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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2/6] [media] Documentation: Add HSV format
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Hi Hans,

On Saturday 16 Jul 2016 15:59:08 Hans Verkuil wrote:
> On 07/16/2016 02:38 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>> On Saturday 16 Jul 2016 10:19:29 Hans Verkuil wrote:
>>> On 07/15/2016 08:11 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>>>> On Friday 15 Jul 2016 18:13:15 Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
>>>>> Describe the HSV formats
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@gmail.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>> Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/hsv-formats.rst | 19 ++
>>>>> Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-packed-hsv.rst | 253
>>>>> +++++++++++++++
>>>>> Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt.rst | 1 +
>>>>> Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/v4l2.rst | 5 +
>>>>> 4 files changed, 278 insertions(+)
>>>>> create mode 100644 Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/hsv-formats.rst
>>>>> create mode 100644 Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-packed-hsv.rst
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/hsv-formats.rst
>>>>> b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/hsv-formats.rst new file mode 100644
>>>>> index 000000000000..f0f2615eaa95
>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/hsv-formats.rst
>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
>>>>> +.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
>>>>> +
>>>>> +.. _hsv-formats:
>>>>> +
>>>>> +***********
>>>>> +HSV Formats
>>>>> +***********
>>>>> +
>>>>> +These formats store the color information of the image
>>>>> +in a geometrical representation. The colors are mapped into a
>>>>> +cylinder, where the angle is the HUE, the height is the VALUE
>>>>> +and the distance to the center is the SATURATION. This is a very
>>>>> +useful format for image segmentation algorithms.
>>>>> +
>>>>> +
>>>>> +.. toctree::
>>>>> + :maxdepth: 1
>>>>> +
>>>>> + pixfmt-packed-hsv
>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-packed-hsv.rst
>>>>> b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-packed-hsv.rst new file mode
>>>>> 100644
>>>>> index 000000000000..b297aa4f7ba6
>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-packed-hsv.rst
>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
>>>>> +.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
>>>>> +
>>>>> +.. _packed-hsv:
>>>>> +
>>>>> +******************
>>>>> +Packed HSV formats
>>>>> +******************
>>>>> +
>>>>> +*man Packed HSV formats(2)*
>>>>> +
>>>>> +Packed HSV formats
>>>>> +
>>>>> +
>>>>> +Description
>>>>> +===========
>>>>> +
>>>>> +The HUE (h) is meassured in degrees, one LSB represents two degrees.
>>>>
>>>> Is this common ? I have a device that can handle HSV data, I need to
>>>> check how it maps the hue values to binary, but I'm pretty sure they
>>>> cover the full 0-255 range. We would then have to support the two
>>>> formats. Separate 4CCs are an option, but reporting the range separately
>>>> (possibly through the colorspace API) might be better. Any thought on
>>>> that ?
>>>
>>> It's either a separate 4cc or we do something with the ycbcr_enc field
>>> (reinterpreted as hsv_enc). I'm not sure, I would have to think some more
>>> about that.
>>
>> I'm inclined to use the ycbcr_enc field, especially given that a similar
>> usage could be useful for RGB as well (don't ask me what it's supposed to
>> be used for, but I have hardware that support limiting the RGB values
>> range to 16-235).
>
> Limited vs full range quantization is handled by the quantization field.
> It's there already.

Right. I wonder how we'll deal with that when someone will come up with more
than one limited range quantizations, have you thought about it ?

> Limited range RGB is needed for HDMI due to a brain-dead spec when dealing
> with certain kinds of TVs and configurations. Don't ask, it's horrible.

I'd still like to know about it for my personal information :-)

> Anyway, I am inclined to use ycbcr_enc as well.

I'm glad we agree.

--
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

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