# Argus 0.97.3 setting camera sharpness in edge enhancement having issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Jetson TX2\ **Tags:** camera\ **Created:** [December 20, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536 "2021-12-20T20:40:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jon7](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@jon7](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/jon7)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/1 "2021-12-20T20:40:02Z")
Hello, We are using TX2 and two leopard imaging IMX577 cameras. The OS of TX2 is L4T 32.5.0. Argus 0.97.3. I found that if I set the strength of edge enhancement to say 0.15, then when I read the strength value from the meta data of the frames, its value is 0.85, which is 1 minus 0.15. I have tried multiple values with all 3 modes (EDGE\_ENHANCE\_MODE\_OFF, EDGE\_ENHANCE\_MODE\_FAST and EDGE\_ENHANCE\_MODE\_HIGH\_QUALITY), this applies to all of them. Is there any reason why the strength value read from the metadata of the frame equals 1 minus the value set? Here is how I set the edge enhancement: ```cpp bool IMX577StereoCamera::configCameraSharpness(IEdgeEnhanceSettings *iEdgeEnhanceSettings, const IMX577Sharpness& sharpnessConfig) { bool res = false; Argus::Status status = STATUS_OK; if(iEdgeEnhanceSettings != nullptr) { if(sharpnessConfig.m_strength >= 0 && sharpnessConfig.m_strength <= 1) { status = iEdgeEnhanceSettings->setEdgeEnhanceMode(*(sharpnessConfig.m_mode)); if(status == STATUS_OK) { status = iEdgeEnhanceSettings->setEdgeEnhanceStrength(sharpnessConfig.m_strength); if(status == STATUS_OK) { res = true; } else { logAndThrow("Error setting sharpness strength", __FILE__ , __LINE__ ); } } else { logAndThrow("Error setting sharpness mode", __FILE__ , __LINE__ ); } } else { std::stringstream ss; ss << VAR_VAL_STREAM(sharpnessConfig.m_strength) << " out of range [0,1]"; logAndThrow(ss.str(), __FILE__ , __LINE__ ); } } else { std::stringstream ss; ss << "nullptr found, " << VAR_VAL_STREAM(iEdgeEnhanceSettings); logAndThrow(ss.str(), __FILE__ , __LINE__ ); } return res; } ``` Here is how I read the settings from the frame: ```cpp void LIIMX577Camera::getCurCamSettings(Argus::UniqueObj& frame) { LIIMX577CameraSetting setting; EGLStream::IArgusCaptureMetadata *iArgusCaptureMetadata = interface_cast(frame); if(iArgusCaptureMetadata == nullptr) { logAndThrow("Cannot get IArgusCaptureMetadata", __FILE__ , __LINE__ ); } CaptureMetadata *metadata = iArgusCaptureMetadata->getMetadata(); if(metadata == nullptr) { logAndThrow("Cannot get CaptureMetadata", __FILE__ , __LINE__ ); } ICaptureMetadata *iMetadata = interface_cast(metadata); if(metadata == nullptr) { logAndThrow("Cannot get ICaptureMetadata", __FILE__ , __LINE__ ); } IEdgeEnhanceMetadata *iEdgeEnahenceMetadata = interface_cast(metadata); if(iEdgeEnahenceMetadata == nullptr) { logAndThrow("Cannot get IEdgeEnhanceMetadata", __FILE__ , __LINE__ ); } /* sharpness setting */ setting.m_sharpness.m_mode.reset(new Argus::EdgeEnhanceMode(iEdgeEnahenceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceMode())); setting.m_sharpness.m_strength = iEdgeEnahenceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength(); MMI_INFO_LOG_L << "setting.m_sharpness.m_strength" << setting.m_sharpness.m_strength; // .... More code } ``` ---
**Author:** ![ShaneCCC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/shaneccc/32/14043_2.png) [@ShaneCCC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/ShaneCCC)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/3 "2021-12-21T06:57:03Z")
I just check on r32.6.1 with argus\_camera by below modify without problem. ```auto diff --git a/public/apps/camera/modules/Dispatcher.cpp b/public/apps/camera/modules/Dispatcher.cpp index 6c0153e..aac8830 100644 --- a/public/apps/camera/modules/Dispatcher.cpp +++ b/public/apps/camera/modules/Dispatcher.cpp @@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ private: ORIGINATE_ERROR("Failed to set the edge enhancement strength"); } + printf("get EdgeEnhanceStrength %f\n", m_iEdgeEnhanceSettings->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()); PROPAGATE_ERROR(Dispatcher::getInstance().restartActiveRequests()); return true; ``` ---
**Author:** ![jon7](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@jon7](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/jon7)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/4 "2021-12-21T09:29:02Z")
Hi Shane, I am using different version than yours. Can you check 32.5.0? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![jon7](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@jon7](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/jon7)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/5 "2021-12-21T20:12:34Z")
Hi Shane, I have just double checked the change you ve made to argus\_camera. The difference is that I am reading the edge enhancement data from metadata of the frame. If you read my code in detail, you will find that I am reading the edge enhancement metadata. It shows 1 minus the value that I set to. Update: I have tried to read the edge enhance strength from IEdgeEnhanceSettings \* interface. The value equals to the one I set to. So, I think I need a explanation of why the edge enhancement strength read from metadata is 1 minus the value I set to. Thanks, Jon ---
**Author:** ![ShaneCCC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/shaneccc/32/14043_2.png) [@ShaneCCC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/ShaneCCC)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/6 "2021-12-22T03:12:21Z")
Could you read it after few frames after set the value. ---
**Author:** ![jon7](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@jon7](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/jon7)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/7 "2021-12-22T08:33:50Z")
Hi Shane, I have tried to read the edge enhancement strength from metadata after few frames, I had the same results. it is still 1 minus the value I set to. I also modified the argus\_camera, I got the same result. The edge enhancement strength from metadata is still 1 minus the value I set to… Here is the code I added: ```cpp // edge enhancement strengh const Argus::IEdgeEnhanceMetadata *iEdgeEnhanceMetadata = Argus::interface_cast(metaData); if(iEdgeEnhanceMetadata) { printf("iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=%.4f\n", iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()); } else { PROPAGATE_ERROR(dispatcher.message("Cannot get iEdgeEnhanceMetadata\n")); } ``` This code is added to argus/apps/camera/modules/EventThread.cpp file, line 133. I also attached the EventThread.cpp for your reference. [EventThread.cpp](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/uploads/short-url/bAUX2mCSNcVSfo2LfmG0yKN2KA6.cpp) (6.9 KB) But I found that the strength does work and if the larger the value, the more edge enhancement applied, although I set the value to 0.9 and the meta data read back as 0.1. Please provide some explanation to this. Is this a bug of the argus library? or the bug of the camera? Or what happened there? ---
**Author:** ![ShaneCCC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/shaneccc/32/14043_2.png) [@ShaneCCC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/ShaneCCC)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/8 "2021-12-22T09:14:34Z")
I didn’t get the message by add your code. I am run the argus\_camera by ssh remotely. ```auto ./argus_camera --edgeenhancestrength=0.5 ``` ---
**Author:** ![jon7](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@jon7](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/jon7)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/9 "2021-12-22T09:23:33Z")
I am using the argus\_camera GUI. In the GUI, Enable verbose and KPI. Select multi-session. And I have 2 cameras. If you can follow my steps, you should be able to see the message from terminal. ---
**Author:** ![ShaneCCC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/shaneccc/32/14043_2.png) [@ShaneCCC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/ShaneCCC)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/10 "2021-12-22T09:41:28Z")
Looks like the 32.6.1 have fix your problem. ```auto ./argus_camera --kpi=1 --edgeenhancestrength=0.5 Executing Argus Sample Application (argus_camera) Argus Version: 0.98.3 (multi-process) PerfTracker: app initial 577 ms PerfTracker 1: app intialized to task start 441 ms get EdgeEnhanceStrength 0.500000 PerfTracker 1: task start to issue capture 56 ms PerfTracker 1: first request 294 ms PerfTracker 1: total launch time 1369 ms iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 PerfTracker 1: frameRate 24.41 frames per second at 0 Seconds iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 PerfTracker 1: framedrop current request 0, total 0 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 PerfTracker 1: latency 91 ms average, min 89 max 97 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 iEdgeEnhanceMetadata->getEdgeEnhanceStrength()=0.5000 ``` ---
**Author:** ![jon7](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@jon7](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/jon7)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/11 "2021-12-22T21:15:50Z")
Hi Shane, If you set strength to 0.5, I cannot really see if it fixed it or not, since 1-0.5=0.5. Could you try some other values. For example: ```nohighlight # Check if strength value from meta data is 0.85 or 0.15 ./argus_camera --kpi=1 --edgeenhancestrength=0.15 # Check if strength value from meta data is 0.3 or 0.7 ./argus_camera --kpi=1 --edgeenhancestrength=0.7 ``` Thank you Jon ---
**Author:** ![ShaneCCC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/shaneccc/32/14043_2.png) [@ShaneCCC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/ShaneCCC)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/12 "2021-12-23T03:28:32Z")
OK, I saw the problem will check it and update it. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![jon7](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@jon7](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/jon7)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/13 "2021-12-31T18:20:04Z")
Hi Shane, Could you clarify with me that is it an bug from argus lib? Also, I need to confirm the behavior with you. Say if I set the strength to 0.8 and I read 0.2 back from the meta data. Is the actual strength used by camera 0.8 or 0.2? I need more detailed explanation here. Thanks, Jon ---
**Author:** ![jon7](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@jon7](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/jon7)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/15 "2022-01-03T19:22:32Z")
Hi Shane, any response to my most recent post? ---
**Author:** ![ShaneCCC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/shaneccc/32/14043_2.png) [@ShaneCCC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/ShaneCCC)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/16 "2022-01-04T03:02:42Z")
I am consulting with developer to clarify it once get result will update to you. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![ShaneCCC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/shaneccc/32/14043_2.png) [@ShaneCCC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/ShaneCCC)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/17 "2022-01-05T05:55:57Z")
@jon7 Just confirm it’s a bug and will fix in next release. For your current version you can consider the value get from metadata classes substracted by 1 Also valid range is [0-1] for manual mode strength. If negative value is set it will be treated as auto mode ---
**Author:** ![jon7](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@jon7](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/jon7)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/18 "2022-01-09T07:31:01Z")
> [@ShaneCCC](#): > > For your current version you can consider the value get from metadata classes substracted by 1 I would like to clarify your statement above. Let us take an example, say if I set the strength to 0.15. Then I read 0.85 back from the metadata. Based on your statement, the actual value I should use is 1-0.85=0.15. Is my understanding correct? > [@ShaneCCC](#): > > Also valid range is [0-1] for manual mode strength. We have 3 modes for edge enhancement, EDGE\_ENHANCE\_MODE\_OFF, EDGE\_ENHANCE\_MODE\_FAST and EDGE\_ENHANCE\_MODE\_HIGH\_QUALITY. When you talk about manual mode, do you refer to EDGE\_ENHANCE\_MODE\_FAST and EDGE\_ENHANCE\_MODE\_HIGH\_QUALITY? > [@ShaneCCC](#): > > If negative value is set it will be treated as auto mode Where can I set the edge enhancement auto mode? is auto mode the same as EDGE\_ENHANCE\_MODE\_FAST or EDGE\_ENHANCE\_MODE\_HIGH\_QUALITY? Thanks, Jon ---
**Author:** ![jon7](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@jon7](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/jon7)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/argus-0-97-3-setting-camera-sharpness-in-edge-enhancement-having-issue/198536/19 "2022-01-15T08:21:56Z")
Hi @ShaneCCC , Can you reply my post please? Thanks, Jon ---
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Yes, that is correct. > [@jon7](#): > > the actual value I should use is 1-0.85=0.15. Is my understanding correct? Auto mode should be the EDGE\_ENHANCE\_MODE\_FAST ---
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