From 9895959a71b699fbdf0ef24581276a3a412fdf1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shuzhen Wang
Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 00:04:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Camera: Clarify benefit of readout vs exposure timestamp
Update developer doc with minor clarification.
Test: Build
Bug: 229097448
Bug: 229773853
Change-Id: Ice7c88a47366759c6024de7a9a30a8114c1ff655
---
core/java/android/hardware/camera2/CameraCaptureSession.java | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/core/java/android/hardware/camera2/CameraCaptureSession.java b/core/java/android/hardware/camera2/CameraCaptureSession.java
index 5dbe9bff328e1..5b1973ad2dd47 100644
--- a/core/java/android/hardware/camera2/CameraCaptureSession.java
+++ b/core/java/android/hardware/camera2/CameraCaptureSession.java
@@ -1241,8 +1241,9 @@ public abstract class CameraCaptureSession implements AutoCloseable {
* {@link #onCaptureStarted}. Unlike {@link #onCaptureStarted}, instead of passing
* a timestamp of start of exposure, this callback passes a timestamp of start of
* camera data readout. This is useful because for a camera running at fixed frame
- * rate, the start of readout is at fixed interval, but not necessary for the start
- * of exposure.
+ * rate, the start of readout is at fixed interval, which is not necessarily true for
+ * the start of exposure, particularly when autoexposure is changing exposure duration
+ * between frames.
*
* This timestamp may not match {@link CaptureResult#SENSOR_TIMESTAMP the result
* timestamp field}. It will, however, match the timestamp of buffers sent to the