/* * 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_TIMESTAMP_ALIGNER_H_ #define RTC_BASE_TIMESTAMP_ALIGNER_H_ #include #include "rtc_base/system/rtc_export.h" namespace rtc { // The TimestampAligner class helps translating timestamps of a capture system // into the same timescale as is used by rtc::TimeMicros(). Some capture systems // provide timestamps, which comes from the capturing hardware (camera or sound // card) or stamped close to the capturing hardware. Such timestamps are more // accurate (less jittery) than reading the system clock, but may have 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 capturer's clock. // This class is not thread safe, so all calls to it must be synchronized // externally. class RTC_EXPORT TimestampAligner { public: TimestampAligner(); ~TimestampAligner(); TimestampAligner(const TimestampAligner&) = delete; TimestampAligner& operator=(const TimestampAligner&) = delete; public: // Translates timestamps of a capture system to the same timescale as is used // by rtc::TimeMicros(). `capturer_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 capturer_time_us, int64_t system_time_us); // Returns the translated timestamp without updating the states. This is to // allow TimestampAligner to translate capturer time into system clock based // on earlier observations. It won't guarantee monotonicity. int64_t TranslateTimestamp(int64_t capturer_time_us) const; protected: // Update the estimated offset between capturer's time and system monotonic // time. int64_t UpdateOffset(int64_t capturer_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 capturer's time and system monotonic time. int64_t offset_us_; // State for the ClipTimestamp method, applied after the filter. // A large negative clock drift of the capturer 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_; // Offset between `prev_translated_time_us_` and the corresponding capturer // time. int64_t prev_time_offset_us_; }; } // namespace rtc #endif // RTC_BASE_TIMESTAMP_ALIGNER_H_