[libcamera-devel,v4,09/16] libcamera: simple: Report sensor timestamp
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Message ID 20210430160026.190724-10-jacopo@jmondi.org
State Superseded
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  • Support SensorTimestamp metadata
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Jacopo Mondi April 30, 2021, 4 p.m. UTC
Report the sensor's timestamp in the Request metadata using the
completed buffer timestamp.

The buffer's timestamp is recorded at DMA-transfer time, and it does not
theoretically matches the 'start of exposure' definition. Record this with
a \todo entry.

Reviewed-by: Hirokazu Honda <hiroh@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
---
 src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Niklas Söderlund May 1, 2021, 6:33 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi Jacopo,

Thanks for your work.

On 2021-04-30 18:00:19 +0200, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> Report the sensor's timestamp in the Request metadata using the
> completed buffer timestamp.
> 
> The buffer's timestamp is recorded at DMA-transfer time, and it does not
> theoretically matches the 'start of exposure' definition. Record this with
> a \todo entry.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Hirokazu Honda <hiroh@chromium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
> ---
>  src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp | 12 +++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
> index f6095d38e97a..e1ee640b0a92 100644
> --- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
> +++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
>  #include <linux/media-bus-format.h>
>  
>  #include <libcamera/camera.h>
> +#include <libcamera/control_ids.h>
>  #include <libcamera/request.h>
>  #include <libcamera/stream.h>
>  
> @@ -1116,6 +1117,16 @@ void SimplePipelineHandler::bufferReady(FrameBuffer *buffer)
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Record the sensor's timestamp in the request metadata.
> +	 *
> +	 * \todo The sensor timestamp should be better estimated by connecting
> +	 * to the V4L2Device::frameStart signal if the platform provides it.
> +	 */

:-)

> +	Request *request = buffer->request();
> +	request->metadata().set(controls::SensorTimestamp,
> +				buffer->metadata().timestamp);

Reviewed-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@ragnatech.se>

> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Queue the captured and the request buffer to the converter if format
>  	 * conversion is needed. If there's no queued request, just requeue the
> @@ -1133,7 +1144,6 @@ void SimplePipelineHandler::bufferReady(FrameBuffer *buffer)
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Otherwise simply complete the request. */
> -	Request *request = buffer->request();
>  	completeBuffer(request, buffer);
>  	completeRequest(request);
>  }
> -- 
> 2.31.1
> 
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diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
index f6095d38e97a..e1ee640b0a92 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ 
 #include <linux/media-bus-format.h>
 
 #include <libcamera/camera.h>
+#include <libcamera/control_ids.h>
 #include <libcamera/request.h>
 #include <libcamera/stream.h>
 
@@ -1116,6 +1117,16 @@  void SimplePipelineHandler::bufferReady(FrameBuffer *buffer)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Record the sensor's timestamp in the request metadata.
+	 *
+	 * \todo The sensor timestamp should be better estimated by connecting
+	 * to the V4L2Device::frameStart signal if the platform provides it.
+	 */
+	Request *request = buffer->request();
+	request->metadata().set(controls::SensorTimestamp,
+				buffer->metadata().timestamp);
+
 	/*
 	 * Queue the captured and the request buffer to the converter if format
 	 * conversion is needed. If there's no queued request, just requeue the
@@ -1133,7 +1144,6 @@  void SimplePipelineHandler::bufferReady(FrameBuffer *buffer)
 	}
 
 	/* Otherwise simply complete the request. */
-	Request *request = buffer->request();
 	completeBuffer(request, buffer);
 	completeRequest(request);
 }