Hi, I want to be able to detect vertical movement (relative to the z-axis) on an Android phone. This can be done with just the accelerometer with some degree of accuracy. However, I see that in Android 2.3 there are now separate Gravity and Linear acceleration "virtual sensors", that apparently will use the gyroscope (when available) to separate accelerometer data into gravity (useful for detecting orientation) and linear acceleration (useful for detecting movement).
The phone I'm using does not have a gyroscope, but only an accelerometer and compass. Is it at all possible to use the compass to separate linear acceleration from gravity in the accelerometer signal? High-pass filters are a bit simplistic for my intended use, because they don't really help detect whether movement is up or down and using raw accelerometer data leads to orientation changes looking very similar to linear movements. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
