sphere

Logitech Sphere camera. More...

Logitech Sphere camera.

This driver is a heavily modified version of the camerav4l one developed by Andrew Howard. The sphere driver captures images from a Logitech Sphere cameras. It differs from a normal Video4Linux device in that it has a built in Pan/Tilt/Zoom unit, so this driver supports multiple interfaces.

Date:

1.2.2005

Compile-time dependencies

• <linux/videodev.h>

Provides

• camera
• ptz

Requires

• none

Configuration requests

• none

Configuration file options

• port (string)
  • Default: "/dev/video0"
  • Device to read video data from.

• size (integer tuple)
  • Default: 320 x 240
  • Desired image size. This may not be honoured if the driver does not support the requested size).

• mode (string)
  • Default: "RGB888"
  • Desired capture mode. Can be one of:
    • GREY (8-bit monochrome)
    • RGB24P (24-bit planar RGB)
    • RGB888 (24-bit RGB)
    • YUV420P (planar YUV data; not currently implemented)

• save (integer)
  • Default: 0
  • Debugging option: set this to write each frame as an image file on disk.

• framerate (integer)
  • Default: 10
  • The framerate (0..63Hz)

• shutter_speed (integer)
  • Default: 64000
  • The shutter speed (1..65535)

• compression_preference (integer)
  • Default: 2
  • Set compression preference (0..2)

• automatic_gain (integer)
  • Default: 10000
  • Set automatic gain control (0..65535)

• automatic_wb (string)
  • Default: "auto"
  • Set automatic wb mode (auto/manual/indoor/outdoor/fl)

• sharpness (integer)
  • Default: -1
  • The image sharpness (0...65535)

• backlight (integer)
  • Default: 0
  • Set backlight compensation (0=off, other=on)

• flicker (integer)
  • Default: 0
  • Set antiflicker mode (0=off, other=on)

• noise_reduction (integer)
  • Default: 0
  • Set noise reduction mode (0=none...3=high)

• dump_settings (integer)
  • Default: 0
  • Output settings to display when driver starts (0=off, other=on)

• debug (integer)
  • Default: 0
  • Display a copy of the image on localhost (0=off, other=on)

Example

driver
(
  name "spheredriver"
  provides ["camera:0"
            "ptz:0"]
  port "/dev/video0"
  size [320 240]
  mode "RGB24"
  automatic_wb "fl"
  framerate 30
  shutter_speed   64000
  automatic_gain  10000
  dump_settings 0
)

Author:

Brad Kratochvil