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authorSylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com>2012-04-30 04:34:10 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2012-05-14 14:24:24 -0300
commitcf072139c7952e267a2eff334f224a62c949ee96 (patch)
tree9e793840d43b70152f506a43fe7e06ee97e7f524 /Documentation/DocBook
parent7f84ad8bdb63a8bfcbb83755e487e06be5db54cf (diff)
[media] V4L: Add camera exposure metering control
The V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE_METERING control allows to determine a method used by the camera for measuring the amount of light available for automatic exposure. Signed-off-by: Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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@@ -2864,6 +2864,35 @@ exposure time and/or aperture.</para></entry>
</row>
<row><entry></entry></row>
+ <row id="v4l2-exposure-metering">
+ <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE_METERING</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+ <entry>enum&nbsp;v4l2_exposure_metering</entry>
+ </row><row><entry spanname="descr">Determines how the camera measures
+the amount of light available for the frame exposure. Possible values are:</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entrytbl spanname="descr" cols="2">
+ <tbody valign="top">
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_EXPOSURE_METERING_AVERAGE</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+ <entry>Use the light information coming from the entire frame
+and average giving no weighting to any particular portion of the metered area.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_EXPOSURE_METERING_CENTER_WEIGHTED</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+ <entry>Average the light information coming from the entire frame
+giving priority to the center of the metered area.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_EXPOSURE_METERING_SPOT</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+ <entry>Measure only very small area at the center of the frame.</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </entrytbl>
+ </row>
+ <row><entry></entry></row>
+
<row>
<entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_PAN_RELATIVE</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>integer</entry>