Camera and system configuration management and usage have also been updated in Extended View System (EVS) 1.1. As EVS 1.0 does not provide methods to query camera device information and system configuration, the app developer must get that information themselves. For example, the client must have camera calibration data if it implements some computer vision apps.
To alleviate this circumstance, EVS 1.1 extends a camera device descriptor with camera metadata and provides several methods that enables clients to get camera device and system configuration information.
import android.frameworks.cameraservice.device@2.0::CameraMetadata;
import android.frameworks.cameraservice.common@2.0::CameraMetadataType;
/**
* Structure describing the basic properties of an EVS camera, extended
* from its v1.0 declaration.
*
* The HAL is responsible for filling out this structure for each
* EVS camera in the system.
*/
struct CameraDesc {
@1.0::CameraDesc v1;
/**
* Store camera metadata such as lens characteristics.
*/
CameraMetadata metadata;
};
CameraDesc is extended to have camera device metadata and this
type is imported from android.frameworks.cameraservice.device@2.0.
This design choice allows vendors to use camera_metadata_t
in their implementations and to take advantage of APIs defined in ANDROID_SCALER_AVAILABLE_STREAM_CONFIGURATIONS. The EVS driver can use
this type to identify which stream configurations are supported by each camera module.
Also, vendors can't use their own metadata types to deliver other information not defined in Android as explained in ANDROID_SCALER_AVAILABLE_STREAM_CONFIGURATIONS. The EVS driver can use
this type to identify which stream configurations are supported by each camera module.
Open a camera device with desired stream configuration
import android.hardware.camera.device@3.2::Stream; /** * Get the IEvsCamera associated with a cameraId from a CameraDesc * * Given a camera's unique cameraId from CameraDesc, returns the * IEvsCamera interface associated with the specified camera. When * done using the camera, the caller may release it by calling closeCamera(). * * @param cameraId A unique identifier of the camera. * @param streamCfg A stream configuration the client wants to use. * @return evsCamera EvsCamera object associated with a given cameraId. */ openCamera_1_1(string cameraId, Stream streamCfg) generates (IEvsCamera evsCamera);
One of the metadata fields Android defines is ANDROID_SCALER_AVAILABLE_STREAM_CONFIGURATIONS. The EVS driver can use
this type to identify which stream configurations are supported
by each camera module. For example, the reference implementation provided below lists the
information oforf each supported stream configuration:
- Stream ID
- Width
- Height
- Direction (input or output)
- Frame rate
Multiple clients on a single camera HW instance
If a client requests to open an already active camera device, the EVS manager compares a requested stream configuration with the active configuration. If they differ, the EVS manager returns a null IEvsCamera object. The client MUST handle this possible failure properly.
Reference configuration file
The reference configuration file included in EVS 1.1 is written in XML and vendors can use the included DTD file (shown below) to validate a (modified) sample configuration file or use their own file if they want to use the same format. The DTD file also provides detailed descriptions for each element and attribute.
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<!-- Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
-->
<!-- Author : changyeon@google.com
Version: 1.0
-->
<!ELEMENT configuration (system,camera,display)>
<!-- System Configuration that contains below informations:
- The dimension of the vehicle.
- Number of cameras available to EVS.
- List of predefined use cases.
-->
<!ELEMENT system (dimension,num_cameras,supported_use_case*)>
<!-- The x, y, and z dimension of the vehicle in the unit of centimeters. Axes are defined at
https://source.android.com/docs/core/interaction/sensors/sensor-types#auto_axes
-->
<!ELEMENT dimension EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST dimension
x CDATA '0'
y CDATA '0'
z CDATA '0'
>
<!-- The number of cameras that are available to EVS on the vehicle.
This must be equal to the number of camera elements of the device element.
-->
<!ELEMENT num_cameras EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST num_cameras
value CDATA #REQUIRED
>
<!-- List of predefined use cases -->
<!ELEMENT supported_use_case (use_case)*>
<!-- Predefined configurations for each of listed use cases.
@attr id : Unique string identifier of this use case.
@attr camera : ID of either a single camera device or a camera group.
@attr stream_id: Preferred stream configuration of camera device/group
that is set by camera attribute.
-->
<!ELEMENT use_case EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST use_case
id CDATA #REQUIRED
camera CDATA #REQUIRED
stream_id CDATA #REQUIRED
>
<!-- Device descriptions -->
<!ELEMENT camera (group|device)*>
<!-- Camera group descriptor
@attr group_id : Unique logical camera group identifier. Camera device use this to be
a member of the group.
@attr device_id : Comma-separated list of unique camera identifiers of member camera
devices.
@attr synchronized: Boolean field that tells whether or not this camera is synchronized
with other cameras in the same group. This is ineffective if
there is a single camera in the group or a group is invalid.
-->
<!ELEMENT group (caps)>
<!ATTLIST group
group_id CDATA #REQUIRED
device_id CDATA #REQUIRED
synchronized CDATA #REQUIRED
>
<!-- Please note that a camera may have stream configurations. If it has, all stream
configurations must be supported by each camera device in the group.
-->
<!-- Camera device descriptor
@attr id : Unique camera identifier.
@attr position : Must be one of front, rear, left, or right.
-->
<!ELEMENT device (caps,characteristics*)>
<!ATTLIST device
id CDATA #REQUIRED
position CDATA #REQUIRED
>
<!-- Camera metadata that contains:
- A list of supported controls.
- A list of supported stream configurations.
-->
<!ELEMENT caps (supported_controls|stream)*>
<!-- A list of supported controls.
This must be a subset of android.hardware.automotive.evs@1.1::CameraParam.
-->
<!ELEMENT supported_controls EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST supported_controls
value CDATA #REQUIRED
>
<!-- A list of supported output sizes. -->
<!ELEMENT stream EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST stream
id CDATA #REQUIRED
width CDATA #REQUIRED
height CDATA #REQUIRED
format CDATA #REQUIRED
>
<!-- Camera module characteristics including its optics and imaging sensor. -->
<!ELEMENT characteristics (parameter)*>
<!ELEMENT parameter EMPTY>
<!-- A name of camera characteristic. This must be a subset of
android.hardware.automotive.evs@1.1::CameraCharacteristics.
-->
<!ATTLIST parameter
name CDATA #REQUIRED
type CDATA #REQUIRED
size CDATA #REQUIRED
value CDATA #REQUIRED
>
<!-- Available display devices -->
<!ELEMENT display (display_device)*>
<!-- Display device descriptor
@attr id : Unique display identifier.
@attr position: Display mount location.
-->
<!ELEMENT display_device (supported_formats)*>
<!ATTLIST display_device
id CDATA #REQUIRED
position CDATA #REQUIRED
>
<!-- A list of supported input data formats.
@attr value: A comma separated list of input data formats
-->
<!ELEMENT supported_formats EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST supported_formats
value CDATA #REQUIRED
>
A sample configuration file is shown below (the sample contains dummy numerical data).
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<!-- Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
-->
<!-- Extended View System Example Configuration
Android Automotive axes are used to define coordinates.
See https://source.android.com/docs/core/interaction/sensors/sensor-types#auto_axes
Use evs_configuration.dtd with xmllint tool, to validate XML configuration file
-->
<configuration>
<!-- system configuration -->
<system>
<!-- reference dimension of the vehicle in the unit of centimeters -->
<dimension x='200' y='400' z='100' />
<!-- number of cameras available to EVS -->
<num_cameras value='2'/>
<!-- list of supported use cases -->
<supported_use_case>
<!-- use case configuration -->
<use_case
id='rear_view'
camera='/dev/video1'
stream_id='1'
/>
<!-- use case configuration -->
<use_case
id='surround_view'
camera='group1'
stream_id='0'
/>
</supported_use_case>
</system>
<!-- camera device information -->
<camera>
<!-- camera group 0 -->
<group group_id='group0'
device_id='/dev/video1,/dev/video2'
synchronized='false'
>
<caps>
<stream id='0' width='640' height='360' format='V4L2_PIX_UYUV'/>
</caps>
</group>
<!-- camera device starts -->
<device id='/dev/video1' position='rear'>
<caps>
<!-- list of supported controls -->
<supported_controls
value='BRIGHTNESS,
CONTRAST,
AUTO_WHITE_BALANCE,
WHITE_BALANCE_TEMPERATURE,
SHARPNESS,
AUTO_EXPOSURE,
ABSOLUTE_EXPOSURE,
AUTO_FOCUS,
ABSOLUTE_ZOOM'
/>
<!-- list of supported stream configurations -->
<stream id='0' width='1280' height='1080' format='V4L2_PIX_NV21'/>
<stream id='1' width='1280' height='1080' format='V4L2_PIX_YUYV'/>
<stream id='2' width='1280' height='1080' format='V4L2_PIX_UYUV'/>
<stream id='3' width='640' height='360' format='V4L2_PIX_NV21'/>
<stream id='4' width='640' height='360' format='V4L2_PIX_YUYV'/>
<stream id='5' width='640' height='360' format='V4L2_PIX_UYUV'/>
<stream id='6' width='320' height='240' format='V4L2_PIX_NV21'/>
<stream id='7' width='320' height='240' format='V4L2_PIX_YUYV'/>
<stream id='8' width='320' height='240' format='V4L2_PIX_UYUV'/>
</caps>
<!-- list of parameters -->
<characteristics>
<!-- Lens distortion information. See
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/CameraCharacteristics.html#LENS_DISTORTION
-->
<parameter
name='LENS_DISTORTION'
type='float'
size='5'
value='0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0'
/>
<!-- Camera intrinsic calibration matrix. See
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/CameraCharacteristics.html#LENS_INTRINSIC_CALIBRATION
-->
<parameter
name='LENS_INTRINSIC_CALIBRATION'
type='float'
size='5'
value='0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0'
/>
<!-- Camera pose translation and rotation. See
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/CameraCharacteristics.html#LENS_POSE_TRANSLATION
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/CameraCharacteristics.html#LENS_POSE_ROTATION
-->
<parameter
name='LENS_POSE_TRANSLATION'
type='float'
size='3'
value='0.0,0.0,0.0'
/>
<parameter
name='LENS_POSE_ROTATION'
type='float'
size='4'
value='0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0'
/>
</characteristics>
</device>
<device id='/dev/video2' position='front'>
<caps>
<!-- list of supported stream configurations -->
<stream id='0' width='1280' height='1080' format='V4L2_PIX_NV21'/>
</caps>
</device>
</camera>
<!-- display device starts -->
<display>
<display_device id='display0' position='driver'>
<!-- list of supported input formats
This must be a subset of android_pixel_format_t enum.
-->
<supported_formats
value='RGBA_8888,
YUYV,
UYVY'
/>
</display_device>
</display>
</configuration>