/* * Copyright (c) 2016 The WebRTC Project Authors. All rights reserved. * * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license * that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source * tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found * in the file PATENTS. All contributing project authors may * be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree. */ #ifndef RTC_BASE_TIMESTAMPALIGNER_H_ #define RTC_BASE_TIMESTAMPALIGNER_H_ #include #include "rtc_base/constructormagic.h" namespace rtc { // The TimestampAligner class helps translating camera timestamps into // the same timescale as is used by rtc::TimeMicros(). Some cameras // have built in timestamping which is more accurate than reading the // system clock, but using a different epoch and unknown clock drift. // Frame timestamps in webrtc should use rtc::TimeMicros (system monotonic // time), and this class provides a filter which lets us use the // rtc::TimeMicros timescale, and at the same time take advantage of // higher accuracy of the camera clock. // This class is not thread safe, so all calls to it must be synchronized // externally. class TimestampAligner { public: TimestampAligner(); ~TimestampAligner(); public: // Translates camera timestamps to the same timescale as is used by // rtc::TimeMicros(). |camera_time_us| is assumed to be accurate, but // with an unknown epoch and clock drift. |system_time_us| is // time according to rtc::TimeMicros(), preferably read as soon as // possible when the frame is captured. It may have poor accuracy // due to poor resolution or scheduling delays. Returns the // translated timestamp. int64_t TranslateTimestamp(int64_t camera_time_us, int64_t system_time_us); protected: // Update the estimated offset between camera time and system monotonic time. int64_t UpdateOffset(int64_t camera_time_us, int64_t system_time_us); // Clip timestamp, return value is always // <= |system_time_us|, and // >= min(|prev_translated_time_us_| + |kMinFrameIntervalUs|, // |system_time_us|). int64_t ClipTimestamp(int64_t filtered_time_us, int64_t system_time_us); private: // State for the timestamp translation. int frames_seen_; // Estimated offset between camera time and system monotonic time. int64_t offset_us_; // State for the ClipTimestamp method, applied after the filter. // A large negative camera clock drift tends to push translated // timestamps into the future. |clip_bias_us_| is subtracted from the // translated timestamps, to get them back from the future. int64_t clip_bias_us_; // Used to ensure that translated timestamps are monotonous. int64_t prev_translated_time_us_; RTC_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TimestampAligner); }; } // namespace rtc #endif // RTC_BASE_TIMESTAMPALIGNER_H_