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diff --git a/src/libcamera/property_ids.yaml b/src/libcamera/property_ids.yaml index ce627fa0..74ad0195 100644 --- a/src/libcamera/property_ids.yaml +++ b/src/libcamera/property_ids.yaml @@ -386,4 +386,258 @@ controls: | | | | +--------------------+ + + - UnitCellSize: + type: Size + description: | + The pixel unit cell physical size, in nanometers. + + The UnitCellSize properties defines the horizontal and vertical sizes of + a single pixel unit, including its active and non-active parts. In + other words, it expresses the horizontal and vertical distance between + the top-left corners of adjacent pixels. + + The property can be used to calculate the physical size of the sensor's + pixel array area and for calibration purposes. + + - PixelArraySize: + type: Size + description: | + The camera sensor pixel array readable area vertical and horizontal + sizes, in pixels. + + The PixelArraySize property defines the size in pixel units of the + readable part of full pixel array matrix, including optical black + pixels used for calibration, pixels which are not considered valid for + capture and active pixels containing valid image data. + + The property describes the maximum size of the raw data captured by the + camera, which might not correspond to the physical size of the sensor + pixel array matrix, as some portions of the physical pixel array matrix + are not accessible and cannot be transmitted out. + + For example, let's consider a pixel array matrix assembled as follows + + +--------------------------------------------------+ + |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx| + |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx| + |xxDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDxx| + |xxDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDxx| + |xxDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDxx| + |xxDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDxx| + |xxDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDxx| + |xxDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDxx| + ... ... ... ... ... + + ... ... ... ... ... + |xxDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDxx| + |xxDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDxx| + |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx| + |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx| + +--------------------------------------------------+ + + starting with two lines of non-readable pixels (x), followed by N lines + of readable data (D) surrounded by two columns of non-readable pixels on + each side, and ending with two more lines of non-readable pixels. Only + the readable portion is transmitted to the receiving side, defining the + sizes of the largest possible buffer of raw data that can be presented + to applications. + + PixelArraySize.width + /----------------------------------------------/ + +----------------------------------------------+ / + |DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD| | + |DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD| | + |DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD| | + |DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD| | + |DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD| | + |DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD| | PixelArraySize.height + ... ... ... ... ... + ... ... ... ... ... + |DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD| | + |DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD| | + +----------------------------------------------+ / + + This defines a rectangle whose top-left corner is placed in position (0, + 0) and whose vertical and horizontal sizes are defined by this property. + All other rectangles that describe portions of the pixel array, such as + the optical black pixels rectangles and active pixel areas, are defined + relatively to this rectangle. + + All the coordinates are expressed relative to the default sensor readout + direction, without any transformation (such as horizontal and vertical + flipping) applied. When mapping them to the raw pixel buffer, + applications shall take any configured transformation into account. + + \todo Rename this property to Size once we will have property + categories (i.e. Properties::PixelArray::Size) + + - PixelArrayOpticalBlackRectangles: + type: Rectangle + size: [n] + description: | + The pixel array region(s) which contain optical black pixels + considered valid for calibration purposes. + + This property describes the position and size of optical black pixel + regions in the raw data buffer as stored in memory, which might differ + from their actual physical location in the pixel array matrix. + + It is important to note, in fact, that camera sensors might + automatically reorder or skip portions of their pixels array matrix when + transmitting data to the receiver. For instance, a sensor may merge the + top and bottom optical black rectangles into a single rectangle, + transmitted at the beginning of the frame. + + The pixel array contains several areas with different purposes, + interleaved by lines and columns which are said not to be valid for + capturing purposes. Invalid lines and columns are defined as invalid as + they could be positioned too close to the chip margins or to the optical + black shielding placed on top of optical black pixels. + + PixelArraySize.width + /----------------------------------------------/ + x1 x2 + +--o---------------------------------------o---+ / + |IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII| | + |IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII| | + y1 oIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOII| | + |IIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOII| | + |IIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOII| | + y2 oIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOII| | + |IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII| | + |IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII| | + y3 |IIOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPOOII| | + |IIOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPOOII| | PixelArraySize.height + |IIOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPOOII| | + ... ... ... ... ... + ... ... ... ... ... + y4 |IIOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPOOII| | + |IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII| | + |IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII| | + +----------------------------------------------+ / + + The readable pixel array matrix is composed by + 2 invalid lines (I) + 4 lines of valid optical black pixels (O) + 2 invalid lines (I) + n lines of valid pixel data (P) + 2 invalid lines (I) + + And the position of the optical black pixel rectangles is defined by + + PixelArrayOpticalBlackRectangles = { + { x1, y1, x2 - x1 + 1, y2 - y1 + 1 }, + { x1, y3, 2, y4 - y3 + 1 }, + { x2, y3, 2, y4 - y3 + 1 }, + }; + + If the camera, when capturing the full pixel array matrix, automatically + skips the invalid lines and columns, producing the following data + buffer, when captured to memory + + PixelArraySize.width + /----------------------------------------------/ + x1 + +--------------------------------------------o-+ / + |OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO| | + |OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO| | + |OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO| | + |OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO| | + y1 oOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPOO| | + |OOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPOO| | + |OOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPOO| | PixelArraySize.height + ... ... ... ... ... | + ... ... ... ... ... | + |OOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPOO| | + |OOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPOO| | + +----------------------------------------------+ / + + then the invalid lines and columns should not be reported as part of the + PixelArraySize property in first place. + + In this case, the position of the black pixel rectangles will be + + PixelArrayOpticalBlackRectangles = { + { 0, 0, y1 + 1, PixelArraySize[0] }, + { 0, y1, 2, PixelArraySize[1] - y1 + 1 }, + { x1, y1, 2, PixelArraySize[1] - y1 + 1 }, + }; + + \todo Rename this property to Size once we will have property + categories (i.e. Properties::PixelArray::OpticalBlackRectangles) + + - PixelArrayActiveAreas: + type: Rectangle + size: [n] + description: | + The PixelArrayActiveAreas property defines the (possibly multiple and + overlapping) portions of the camera sensor readable pixel matrix + which are considered valid for image acquisition purposes. + + This property describes an arbitrary number of overlapping rectangles, + with each rectangle representing the maximum image size that the camera + sensor can produce for a particular aspect ratio. They are defined + relatively to the PixelArraySize rectangle. + + When multiple rectangles are reported, they shall be ordered from the + tallest to the shortest. + + Example 1 + A camera sensor which only produces images in the 4:3 image resolution + will report a single PixelArrayActiveAreas rectangle, from which all + other image formats are obtained by either cropping the field-of-view + and/or applying pixel sub-sampling techniques such as pixel skipping or + binning. + + PixelArraySize.width + /----------------/ + x1 x2 + (0,0)-> +-o------------o-+ / + y1 o +------------+ | | + | |////////////| | | + | |////////////| | | PixelArraySize.height + | |////////////| | | + y2 o +------------+ | | + +----------------+ / + + The property reports a single rectangle + + PixelArrayActiveAreas = (x1, y1, x2 - x1 + 1, y2 - y1 + 1) + + Example 2 + A camera sensor which can produce images in different native + resolutions will report several overlapping rectangles, one for each + natively supported resolution. + + PixelArraySize.width + /------------------/ + x1 x2 x3 x4 + (0,0)-> +o---o------o---o+ / + y1 o +------+ | | + | |//////| | | + y2 o+---+------+---+| | + ||///|//////|///|| | PixelArraySize.height + y3 o+---+------+---+| | + | |//////| | | + y4 o +------+ | | + +----+------+----+ / + + The property reports two rectangles + + PixelArrayActiveAreas = ((x2, y1, x3 - x2 + 1, y4 - y1 + 1), + (x1, y2, x4 - x1 + 1, y3 - y2 + 1)) + + The first rectangle describes the maximum field-of-view of all image + formats in the 4:3 resolutions, while the second one describes the + maximum field of view for all image formats in the 16:9 resolutions. + + Multiple rectangles shall only be reported when the sensor can't capture + the pixels in the corner regions. If all the pixels in the (x1,y1) - + (x4,y4) area can be captured, the PixelArrayActiveAreas property shall + contains the single rectangle (x1,y1) - (x4,y4). + + \todo Rename this property to ActiveAreas once we will have property + categories (i.e. Properties::PixelArray::ActiveAreas) + ... |