Camera capabilities API framework and shared OEM repository system
A method of handling a hardware request in a computing device including one or more processors, comprises receiving a request for a hardware-related function from an application service module, determining if the hardware-related function can be provided by an OEM-specific SDK; based on a determination that the hardware-related function can be provided by an OEM-specific SDK, providing commands and parameters related to the hardware-related function to the OEM-specific SDK; based on a determination that the hardware-related function cannot be provided by an OEM-specific SDK, providing commands and parameters related to the hardware-related function to an operating system hardware abstraction layer.
1. A method of handling a hardware request in a computing device including one or more processors, comprising:
receiving a request for a hardware-related function from an application service module;
determining if the hardware-related function can be provided by an OEM-specific SDK;
based on a determination that the hardware-related function can be provided by an OEM-specific SDK, providing commands and parameters related to the hardware-related function to the OEM-specific SDK; and
based on a determination that the hardware-related function cannot be provided by an OEM-specific SDK, providing commands and parameters related to the hardware-related function to an operating system hardware abstraction layer,
wherein the determining if the hardware-related function can be provided by an OEM-specific SDK is performed by integration code comprising a group of operating system hardware control interfaces that are standard to an operating system and a group of custom OEM hardware control interfaces corresponding to the OEM-specific SDK.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the determining is performed by a custom library downloaded to an OEM-specific hardware device.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the hardware-related function is supported by default in an operating system of the computing device and the request for the hardware-related function is a default request, the method further comprising:
providing commands and parameters related to the default request to the OEM-specific SDK.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein the application service module is contained in part of an application that is not OEM-specific.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein, after receiving commands and parameters related to the hardware-related function, the OEM-specific SDK calls the hardware abstraction layer.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein, after receiving commands and parameters related to the hardware-related function, the OEM-specific SDK interacts more directly with corresponding hardware, to accomplish the hardware-related function.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the request for the hardware-related function is received indirectly from the application service module via a service manager that is generic to an operating system running on the computing device.
8. A computer system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the computer system to perform operations for handling a hardware request, comprising:
receiving a request for a hardware-related function from an application service module;
determining if the hardware-related function can be provided by an OEM-specific SDK;
based on a determination that the hardware-related function can be provided by an OEM-specific SDK, providing commands and parameters related to the hardware-related function to the OEM-specific SDK; and
based on a determination that the hardware-related function cannot be provided by an OEM-specific SDK, providing commands and parameters related to the hardware-related function to an operating system hardware abstraction layer,
wherein the determining if the hardware-related function can be provided by an OEM-specific SDK is performed by integration code comprising a group of operating system hardware control interfaces that are standard to an operating system and a group of custom OEM hardware control interfaces corresponding to the OEM-specific SDK.
9. The computer system of claim 8 wherein the determining is performed by a custom library downloaded to an OEM-specific hardware device.
10. The computer system of claim 8 wherein the hardware-related function is supported by default in an operating system of the computing system and the request for the hardware-related function is a default request, the operations further comprising:
providing commands and parameters related to the default request to the OEM-specific SDK.
11. The computer system of claim 9 wherein the application service module is contained in part of an application that is not OEM-specific.
12. The computer system of claim 8 wherein, after receiving commands and parameters related to the hardware-related function, the OEM-specific SDK calls the hardware abstraction layer.
13. The computer system of claim 8 wherein, after receiving commands and parameters related to the hardware-related function, the OEM-specific SDK interacts more directly with corresponding hardware, to accomplish the hardware-related function.
14. The computer system of claim 8 wherein the request for the hardware-related function is received indirectly from the application service module via a service manager that is generic to an operating system running on the computing device.