1 Cropping and Scaling algorithm, used in the sh_mobile_ceu_camera driver
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4 Author: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>
9 sensor scales: horizontal and vertical scales, configured by the sensor driver
10 host scales: -"- host driver
11 combined scales: sensor_scale * host_scale
14 Generic scaling / cropping scheme
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43 In the above chart minuses and slashes represent "real" data amounts, points and
44 accents represent "useful" data, basically, CEU scaled and cropped output,
45 mapped back onto the client's source plane.
47 Such a configuration can be produced by user requests:
49 S_CROP(left / top = (5) - (1), width / height = (5') - (5))
50 S_FMT(width / height = (6') - (6))
54 (1) to (1') - whole max width or height
55 (1) to (2) - sensor cropped left or top
56 (2) to (2') - sensor cropped width or height
57 (3) to (3') - sensor scale
58 (3) to (4) - CEU cropped left or top
59 (4) to (4') - CEU cropped width or height
60 (5) to (5') - reverse sensor scale applied to CEU cropped width or height
61 (2) to (5) - reverse sensor scale applied to CEU cropped left or top
62 (6) to (6') - CEU scale - user window
68 Do not touch input rectangle - it is already optimal.
70 1. Calculate current sensor scales:
72 scale_s = ((2') - (2)) / ((3') - (3))
74 2. Calculate "effective" input crop (sensor subwindow) - CEU crop scaled back at
75 current sensor scales onto input window - this is user S_CROP:
77 width_u = (5') - (5) = ((4') - (4)) * scale_s
79 3. Calculate new combined scales from "effective" input window to requested user
82 scale_comb = width_u / ((6') - (6))
84 4. Calculate sensor output window by applying combined scales to real input
87 width_s_out = ((7') - (7)) = ((2') - (2)) / scale_comb
89 5. Apply iterative sensor S_FMT for sensor output window.
91 subdev->video_ops->s_fmt(.width = width_s_out)
93 6. Retrieve sensor output window (g_fmt)
95 7. Calculate new sensor scales:
97 scale_s_new = ((3')_new - (3)_new) / ((2') - (2))
99 8. Calculate new CEU crop - apply sensor scales to previously calculated
102 width_ceu = (4')_new - (4)_new = width_u / scale_s_new
103 left_ceu = (4)_new - (3)_new = ((5) - (2)) / scale_s_new
105 9. Use CEU cropping to crop to the new window:
107 ceu_crop(.width = width_ceu, .left = left_ceu)
109 10. Use CEU scaling to scale to the requested user window:
111 scale_ceu = width_ceu / width
117 The API at http://v4l2spec.bytesex.org/spec/x1904.htm says:
119 "...specification does not define an origin or units. However by convention
120 drivers should horizontally count unscaled samples relative to 0H."
122 We choose to follow the advise and interpret cropping units as client input
125 Cropping is performed in the following 6 steps:
127 1. Request exactly user rectangle from the sensor.
129 2. If smaller - iterate until a larger one is obtained. Result: sensor cropped
130 to 2 : 2', target crop 5 : 5', current output format 6' - 6.
132 3. In the previous step the sensor has tried to preserve its output frame as
133 good as possible, but it could have changed. Retrieve it again.
135 4. Sensor scaled to 3 : 3'. Sensor's scale is (2' - 2) / (3' - 3). Calculate
136 intermediate window: 4' - 4 = (5' - 5) * (3' - 3) / (2' - 2)
138 5. Calculate and apply host scale = (6' - 6) / (4' - 4)
140 6. Calculate and apply host crop: 6 - 7 = (5 - 2) * (6' - 6) / (5' - 5)