Re: [android-developers] Re: Anyone know how to calculate speed WITHOUT GPS?

2011-01-17 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
2011/1/17 ko5tik kpriblo...@yahoo.com INS also requires gyroscopes. But quality of those sensors lies far below ones utilised in ICBMs in 60s Good thing their weight, size, and power consumption are also far below the ICMB ones :) Kumar Bibek coomar@gmail.com Ah, I forgot, the

Re: [android-developers] Re: Anyone know how to calculate speed WITHOUT GPS?

2011-01-17 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
A phone with a camera can used to take pictures of the car's speedometer. Not very precise (since car speedometers typically lie by a few mph/kph), but keeps date and time with the image for later reference. If your car's speedometer is broken, and you see someone you know driving in the next

Re: [android-developers] Re: Anyone know how to calculate speed WITHOUT GPS?

2011-01-17 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
If you're talking about Android phones, yes. But those melting iPhones can be pretty lethal :) 2011/1/17 DanH danhi...@ieee.org Payload's less, too. On Jan 17, 3:54 am, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/1/17 ko5tik kpriblo...@yahoo.com INS also requires

Re: [android-developers] Re: Anyone know how to calculate speed WITHOUT GPS?

2011-01-16 Thread Kumar Bibek
In that case, it's an obvious NO. Then, you probably have to rely on the camera's flash, and it's Doppler shift. Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com http://www.kbeanie.com On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:35 AM, metal mikey coref...@gmail.com wrote: Will this still work as the car approaches

Re: [android-developers] Re: Anyone know how to calculate speed WITHOUT GPS?

2011-01-16 Thread Kumar Bibek
Ah, I forgot, the phones don't yet have a light sensor. Too bad.. Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com http://www.kbeanie.com On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Kumar Bibek coomar@gmail.com wrote: In that case, it's an obvious NO. Then, you probably have to rely on the camera's

Re: [android-developers] Re: Anyone know how to calculate speed WITHOUT GPS?

2011-01-14 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
Right, it takes two phones. You start playing sound on one and throw it out the car window, then measure the Doppler effect with the other. Great thing is, you can get a speed reading on the way back, if you pass by the same place. -- Kostya 2011/1/13 Hogus dupisani.lo...@gmail.com Don't be