From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AF04C4CEC7 for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2019 20:09:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAC92208E4 for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2019 20:09:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728011AbfILUJs (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Sep 2019 16:09:48 -0400 Received: from relay7-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.200]:55691 "EHLO relay7-d.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726529AbfILUJs (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Sep 2019 16:09:48 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 85.243.204.24 Received: from uno.lan (bl10-204-24.dsl.telepac.pt [85.243.204.24]) (Authenticated sender: jacopo@jmondi.org) by relay7-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5DEED2000F; Thu, 12 Sep 2019 20:09:44 +0000 (UTC) From: Jacopo Mondi To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Hans Verkuil , Sakari Ailus , Laurent Pinchart , tfiga@google.com, pavel@ucw.cz Cc: Jacopo Mondi , linux-media@vger.kernel.org (open list:MEDIA INPUT INFRASTRUCTURE (V4L/DVB)) Subject: [PATCH v3 04/11] media: v4l2-ctrl: Document V4L2_CID_CAMERA_SENSOR_ROTATION Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 22:10:48 +0200 Message-Id: <20190912201055.13964-5-jacopo@jmondi.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.23.0 In-Reply-To: <20190912201055.13964-1-jacopo@jmondi.org> References: <20190912201055.13964-1-jacopo@jmondi.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Add documentation for the V4L2_CID_CAMERA_SENSOR_ROTATION camera control. The newly added read-only control reports the camera device mounting rotation. Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi --- .../media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-camera.rst | 117 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 117 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-camera.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-camera.rst index f879dcc9409c..74991522ca3a 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-camera.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-camera.rst @@ -542,6 +542,123 @@ enum v4l2_scene_mode - +``V4L2_CID_CAMERA_SENSOR_ROTATION (integer)`` + This read-only control describes the sensor orientation expressed as + rotation in counterclockwise degrees along the axis perpendicular to the + device mounting plane, and directed away from the sensor lens. Possible + values for the control are 90, 180 and 270 degrees. To compensate the device + mounting rotation on the captured images, a rotation of the same amount of + degrees, in the same counterclockwise rotation direction should be applied + along the axis directed from the observer to the captured image when + displayed on a screen. + + To better understand the effect of the sensor rotation on the acquired + images when displayed on a screen, it is helpful to consider a fictional + scan-out sequence of the sensor's pixels, assuming the pixel array having + its top-left pixel at position (0, 0) with values on the 'x' axis increasing + towards the right direction, and values on the 'y' axis increasing towards + the bottom. The effect of sensor rotation could be easily visualized + considering the sequence of captured pixels. + + Assuming the following scene has to be captured:: + + o + -|- + / \ + + An upright mounted sensor has its pixel array displaced as follow:: + + x + (0,0)----------------------> + ! 0,0 0,1 0,2 ... 0,line-len + ! 1,0 1,1 1,2 ... + ! ... + ! ... + ! (num-col,0)... (num-col,line-len) + y V + + + Assuming pixels are scanned out from (0,0) to (num-col,line-len) + progressively:: + + (0,0) ---->-------------> (0,line-len)---! + !-------------------------------------------------> (1,line-len)---! + !------------------------------------<---! + V + (...) .-->--------------> ( ,,,, ) ---! + !------------------------------------<---! + V + (num-col,0)------------->(num-col,line-len) + + + If a rotation of 90 degrees counterclockwise along the axis perpendicular to + the sensor's lens and directed towards the scene to be captured is applied + to the sensor, the pixel array would then be rotated as follows:: + + x ^ 0,line-len,,,(num-col,line-len + ! .... + ! 0,2 1,2 ... + ! 0,1 1,1 ... + ! 0,0 1,0 ... num-col,0 + (0,0)------------------------> + y + + And the pixel scan-out sequence would then proceed as follows:: + + (0,line-len) (num-cols,line-len) + ^\ ^\ ^\ ^\ ^ + ! \ ! \ ! \ ! \ ! + ! \ ! \ ! \ ! \ ! + ! \ ! \ ! \ ! \ ! + ! \! \! \! \! + (0,0) (1,0) .... (num-cols,0) + + Which when applied to the capture scene gives:: + + (0,line-len) (num-cols,line-len) + ^\ ^\ ^\ ^\ ^ + ! \ ! \ 0 \ ! \ ! + ! \ ! \ -|- \ ! \ ! + ! \ ! / \ \ ! \ ! + ! \! \! \! \! + (0,0) (1,0) .... (num-cols,0) + + Producing the following image once captured to memory and + displayed to the user:: + + \ ! + --0 + / ! + + Which has a rotation of the same amount of degrees applied on the opposite + rotation direction along the axis that goes from the observer to the + displayed image. + + In order to compensate the sensor mounting rotation, when expressed + as counterclockwise rotation along the axis directed from the sensor to + the captured scene, a rotation of the same amount of degrees in the + same counterclockwise rotation direction but applied along the axis + directed from the observer to the captured image, has to be applied.:: + + ------- 90 degree counterclockwise + | o | mounting rotation applied + | -|- | along the axis directed + | / \ | away from the sensor lens + ------- + ------- + | \ ! | Resulting captured + | --0 | image when displayed + | / ! | on screen + ------- + ------- + | o | Rotation compensation + | -|- | is 90 degrees counterclockwise + | / \ | along the axis directed to the + ------- displayed image + + .. [#f1] This control may be changed to a menu control in the future, if more options are required. -- 2.23.0