| .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only |
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| .. include:: <isonum.txt> |
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| MIPI CCS camera sensor driver |
| ============================= |
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| The MIPI CCS camera sensor driver is a generic driver for `MIPI CCS |
| <https://www.mipi.org/specifications/camera-command-set>`_ compliant |
| camera sensors. It exposes three sub-devices representing the pixel array, |
| the binner and the scaler. |
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| As the capabilities of individual devices vary, the driver exposes |
| interfaces based on the capabilities that exist in hardware. |
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| Pixel Array sub-device |
| ---------------------- |
| |
| The pixel array sub-device represents the camera sensor's pixel matrix, as well |
| as analogue crop functionality present in many compliant devices. The analogue |
| crop is configured using the ``V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP`` on the source pad (0) of the |
| entity. The size of the pixel matrix can be obtained by getting the |
| ``V4L2_SEL_TGT_NATIVE_SIZE`` target. |
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| Binner |
| ------ |
| |
| The binner sub-device represents the binning functionality on the sensor. For |
| that purpose, selection target ``V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE`` is supported on the |
| sink pad (0). |
| |
| Additionally, if a device has no scaler or digital crop functionality, the |
| source pad (1) expses another digital crop selection rectangle that can only |
| crop at the end of the lines and frames. |
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| Scaler |
| ------ |
| |
| The scaler sub-device represents the digital crop and scaling functionality of |
| the sensor. The V4L2 selection target ``V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP`` is used to |
| configure the digital crop on the sink pad (0) when digital crop is supported. |
| Scaling is configured using selection target ``V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE`` on the |
| sink pad (0) as well. |
| |
| Additionally, if the scaler sub-device exists, its source pad (1) exposes |
| another digital crop selection rectangle that can only crop at the end of the |
| lines and frames. |
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| Digital and analogue crop |
| ------------------------- |
| |
| Digital crop functionality is referred to as cropping that effectively works by |
| dropping some data on the floor. Analogue crop, on the other hand, means that |
| the cropped information is never retrieved. In case of camera sensors, the |
| analogue data is never read from the pixel matrix that are outside the |
| configured selection rectangle that designates crop. The difference has an |
| effect in device timing and likely also in power consumption. |
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| Private controls |
| ---------------- |
| |
| The MIPI CCS driver implements a number of private controls under |
| ``V4L2_CID_USER_BASE_CCS`` to control the MIPI CCS compliant camera sensors. |
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| Analogue gain model |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| The CCS defines an analogue gain model where the gain can be calculated using |
| the following formula: |
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| gain = m0 * x + c0 / (m1 * x + c1) |
| |
| Either m0 or c0 will be zero. The constants that are device specific, can be |
| obtained from the following controls: |
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| V4L2_CID_CCS_ANALOGUE_GAIN_M0 |
| V4L2_CID_CCS_ANALOGUE_GAIN_M1 |
| V4L2_CID_CCS_ANALOGUE_GAIN_C0 |
| V4L2_CID_CCS_ANALOGUE_GAIN_C1 |
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| The analogue gain (``x`` in the formula) is controlled through |
| ``V4L2_CID_ANALOGUE_GAIN`` in this case. |
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| Alternate analogue gain model |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| The CCS defines another analogue gain model called alternate analogue gain. In |
| this case, the formula to calculate actual gain consists of linear and |
| exponential parts: |
| |
| gain = linear * 2 ^ exponent |
| |
| The ``linear`` and ``exponent`` factors can be set using the |
| ``V4L2_CID_CCS_ANALOGUE_LINEAR_GAIN`` and |
| ``V4L2_CID_CCS_ANALOGUE_EXPONENTIAL_GAIN`` controls, respectively |
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| Shading correction |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| The CCS standard supports lens shading correction. The feature can be controlled |
| using ``V4L2_CID_CCS_SHADING_CORRECTION``. Additionally, the luminance |
| correction level may be changed using |
| ``V4L2_CID_CCS_LUMINANCE_CORRECTION_LEVEL``, where value 0 indicates no |
| correction and 128 indicates correcting the luminance in corners to 10 % less |
| than in the centre. |
| |
| Shading correction needs to be enabled for luminance correction level to have an |
| effect. |
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| **Copyright** |copy| 2020 Intel Corporation |