ambientd/ambientd.c

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <limits.h>

#define MAX(x, y) ((x) > (y) ? (x) : (y))
#define MIN(x, y) ((x) < (y) ? (x) : (y))
#define ABS(x)    ((x) < 0 ? -(x) : (x))
#define MEDIAN_SAMPLES 4

const char *LUMINANCE_DEV = "/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device0/in_illuminance_raw";
const char *MAX_BRIGHTNESS_DEV = "/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness";
const char *BRIGHTNESS_DEV = "/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness";
const char *ACTUAL_BRIGHTNESS_DEV = "/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness";

char STR_BUFFER[128] = {0};

// file pointer to the luminance device
FILE *luminance_fp = NULL;

// max luminance that the display can output
int max_luminance = 400;

// minimum display brightness in percent
float min_brightness_percent = 0.05;

// returns the luminance value in percentage between 0 and 1
int get_luminance_raw (void)
{
	const char *x = fgets(STR_BUFFER, sizeof(STR_BUFFER), luminance_fp);
	if (x == NULL) {
		fprintf(stderr, "Could not read luminance value: %s\n", strerror(errno));
		return -1;
	}
	int luminance = strtol(STR_BUFFER, NULL, 10);
	rewind(luminance_fp);

	return luminance;
}

int read_int(FILE *fp)
{
	fflush(fp);
	const char *p = fgets(STR_BUFFER, sizeof(STR_BUFFER), fp);
	if (p == NULL) {
		return -1;
	}
	long r = strtol(STR_BUFFER, NULL, 10);
	if (r == LONG_MIN || r == LONG_MAX) {
		return -1;
	}
	rewind(fp);
	return r;	
}

int main (void)
{
	// open the luminance device
	luminance_fp = fopen(LUMINANCE_DEV, "r");
	if (luminance_fp == NULL) {
		fprintf(stderr, "Could not open luminance device '%s': %s\n",
		        LUMINANCE_DEV, strerror(errno));
		return 1;
	}

	// get max and min brightness
	FILE *fp = fopen(MAX_BRIGHTNESS_DEV, "r");
	if (fp == NULL) {
		fprintf(stderr, "Could not open max_brightness file '%s': %s\n",
		        MAX_BRIGHTNESS_DEV, strerror(errno));
		return 1;
	}
	int max_brightness = read_int(fp);
	if (max_brightness < 0) {
		fprintf(stderr, "Could not read max brightness value: %s\n", strerror(errno));
		return 1;
	}
	int min_brightness = max_brightness * min_brightness_percent;
	fclose(fp);


	// open brightness device
	FILE *brightness_fp = fopen(BRIGHTNESS_DEV, "w");
	if (brightness_fp == NULL) {
		fprintf(stderr, "Could not open brightness device '%s': %s\n",
		        BRIGHTNESS_DEV, strerror(errno));
		return 1;
	}

	// open actual brightness device
	FILE *actual_brightness_fp = fopen(ACTUAL_BRIGHTNESS_DEV, "r");
	if (brightness_fp == NULL) {
		fprintf(stderr, "Could not open actual brightness device '%s': %s\n",
		        ACTUAL_BRIGHTNESS_DEV, strerror(errno));
		return 1;
	}

	int x = get_luminance_raw();
	int luminance_samples[MEDIAN_SAMPLES] = {x, x, x, x};
	int idx = 0;
	int user_offset = 0;
	int brightness_target = min_brightness;
	int brightness_old = min_brightness;
	int brightness_adjusted = min_brightness;
	int brightness_delta = 0;
	while (1) {
		static float luminance;
		static float luminance_percent;

		x = get_luminance_raw();
		if (x >= 0) luminance_samples[idx] = x;
		idx = (idx + 1) % MEDIAN_SAMPLES;

		luminance = 0;
		for (int i = 0; i < MEDIAN_SAMPLES; i++) {
			luminance += luminance_samples[i] / MEDIAN_SAMPLES;
		}
		luminance_percent = MIN(luminance/max_luminance, 1.0);

		brightness_old = brightness_target;
		brightness_target = MAX((int)(luminance_percent * max_brightness), min_brightness);
		brightness_delta = ABS((float)(brightness_target - brightness_old)/brightness_old);
		
		// if the brightness changes by more than 10% reduce the user offset, scaling
    	// with the delta, this accounts for large changes in brightness no longer
    	// corresponding to the adjustments that the user made to the brightness
    	if (brightness_delta > 0.1) {
        	user_offset = user_offset * MAX(MIN(1-(brightness_delta*1.2), 1), 0);
		}

	    brightness_adjusted = MIN(MAX(brightness_target + user_offset, min_brightness), max_brightness);
	    x = snprintf(STR_BUFFER, sizeof(STR_BUFFER), "%d", brightness_adjusted);
		if (x <= 0) {
			fprintf(stderr, "Error in snprintf(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
		}
		if (fputs(STR_BUFFER, brightness_fp) == EOF) {
			fprintf(stderr, "error writing brightness: %s\n", strerror(errno));
		}
		rewind(brightness_fp);

		sleep(3);

		// read actual brightness to get the user offset
		int actual_brightness = 0;
		int off = 0;
		actual_brightness = read_int(actual_brightness_fp);
		if (actual_brightness < 0) {
			fprintf(stderr, "error reading actual brightness: %s\n", strerror(errno));
			actual_brightness = brightness_adjusted;
		}

		off = actual_brightness - brightness_target;
	    if (brightness_target != max_brightness || off < 0){
        	user_offset = off;
        }

	    printf("brightness target: %d;  user offset: %d; brightness adjusted: %d\n", brightness_target, user_offset, brightness_adjusted);

	}
	
	return 0;
}