From 0956af56a294397325f2695604229ab7550364ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eino-Ville Talvala Whether black-level compensation is locked
- * to its current values, or is free to vary
When set to ON, the values used for black-level - * compensation must not change until the lock is set to - * OFF
+ * compensation will not change until the lock is set to + * OFF. *Since changes to certain capture parameters (such as * exposure time) may require resetting of black level - * compensation, the HAL must report whether setting the - * black level lock was successful in the output result + * compensation, the camera device must report whether setting + * the black level lock was successful in the output result * metadata.
*For example, if a sequence of requests is as follows:
*And the exposure change in Request 4 requires resetting the black - * level offsets, then the output result metadata is expected to be:
+ *And the exposure change in Request 4 requires the camera + * device to reset the black level offsets, then the output + * result metadata is expected to be:
*This indicates to the application that on frame 4, black levels were - * reset due to exposure value changes, and pixel values may not be - * consistent across captures.
- *The black level locking must happen at the sensor, and not at the ISP. - * If for some reason black level locking is no longer legal (for example, - * the analog gain has changed, which forces black levels to be - * recalculated), then the HAL is free to override this request (and it - * must report 'OFF' when this does happen) until the next time locking - * is legal again.
+ *This indicates to the application that on frame 4, black + * levels were reset due to exposure value changes, and pixel + * values may not be consistent across captures.
+ *The camera device will maintain the lock to the extent + * possible, only overriding the lock to OFF when changes to + * other request parameters require a black level recalculation + * or reset.
*/ public static final KeyWhether black-level compensation is locked - * to its current values, or is free to vary
- *Whether the black level offset was locked for this frame. - * Should be ON if android.blackLevel.lock was ON in the capture request, - * unless a change in capture settings forced a black level reset.
+ * to its current values, or is free to vary. + *Whether the black level offset was locked for this frame. Should be + * ON if android.blackLevel.lock was ON in the capture request, unless + * a change in other capture settings forced the camera device to + * perform a black level reset.
*/ public static final Key