PlayStation 4 Camera

Playstation 4 Camera

Specifications

Overview of Technical Specifications
Product Code	CUH-ZEY1
External Dimension	approximately 186mm x 27mm x 27mm (height x width x depth)
Weight	approximately 183g
Cable Length	Cord length: 200cm approximately
Connection Type	PS4 dedicated connector AUX (USB 3.0-derived)
Capture Range	30cm - ∞
Camera lens	Dual camera (move like)
Aperture	f/2.0 /fixed focus
Field of view (FOV)	85°
Video Format	RAW16/RAW8, YUV422/YUV8 (greyscale)
Video Frame Rate	7.5, 15, 30 or 60fps at 1280x800 pixels 7.5, 15, 30, 60 or 120fps at 640x400 pixels 7.5, 15, 30, 60, 120 or 240fps at 320x200 pixels 7.5, 15, 30, 60, 120 or 240fps at 160x100 pixels
Color depth	12-bit tonal gradation (=4096 tonal levels)
Microphone	4 Channel Microphone Array
Programmable settings	Exposure/Gain (RAW16/RAW8 only, range depending on framerate) White balance Gamma Saturation Contrast Sharpness Hue

The PlayStation 4 Camera runs without user login (kernel/system device?) and depends for many of its system functions on the APU, using a tripple buffering system

Available functions:

photo, video
depth calculation/imaging
pad, move, face, head and hand recognition/tracking
one of the cameras can be used for generating the video image, with the other used for motion tracking.

Back chip connected to Aux port is labeled OV00580-B21G-1C. The OmniVision 580 ASIC is not documented, so it seems it was made specially for Sony out of the 500/600 serie (none of them featuring USB 3.0, see external reference).

Front chip connected to microphone array is labeled 5703 324A.

Gallery

Pre E3 Playstation 4 Camera pictures

PS4 Camera - pic1
PS4 Camera - pic2
PS4 Camera - pic3
PS4 Camera - pic4
PS4 Camera - pic5
PS4 Camera - pic6
PS4 Camera - pic7
PS4 Camera - pic8

Playstation 4 Camera teardown pictures

PS4 Camera - picture 0
PS4 Camera - picture 1
PS4 Camera - picture 2
PS4 Camera - picture 3
PS4 Camera - picture 4

Videos

(The C-Note Files - Episode 12: Tutorial - PS4 Face Recognition)

(The C-Note Files - Episode 13: Tutorial - PS4 Voice Recognition)

Analysis

USB

Device Descriptor

Device Descriptor
Offset	Field	Size	Value	Description
0	bLength	1	0x12	Size of this descriptor in bytes (18)
1	bDescriptorType	1	0x01	DEVICE descriptor type (Constant = 1)
2	bcdUSB	2	0x0300	USB Spec release number (3.00): with which the device and is descriptors are compliant (e.g.: 0x0200 (USB2.0), 0x0300, (USB3.0))
4	bDeviceClass	1	0x00	Class code assigned by USB-IF (used by the operating system to find a class driver for your device) 00h means each interface defines its own class (identify itself at the interface level: bInterfaceClass ) FFh means vendor-defined class Any other value must be a class code
5	bDeviceSubClass	1	0x00	SubClass Code assigned by USB-IF (used by the operating system to find a class driver for your device)
6	bDeviceProtocol	1	0x00	Protocol Code assigned by USB-IF (used by the operating system to find a class driver for your device)
7	bMaxPacketSize0	1	0x09	Max packet size for endpoint 0. Must be 8, 16, 32 or 64 Must be 9 according to Compliance Test Specification for the USB 3.0 Architecture p29 9.1
8	idVendor	2	0x05a9	Vendor ID (VID) (OmniVision Technologies, Inc.) - must be obtained from USB-IF (used by the operating system to find a driver for your device)
10	idProduct	2	0x0580	Product ID (PID) - assigned by the manufacturer (used by the operating system to find a driver for your device)
12	bcdDevice	2	0x0100	Device release number (Version: 1.00) in binary coded decimal
14	iManufacturer	1	0x01	Index of string descriptor describing manufacturer set to 0 if no string
15	iProduct	1	0x02	Index of string descriptor describing product set to 0 if no string
16	iSerialNumber	1	0x00	Index of string descriptor describing device serial number set to 0 if no string
17	bNumConfigurations	1	0x01	Number of possible configurations

Configuration Descriptor

Offset Field Size Value Description

0 bLength 1 0x09 Size

1 bDescriptorType 1 0x02 (= 2)

2 wTotalLength 2 0x002C Total number of bytes (44) in this descriptor and all the following descriptors (9+9+ + +)

4 bNumInterfaces 1 0x01 Number of interfaces supported by this configuration

5 bConfigurationValue 1 0x01 Value used by Set Configuration to select this configuration

6 iConfiguration 1 0x00 Index of string descriptor describing configuration - set to 0 if no string

7

bmAttributes

1

0x80

Powered by the bus (10000000)

specify power parameters for the configuration :

`8-digit bit binary`
…	7\|6\|5\|4\|3\|2\|1\|0	…

D0 - D4: Reserved.
D5: The configuration supports remote wakeup.
D6: The configuration is self-powered and does not use power from the bus.
D7: The configuration is powered by the bus.

8 bMaxPower 1 0x32 Maximum current: 100mA drawn by device in this configuration.
In units of 2mA. So 0x32 (50) means 100 mA

Interface Descriptor

0 bLength 1 0x09 Size

1 bDescriptorType 1 0x04 (= 4)

2

bInterfaceNumber

1

0x00

Number identifying this interface.

Zero-based value

3

bAlternateSetting

1

0x00

The first (and default) value used to select alternative setting is always 0

(An interface can have more than one variant, and these variants can be switched between, while other interfaces are still in operation)

4 bNumEndpoints 1 0x02 Number of Endpoints used for this interface

5

bInterfaceClass

1

0xFF

Class code assigned by USB-IF

00h is a reserved value
FFh means vendor-defined class
Any other value must be a class code

6 bInterfaceSubClass 1 0x00 SubClass Code assigned by USB-IF

7 bInterfaceProtocol 1 0x00 Protocol Code assigned by USB-IF

8 iInterface 1 0x00 Index of string descriptor describing interface - set to 0 if no string

Endpoint (OUT) Descriptor

0 bLength 1 0x0- Size

1 bDescriptorType 1 0x05 (= 5)

2

bEndpointAddress

1

0x01

OUT<--(00 00 0001)-->1

The address of this endpoint within the device:

D3-D0: Endpoint number
D6-D4: Reserved. set to Zero
D7: Direction: 0 = OUT, 1 = IN (Ignored for Control Endpoints)

3

bmAttributes

1

0x02

Bulk (00000010)

(D1:0) Transfer Type:

00 = Control
01 = Isochronous
10 = Bulk
11 = Interrupt

The following only apply to isochronous endpoints. Else set to 0.

(D3:2) Synchronisation Type (ISO mode):

00 = No Synchronisation
01 = Asynchronous
10 = Adaptive
11 = Synchronous

(D5:4) Usage Type (ISO mode):

00 = Data endpoint
01 = Feedback endpoint
10 = Implicit feedback Data endpoint
11 = Reserved

(D7:6) Reserved Set to 0

4 wMaxPacketSize 2 0x0400 (1024)

6

bInterval

1

0x00

- (unit depends on device speed)

Interval for polling endpoint for data transfers. Expressed in frames (ms) for low/full speed or microframes (125µs) for high speed
(ignored for Bulk & Control Endpoints. Isochronous must equal 1 and field may range from 1 to 255 for interrupt endpoints)

-

bMaxBurst

1

0x0F

MaxBurst (15)

The number of packets the endpoint can send or receive as part of a burst (range 1 - 16). See transfer Type.

Endpoint (IN) Descriptor

0 bLength 1 0x0- Size

1 bDescriptorType 1 0x05 ( =5)

2 bEndpointAddress 1 0x82 IN<--(10 00 0010)-->2

3 bmAttributes 1 0x02 Bulk

4 wMaxPacketSize 2 0x0400 (1024)

6 bInterval 1 0x00 0

- bMaxBurst 1 0x0F MaxBurst (15)

Binary Object Store Descriptor

0 bLength 1 0x05 Size (05)

1 bDescriptorType 1 0x0F (= 15)

2 wTotalLength 1 0x16 (22) (5+7+10)

3

bNumDeviceCaps

1

0x02

(2)

must be at least 2 for SuperSpeed devices and equal to 3 for USB 3.0 hubs.

- USB 2.0 Extension Device Capability:

bLength 1 0x07 (7) Size

bDescriptorType 1 0x10 ( =16)

bDevCapabilityType

1

0x02

(2)

02 (USB 2.0 EXTENSION) or 03 (SUPERSPEED_USB) or 04 (CONTAINER_ID)

bmAttributes

4

0x00000002

(00000000 00000000 00000000 00000010) Link Power Management supported

See USB2-LPM-Errata-final.pdf p3

D0 Reserved. Must be set to zero
D1 A value of one in this bit location indicates that this device supports the Link Power Management (LPM) protocol
D2 BESL & Alternate HIRD definitions supported. The LPM bit must be set to a one when this bit is a one
D3 Recommended Baseline BESL valid
D4 Recommended Deep BESL valid
D11:8 Recommended Baseline BESL value. Field shall be ignored by system software if bit [3] is a zero.
D15:12 Recommended Deep BESL value. Field shall be ignored by system software if bit is a zero.
D31:16 Reserved. Must be set to zero.

- SuperSpeed USB Device Capability:

bLength 1 0x0A (10) Size

bDescriptorType 1 0x10 (= 16)

bDevCapabilityType 1 0x03 (3)

bmAttributes

1

0x00

(00000000)

D1 is 1 if it is a LTM capable device

wSpeedsSupported

0x000e

Device can operate at Full Speed (12Mbps)
Device can operate at High Speed (480Mbps)
Device can operate at SuperSpeed (5Gbps)

bFunctionalitySupport

Lowest fully-functional device speed is Full Speed 12Mbps)

bU1DevExitLat 10µ

bU2DevExitLat 32µs

Device Status 0x0000

Project

PS4 Camera on linux: https://github.com/ps4eye/ps4eye

(The PS4 camera is USB 3.0 only and is not compatible with USB 2.0 systems. See also AUX page)

External references

http://ps4eye.tumblr.com/

Generic

PlayStation 4 Camera

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