera device is deleted. Callers
+ * shall not access the camera device after calling this function.
+ */
+void Camera::put()
+{
+	if (--ref_ == 0)
+		delete this;
+}
+
+} /* namespace libcamera */
diff --git a/src/libcamera/meson.build b/src/libcamera/meson.build
index f632eb5d..46591069 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/src/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 libcamera_sources = files([
+    'camera.cpp',
     'log.cpp',
     'main.cpp',
 ])