[PATCH libinput 3/5] tablet: add pressure threshold handling

Peter Hutterer peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Mon Jan 4 17:21:07 PST 2016


On tablets with ABS_PRESSURE use a pressure value to determine tip state, not
BTN_TOUCH. This enables us (down the road) to have device-specific pressure
thresholds. For now we use a 5% default for all devices.

The threshold is a range, if we go past the upper range we initiate the tip
down, if we go below the lower range we release the tip again.

This affects two current tests:
* Once we have pressure offsets and pressure thresholds, we're biased towards
pressure. So we can only check that distance is zero when there is a pressure
value, not the other way round.
* When the pressure threshold is exceeded on proximity in with a nonzero
distance, we can only warn and handle the pressure as normal. Since this is a
niche case anyway anything fancier is likely unnecessary.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
---
 doc/tablet-support.dox | 16 +++++++++
 src/evdev-tablet.c     | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 src/libinput-private.h |  8 +++++
 test/tablet.c          | 67 ++++++++++++-----------------------
 4 files changed, 122 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/tablet-support.dox b/doc/tablet-support.dox
index fbe778d..a3d4d7b 100644
--- a/doc/tablet-support.dox
+++ b/doc/tablet-support.dox
@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@ Tablet tools may send button events; these are exclusively for extra buttons
 unrelated to the tip. A button event is independent of the tip and occur
 at any time.
 
+Some tablet tools' pressure detection is too sensitive, causing phantom
+touches when the user only slightly brushes the surfaces. For example, some
+tools are capable of detecting 1 gram of pressure.
+
+libinput uses a device-specific pressure threshold to determine when the tip
+is considered logically down. As a result, libinput may send a nonzero
+pressure value while the tip is logically up. Most application can and
+should ignore pressure information until they receive the event of type @ref
+LIBINPUT_EVENT_TABLET_TOOL_TIP. Applications that require extremely
+fine-grained pressure sensitivity should use the pressure data instead of
+the tip events.
+
+Note that the pressure threshold to trigger a logical tip event may be zero
+on some devices. On tools without pressure sensitivity, determining when a
+tip is down is device-specific.
+
 @section tablet-axes Special axes on tablet tools
 
 A tablet tool usually provides additional information beyond x/y positional
diff --git a/src/evdev-tablet.c b/src/evdev-tablet.c
index 7f6c860..2f57805 100644
--- a/src/evdev-tablet.c
+++ b/src/evdev-tablet.c
@@ -617,10 +617,15 @@ tablet_process_key(struct tablet_dispatch *tablet,
 				   e->value);
 		break;
 	case BTN_TOUCH:
-		if (e->value)
-			tablet_set_status(tablet, TABLET_TOOL_ENTERING_CONTACT);
-		else
-			tablet_set_status(tablet, TABLET_TOOL_LEAVING_CONTACT);
+		if (!bit_is_set(tablet->axis_caps,
+				LIBINPUT_TABLET_TOOL_AXIS_PRESSURE)) {
+			if (e->value)
+				tablet_set_status(tablet,
+						  TABLET_TOOL_ENTERING_CONTACT);
+			else
+				tablet_set_status(tablet,
+						  TABLET_TOOL_LEAVING_CONTACT);
+		}
 		break;
 	case BTN_LEFT:
 	case BTN_RIGHT:
@@ -844,6 +849,12 @@ tool_set_bits(const struct tablet_dispatch *tablet,
 	}
 }
 
+static inline int
+axis_range_percentage(const struct input_absinfo *a, double percent)
+{
+	return (a->maximum - a->minimum) * percent/100.0 + a->minimum;
+}
+
 static struct libinput_tablet_tool *
 tablet_get_tool(struct tablet_dispatch *tablet,
 		enum libinput_tablet_tool_type type,
@@ -894,12 +905,22 @@ tablet_get_tool(struct tablet_dispatch *tablet,
 
 		tool->pressure_offset = 0;
 		tool->has_pressure_offset = false;
+		tool->pressure_threshold.lower = 0;
+		tool->pressure_threshold.upper = 1;
 
 		pressure = libevdev_get_abs_info(tablet->device->evdev,
 						 ABS_PRESSURE);
-		if (pressure)
+		if (pressure) {
 			tool->pressure_offset = pressure->minimum;
 
+			/* 5% of the pressure range */
+			tool->pressure_threshold.upper =
+				pressure->minimum +
+				axis_range_percentage(pressure, 5);
+			tool->pressure_threshold.lower =
+				pressure->minimum;
+		}
+
 		tool_set_bits(tablet, tool);
 
 		list_insert(tool_list, &tool->link);
@@ -965,7 +986,8 @@ tablet_notify_buttons(struct tablet_dispatch *tablet,
 }
 
 static void
-sanitize_pressure_distance(struct tablet_dispatch *tablet)
+sanitize_pressure_distance(struct tablet_dispatch *tablet,
+			   struct libinput_tablet_tool *tool)
 {
 	bool tool_in_contact;
 	const struct input_absinfo *distance,
@@ -974,9 +996,14 @@ sanitize_pressure_distance(struct tablet_dispatch *tablet)
 	distance = libevdev_get_abs_info(tablet->device->evdev, ABS_DISTANCE);
 	pressure = libevdev_get_abs_info(tablet->device->evdev, ABS_PRESSURE);
 
-	tool_in_contact = (tablet_has_status(tablet, TABLET_TOOL_IN_CONTACT) ||
-			   tablet_has_status(tablet,
-					     TABLET_TOOL_ENTERING_CONTACT));
+	if (!pressure || !distance)
+		return;
+
+	if (!bit_is_set(tablet->changed_axes, LIBINPUT_TABLET_TOOL_AXIS_DISTANCE) &&
+	    !bit_is_set(tablet->changed_axes, LIBINPUT_TABLET_TOOL_AXIS_PRESSURE))
+		return;
+
+	tool_in_contact = (pressure->value > tool->pressure_offset);
 
 	/* Keep distance and pressure mutually exclusive */
 	if (distance &&
@@ -1017,16 +1044,11 @@ sanitize_mouse_lens_rotation(struct tablet_dispatch *tablet)
 		set_bit(tablet->changed_axes, LIBINPUT_TABLET_TOOL_AXIS_ROTATION_Z);
 }
 
-static inline int
-axis_range_percentage(const struct input_absinfo *a, int percent)
-{
-	return (a->maximum - a->minimum) * percent/100 + a->minimum;
-}
-
 static void
-sanitize_tablet_axes(struct tablet_dispatch *tablet)
+sanitize_tablet_axes(struct tablet_dispatch *tablet,
+		     struct libinput_tablet_tool *tool)
 {
-	sanitize_pressure_distance(tablet);
+	sanitize_pressure_distance(tablet, tool);
 	sanitize_mouse_lens_rotation(tablet);
 }
 
@@ -1086,6 +1108,41 @@ detect_pressure_offset(struct tablet_dispatch *tablet,
 }
 
 static void
+detect_tool_contact(struct tablet_dispatch *tablet,
+		    struct evdev_device *device,
+		    struct libinput_tablet_tool *tool)
+{
+	int pressure;
+
+	if (!bit_is_set(tool->axis_caps, LIBINPUT_TABLET_TOOL_AXIS_PRESSURE))
+		return;
+
+	/* if we have pressure, always use that for contact, not BTN_TOUCH */
+	if (tablet_has_status(tablet, TABLET_TOOL_ENTERING_CONTACT))
+		log_bug_libinput(device->base.seat->libinput,
+				 "Invalid status: entering contact\n");
+	if (tablet_has_status(tablet, TABLET_TOOL_LEAVING_CONTACT) &&
+	    !tablet_has_status(tablet, TABLET_TOOL_LEAVING_PROXIMITY))
+		log_bug_libinput(device->base.seat->libinput,
+				 "Invalid status: leaving contact\n");
+
+	pressure = libevdev_get_event_value(tablet->device->evdev,
+					    EV_ABS,
+					    ABS_PRESSURE);
+
+	if (tool->has_pressure_offset)
+		pressure -= tool->pressure_offset;
+
+	if (pressure <= tool->pressure_threshold.lower &&
+	    tablet_has_status(tablet, TABLET_TOOL_IN_CONTACT)) {
+		tablet_set_status(tablet, TABLET_TOOL_LEAVING_CONTACT);
+	} else if (pressure >= tool->pressure_threshold.upper &&
+		   !tablet_has_status(tablet, TABLET_TOOL_IN_CONTACT)) {
+		tablet_set_status(tablet, TABLET_TOOL_ENTERING_CONTACT);
+	}
+}
+
+static void
 tablet_mark_all_axes_changed(struct tablet_dispatch *tablet,
 			     struct libinput_tablet_tool *tool)
 {
@@ -1188,7 +1245,8 @@ tablet_flush(struct tablet_dispatch *tablet,
 				      TABLET_TOOL_ENTERING_PROXIMITY))
 			tablet_mark_all_axes_changed(tablet, tool);
 		detect_pressure_offset(tablet, device, tool);
-		sanitize_tablet_axes(tablet);
+		detect_tool_contact(tablet, device, tool);
+		sanitize_tablet_axes(tablet, tool);
 		tablet_check_notify_axes(tablet, device, time, tool);
 
 		tablet_unset_status(tablet, TABLET_TOOL_ENTERING_PROXIMITY);
diff --git a/src/libinput-private.h b/src/libinput-private.h
index 3d714af..5238e64 100644
--- a/src/libinput-private.h
+++ b/src/libinput-private.h
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ struct normalized_range_coords {
 	double x, y;
 };
 
+/* A threshold with an upper and lower limit */
+struct threshold {
+	int upper;
+	int lower;
+};
+
 struct libinput_interface_backend {
 	int (*resume)(struct libinput *libinput);
 	void (*suspend)(struct libinput *libinput);
@@ -277,6 +283,8 @@ struct libinput_tablet_tool {
 	int refcount;
 	void *user_data;
 
+	/* The pressure threshold assumes a pressure_offset of 0 */
+	struct threshold pressure_threshold;
 	int pressure_offset; /* in device coordinates */
 	bool has_pressure_offset;
 };
diff --git a/test/tablet.c b/test/tablet.c
index fc6d1df..0ddad77 100644
--- a/test/tablet.c
+++ b/test/tablet.c
@@ -2528,7 +2528,7 @@ START_TEST(tablet_pressure_distance_exclusive)
 	struct libinput_event_tablet_tool *tev;
 	struct axis_replacement axes[] = {
 		{ ABS_DISTANCE, 10 },
-		{ ABS_PRESSURE, 20 }, /* see the litest device */
+		{ ABS_PRESSURE, 0 },
 		{ -1, -1 },
 	};
 	double pressure, distance;
@@ -2536,6 +2536,7 @@ START_TEST(tablet_pressure_distance_exclusive)
 	litest_tablet_proximity_in(dev, 5, 100, axes);
 	litest_drain_events(li);
 
+	litest_axis_set_value(axes, ABS_PRESSURE, 2);
 	litest_tablet_motion(dev, 70, 70, axes);
 	libinput_dispatch(li);
 
@@ -2545,28 +2546,8 @@ START_TEST(tablet_pressure_distance_exclusive)
 	pressure = libinput_event_tablet_tool_get_pressure(tev);
 	distance = libinput_event_tablet_tool_get_distance(tev);
 
-	ck_assert_double_eq(pressure, 0.0);
-	ck_assert_double_ne(distance, 0.0);
-
-	libinput_event_destroy(event);
-
-	litest_axis_set_value(axes, ABS_DISTANCE, 15);
-	litest_axis_set_value(axes, ABS_PRESSURE, 25);
-	litest_event(dev, EV_KEY, BTN_TOUCH, 1);
-	litest_tablet_motion(dev, 30, 30, axes);
-	libinput_dispatch(li);
-
-	litest_wait_for_event_of_type(li,
-				      LIBINPUT_EVENT_TABLET_TOOL_AXIS,
-				      -1);
-	event = libinput_get_event(li);
-	tev = libinput_event_get_tablet_tool_event(event);
-
-	pressure = libinput_event_tablet_tool_get_pressure(tev);
-	distance = libinput_event_tablet_tool_get_distance(tev);
-
-	ck_assert_double_eq(distance, 0.0);
 	ck_assert_double_ne(pressure, 0.0);
+	ck_assert_double_eq(distance, 0.0);
 
 	libinput_event_destroy(event);
 }
@@ -2933,6 +2914,18 @@ START_TEST(tablet_pressure_offset_increase)
 }
 END_TEST
 
+static void pressure_threshold_warning(struct libinput *libinput,
+				       enum libinput_log_priority priority,
+				       const char *format,
+				       va_list args)
+{
+	int *warning_triggered = (int*)libinput_get_user_data(libinput);
+
+	if (priority == LIBINPUT_LOG_PRIORITY_ERROR &&
+	    strstr(format, "pressure offset greater"))
+		(*warning_triggered)++;
+}
+
 START_TEST(tablet_pressure_offset_exceed_threshold)
 {
 	struct litest_device *dev = litest_current_device();
@@ -2945,40 +2938,24 @@ START_TEST(tablet_pressure_offset_exceed_threshold)
 		{ -1, -1 },
 	};
 	double pressure;
+	int warning_triggered = 0;
 
 	litest_drain_events(li);
 
-	litest_disable_log_handler(li);
+	libinput_set_user_data(li, &warning_triggered);
+
+	libinput_log_set_handler(li, pressure_threshold_warning);
 	litest_tablet_proximity_in(dev, 5, 100, axes);
 	libinput_dispatch(li);
 	event = libinput_get_event(li);
 	tev = litest_is_tablet_event(event,
 				     LIBINPUT_EVENT_TABLET_TOOL_PROXIMITY);
 	pressure = libinput_event_tablet_tool_get_pressure(tev);
-	ck_assert_double_eq(pressure, 0.0);
+	ck_assert_double_gt(pressure, 0.0);
 	libinput_event_destroy(event);
+
+	ck_assert_int_eq(warning_triggered, 1);
 	litest_restore_log_handler(li);
-
-	litest_axis_set_value(axes, ABS_DISTANCE, 0);
-	litest_axis_set_value(axes, ABS_PRESSURE, 31);
-	litest_push_event_frame(dev);
-	litest_tablet_motion(dev, 70, 70, axes);
-	litest_event(dev, EV_KEY, BTN_TOUCH, 1);
-	litest_pop_event_frame(dev);
-	libinput_dispatch(li);
-	litest_drain_events(li);
-
-	litest_axis_set_value(axes, ABS_PRESSURE, 30);
-	litest_tablet_motion(dev, 70, 70, axes);
-	libinput_dispatch(li);
-
-	event = libinput_get_event(li);
-	tev = litest_is_tablet_event(event,
-				     LIBINPUT_EVENT_TABLET_TOOL_AXIS);
-	pressure = libinput_event_tablet_tool_get_pressure(tev);
-	ck_assert_double_gt(pressure, 0.0);
-
-	libinput_event_destroy(event);
 }
 END_TEST
 
-- 
2.5.0



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