Hi, i made my own application in Android that use compass and accelerometer sensors to display the degrees of rotation and inclination of my device. I initialized all the listener and objects i needed (i followed some tutorials), and now i can catch the degrees as i wished. The problem is that the measures that sensors return aren't accurate. I mean even if i try to round the values of degrees i catch from the sensor, they oscillate between -/+ 7 (or 8) degrees every fraction of a second, even if i stay in a grass field away from any disturbing source. What i want to have is a accurate measure of the degrees, something like a method to round the values i recieve from the sensors.
float[] mags = null;
float[] accels = null;
float[] R = new float[matrix_size];
float[] outR = new float[matrix_size];
float[] I = new float[matrix_size];
float[] values = null;
private void startSensor() {
sensorMan.registerListener(this, sensorMan.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD), SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_UI);
sensorMan.registerListener(this, sensorMan.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER), SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_UI);
}
@Override
public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) {
if (event.accuracy == SensorManager.SENSOR_STATUS_UNRELIABLE) {
return;
}
switch (event.sensor.getType()) {
case Sensor.TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD:
mags = event.values.clone();
break;
case Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER:
accels = event.values.clone();
break;
}
if (mags != null && accels != null) {
SensorManager.getRotationMatrix(R, I, accels, mags);
// Correct if screen is in Landscape
SensorManager.remapCoordinateSystem(R, SensorManager.AXIS_X,
SensorManager.AXIS_Z, outR);
SensorManager.getOrientation(outR, values);
azimuth = (float) Math.round((Math.toDegrees(values[0]))*7)/7;
azimuth = ( azimuth + 360)%360;
//here is inclination. The problem is just the same with compass
//inclination=-Math.round((float) (values[1]*(360/(2*Math.PI))));
//other code to update my view
//in azimuth i have the degree value. It changes continuously
//even if i aim still the same direction
}
}