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| author | Helmut Schmidt <Helmut.3.Schmidt@continental-corporation.com> | 2016-11-02 08:42:17 +0100 |
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| committer | Helmut Schmidt <Helmut.3.Schmidt@continental-corporation.com> | 2016-11-02 08:42:17 +0100 |
| commit | f0221a57dadd768bc9891aeeb6a504d3e8e8a6a9 (patch) | |
| tree | 7fc8f789f1a27c5473da6151897629e5c9f53a09 | |
| parent | c525ffbf162cb4d4f297b4794ffc53b21929e660 (diff) | |
| download | positioning-f0221a57dadd768bc9891aeeb6a504d3e8e8a6a9.tar.gz | |
gyroscope.h: Improve explanation of rotation rate sign
| -rw-r--r-- | sensors-service/api/gyroscope.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sensors-service/api/gyroscope.h b/sensors-service/api/gyroscope.h index f1bcd1e..ba641ae 100644 --- a/sensors-service/api/gyroscope.h +++ b/sensors-service/api/gyroscope.h @@ -197,17 +197,23 @@ typedef struct { uint64_t timestamp; /** Current angular rate measurement around the z/yaw-axis of the gyroscope sensor [degree/s]. * Value range -100 / +100 degree/s. Frequency of at least 5Hz. Preferrably 50Hz. - * A rotation to the left is indicated by a positive sign. + * A rotation to the left is indicated by a positive sign, + * _if_ gyroscope axes are aligned with vehicle axes + * i.e. if all euler angles are zero in TGyroscopeConfiguration. */ float yawRate; /** Current angular rate measurement around the y/pitch-axis of the gyroscope sensor [degree/s]. * Value range -100 / +100 degree/s. Frequency of at least 5Hz. Preferrably 50Hz. - * A rotation front down is indicated by a positive sign. + * A rotation front down is indicated by a positive sign, + * _if_ gyroscope axes are aligned with vehicle axes + * i.e. if all euler angles are zero in TGyroscopeConfiguration. */ float pitchRate; /** Current angular rate measurement around the x/roll-axis of the gyroscope sensor [degree/s]. * Value range -100 / +100 degree/s. Frequency of at least 5Hz. Preferrably 50Hz. - * A rotation right down is indicated by a positive sign. + * A rotation right down is indicated by a positive sign, + * _if_ gyroscope axes are aligned with vehicle axes + * i.e. if all euler angles are zero in TGyroscopeConfiguration. */ float rollRate; /** Temperature reading of the gyroscope sensor. |