Frank, Thanks for clarifying. I was wondering since velocity in the real world is typically non-uniform. - Anil
On Mar 9, 4:05 pm, Jordan Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > Short answer: No. > > Accelerometers measure acceleration, not velocity. So it might be > possible to monitor the acceleration, use that to infer the velocity, > and then measure the time until the corresponding negative > acceleration, but this is very error-prone (due to the fact that > you're doing numerical integration over discrete samples, and the > sensors are fairly noisy). > > Cheers, > Jordan Frank > > On Mar 9, 4:45 pm, Anil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I wondered if the accelerometer sense short and long motions. > > for example, not just a 3 milimeter movement, but also a 30 meter > > move. > > If anyone knows, I would appreciate your sharing the information. > > thanks, > > Anil > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
