Re: [RFC PATCH 4/5] v4l2: add a motion detection event.

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>]

Hi Hans,

Thanks for the patch.

On Friday 28 June 2013 14:27:33 Hans Verkuil wrote:
> From: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
> index 5cbe815..f926209 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
> @@ -1721,6 +1721,7 @@ struct v4l2_streamparm {
>  #define V4L2_EVENT_EOS				2
>  #define V4L2_EVENT_CTRL				3
>  #define V4L2_EVENT_FRAME_SYNC			4
> +#define V4L2_EVENT_MOTION_DET			5
>  #define V4L2_EVENT_PRIVATE_START		0x08000000
> 
>  /* Payload for V4L2_EVENT_VSYNC */
> @@ -1752,12 +1753,28 @@ struct v4l2_event_frame_sync {
>  	__u32 frame_sequence;
>  };
> 
> +#define V4L2_EVENT_MD_FL_HAVE_FRAME_SEQ	(1 << 0)
> +
> +/**
> + * struct v4l2_event_motion_det - motion detection event
> + * @flags:             if V4L2_EVENT_MD_FL_HAVE_FRAME_SEQ is set, then the
> + *                     frame_sequence field is valid.
> + * @frame_sequence:    the frame sequence number associated with this
> event.
> + * @region_mask:       which regions detected motion.
> + */
> +struct v4l2_event_motion_det {
> +	__u32 flags;
> +	__u32 frame_sequence;
> +	__u32 region_mask;

Will a 32-bit region mask be extensible enough ? What about hardware that 
could report motion detection as a (possibly low resolution) binary image ?

> +};
> +
>  struct v4l2_event {
>  	__u32				type;
>  	union {
>  		struct v4l2_event_vsync		vsync;
>  		struct v4l2_event_ctrl		ctrl;
>  		struct v4l2_event_frame_sync	frame_sync;
> +		struct v4l2_event_motion_det	motion_det;
>  		__u8				data[64];
>  	} u;
>  	__u32				pending;
-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart