The Python interface to Imatest IT provides a simple means of invoking Imatest’s tests. This post will show how Imatest runs can be automated, then the results of those tests can be collected and easily processed. For this example, we will run five Imatest modules across three light levels, then extract CPIQ quality loss metrics.
Development Setup
Image Collection
For each device, we capture the following set of images of different test charts at different light levels: (Note: full details will be available with the publication of the standard in March of 2017)
- DeviceX_eSFR_5000KLED_1000lux.JPG
- DeviceX_eSFR_TL84_100lux.JPG
- DeviceX_eSFR_Tung_10lux.JPG
- DeviceX_Dot_5000KLED_1000lux.JPG
- DeviceX_Dot_TL84_100lux.JPG
- DeviceX_Dot_Tung_10lux.JPG
- DeviceX_SG_5000KLED_1000lux.JPG
- DeviceX_SG_TL84_100lux.JPG
- DeviceX_SG_Tung_10lux.JPG
- DeviceX_Coins_5000KLED_1000lux.JPG
- DeviceX_Coins_TL84_100lux.JPG
- DeviceX_Coins_Tung_10lux.JPG
- DeviceX_Unif_100lux.JPG
Running All The Tests
Once we have these images collected in a folder named “DeviceX”, we define our lighting conditions, initialize the Imatest IT library and run our processing function on this and a number of other devices:
led5k = "5000KLED_1000lux" # Light Levels
tl84 = "TL84_100lux"
tung = "Tung_10lux"
light_conditions = [led5k, tl84, tung]
imatest = ImatestLibrary()
phones = ['DeviceX', # Just for example...
'DeviceY',
'DeviceZ']
for phone in phones:
calc_phone(phone)
imatest.terminate_library()
The main processing script invokes the five modules, collects their data outputs and saves them to a JSON file:
def calc_phone(phone):
print('Calculating Metrics for '+phone+ ' *****************************')
uniformity_results = uniformity(phone) # Uniformity
multitest_results = multitest(phone) # Multitest
dotpattern_results = dotpattern(phone) # Dot Pattern
esfriso_results = esfriso(phone) # eSFR ISO
random_results = random(phone) # Random
# Output data to disk
file_name = os.path.join(images_dir, phone, phone + '.json')
with open(file_name, 'w') as outfile:
full_data = {'multitest' : multitest_results,
'dotpattern' : dotpattern_results,
'esfriso' : esfriso_results,
'random' : random_results,
'uniformity' : uniformity_results}
json.dump(full_data, outfile, indent=4, separators=(',',': '))
return full_data
We call the Imatest eSFR ISO module for each specified lighting condition:
# eSFR ISO (ISO 12233:2014) is used to test Visual Noise (VN)
# and Spatial Frequency Response (SFR)
def esfriso(base):
global images_dir, ini_file, light_conditions, op_mode
output = {}
for light_source in light_conditions:
print('Testing ' + base + ' eSFR ISO at ' + light_source)
input_file = os.path.join(images_dir, base, base+'_eSFR_'+light_source+'.jpg')
if os.path.exists(input_file) != True:
raise Exception('File ' + input_file + 'not found!')
print('opening ' + input_file)
result = imatest.esfriso_json(input_file=input_file, root_dir=root_dir,
op_mode=op_mode, ini_file=ini_file)
data = json.loads(result)
output[light_source] = data['esfrisoResults'];
return output
On the fly INI file changes
The most difficult part of this processing is to manually update region selections for the calls to Multitest, which does not yet have automatic region detection for the Colorchecker SG target (coming soon…).
In this case, we are we replacing the [sg] roi, nwid_save, and nht_save keys with the values stored in this multicharts-rois.json file:
{
"DeviceX_SG_5000KLED_1000lux.JPG": "468 417 2122 1578 468 1588 2102 397",
"DeviceX_SG_TL84_100lux.JPG":"482 376 2142 1571 482 1561 2157 376",
"DeviceX_SG_Tung_10lux.JPG":"386 336 2016 1492 401 1497 2021 321",
"width":"2592",
"height":"1936"
}
We use this script to modify INI files to dynamically insert different settings:
import ConfigParser
def get_config(path): # Used make ConfigParser case sensitive
config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
config.optionxform=str # make configparser preserve case
try:
config.read(os.path.expanduser(path))
return config
except Exception, e:
log.error(e)
def setROI(roi,width,height):
global ini_file
imatestini = get_config(ini_file)
imatestini.set('ccsg', 'roi', roi)
imatestini.set('ccsg', 'nwid_save', width)
imatestini.set('ccsg', 'nht_save', height)
with open(tempINI, 'w') as outfile:
imatestini.write(outfile)
return
These functions are then called using the values loaded from the JSON file inside of our multicharts function call:
roi_overrides = {}
roi_overrides_lower = {}
roi_override_file = os.path.join(images_dir,base,'multicharts-rois.json')
if os.path.exists(roi_override_file):
with open(roi_override_file,'r') as fh: # read ROI override file
roi_overrides = json.load(fh)
for override, rois in roi_overrides.iteritems(): # convert to lowercase
roi_overrides_lower[override.lower()] = rois
else:
raise Exception('ROI override file ' + roi_override_file + ' not found.')
if image_file.lower() in roi_overrides_lower:
setROI(roi_overrides_lower[image_file.lower()], roi_overrides['width'], roi_overrides['height'])
selectedINI = tempINI
else:
raise Exception('Missing ROI override for ' + image_file)
Extracting Scores
Finally, we extract Key Performance Indicators (KPI), which are all in perceptual quality loss (QL) in units of just noticeable differences (JND). This script is a bit long for this post, so view the source on Github if you are interested./
Here is the resulting set of calculated metrics in JSON format:
{ 'DeviceX':
{ 'CL_QL': { '5000KLED_1000lux': 0.9142,
'TL84_100lux': 0.1803,
'Tung_10lux': 2.565},
'CU_QL': 0.07498,
'LCD_QL': 0,
'LGD_QL': 0,
'SFR_QL': { '5000KLED_1000lux': 0.0,
'TL84_100lux': 0.1969,
'Tung_10lux': 0.3946},
'TB_QL': { '5000KLED_1000lux': 1.2,
'TL84_100lux': 6.25,
'Tung_10lux': 9.1},
'VN_QL': { '5000KLED_1000lux': 1.113,
'TL84_100lux': 2.409,
'Tung_10lux': 8.531}},
'Combined_QL': 11.0245
}
Once test procedures and combined score calculations are finalized by the IEEE Conformity Assessment Program, these outputs will be combined into a simple camera phone rating score.
The full python source code for this example is posted on GitHub.
To add these automation capabilities to your existing Imatest Master license, upgrade to Imatest Ultimate. You can also request a free 30-day trial of Imatest IT to see how this works for you before you purchase.
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