Provide an open source camera stack for linux

Technologies
c/c++, linux kernel, qt5, gstreamer, v4l2
Topics
camera, image prcessing
Provide an open source camera stack for linux
Cameras are complex devices that need heavy hardware image processing operations. Control of the processing is based on advanced algorithms that must run on a programmable processor. This has traditionally been implemented in a dedicated MCU in the camera, but in embedded devices, algorithms have been moved to the main CPU to save cost. Blurring the boundary between camera devices and Linux often left the user with no other option than a vendor-specific closed-source solution. To address this problem the Linux media community is collaborating with the industry to develop a camera stack that is open-source-friendly while still protecting vendor core IP. libcamera was born out of that collaboration and offers modern camera support to Linux-based systems, including traditional Linux distributions, ChromeOS and Android.

Projects

Contributor
DevUt
Mentor
Kieran Bingham
Organization
libcamera
Adding controls support to libcamera test applications
Currently libcamera's ability to set control over each frame and stream is not reflected by the test applications. We don't have any way to set the...
Contributor
Kunal Agarwal
Mentor
epaul, Laurent Pinchart, Kieran Bingham
Organization
libcamera
A GPU-based Software ISP Implementation
Most Image Signal Processors (ISPs) are currently implemented in hardware, making it difficult to customize the Imaging algorithms for developers....
Contributor
Rishikesh Donadkar
Mentor
Vedant Paranjape, uajain
Organization
libcamera
Improve GStreamer element to add support for properties.
The GStreamer libcamera element lacks support for properties like colorimetry, framerate and other properties which affect how the camera or stream...