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authorJean-Baptiste Queru <jbq@google.com>2011-05-18 15:00:11 -0700
committerAndroid Code Review <code-review@android.com>2011-05-18 15:00:11 -0700
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Merge "support humidity sensor type"
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-rw-r--r--core/java/android/hardware/Sensor.java7
-rw-r--r--core/java/android/hardware/SensorEvent.java60
2 files changed, 66 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/core/java/android/hardware/Sensor.java b/core/java/android/hardware/Sensor.java
index f2b907b..595c7d1 100644
--- a/core/java/android/hardware/Sensor.java
+++ b/core/java/android/hardware/Sensor.java
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ public class Sensor {
*/
public static final int TYPE_ROTATION_VECTOR = 11;
+ /**
+ * A constant describing a relative humidity sensor type.
+ * See {@link android.hardware.SensorEvent SensorEvent}
+ * for more details.
+ */
+ public static final int TYPE_RELATIVE_HUMIDITY = 12;
+
/**
* A constant describing all sensor types.
*/
diff --git a/core/java/android/hardware/SensorEvent.java b/core/java/android/hardware/SensorEvent.java
index 8c55bf3..4a7991f 100644
--- a/core/java/android/hardware/SensorEvent.java
+++ b/core/java/android/hardware/SensorEvent.java
@@ -304,7 +304,65 @@ public class SensorEvent {
* in the clockwise direction (mathematically speaking, it should be
* positive in the counter-clockwise direction).
* </p>
- *
+ *
+ * <h4>{@link android.hardware.Sensor#TYPE_RELATIVE_HUMIDITY
+ * Sensor.TYPE_RELATIVE_HUMIDITY}:</h4>
+ * <ul>
+ * <p>
+ * values[0]: Relative ambient air humidity in percent
+ * </p>
+ * </ul>
+ * <p>
+ * When relative ambient air humidity and ambient temperature are
+ * measured, the dew point and absolute humidity can be calculated.
+ * </p>
+ * <u>Dew Point</u>
+ * <p>
+ * The dew point is the temperature to which a given parcel of air must be
+ * cooled, at constant barometric pressure, for water vapor to condense
+ * into water.
+ * </p>
+ * <center><pre>
+ * ln(RH/100%) + m&#183;t/(T<sub>n</sub>+t)
+ * t<sub>d</sub>(t,RH) = T<sub>n</sub> &#183; ------------------------------
+ * m - [ln(RH/100%) + m&#183;t/(T<sub>n</sub>+t)]
+ * </pre></center>
+ * <dl>
+ * <dt>t<sub>d</sub></dt> <dd>dew point temperature in &deg;C</dd>
+ * <dt>t</dt> <dd>actual temperature in &deg;C</dd>
+ * <dt>RH</dt> <dd>actual relative humidity in %</dd>
+ * <dt>m</dt> <dd>17.62</dd>
+ * <dt>T<sub>n</sub></dt> <dd>243.12 &deg;C</dd>
+ * </dl>
+ * <p>for example:</p>
+ * <pre class="prettyprint">
+ * h = Math.log(rh / 100.0) + (17.62 * t) / (243.12 + t);
+ * td = 243.12 * h / (17.62 - h);
+ * </pre>
+ * <u>Absolute Humidity</u>
+ * <p>
+ * The absolute humidity is the mass of water vapor in a particular volume
+ * of dry air. The unit is g/m<sup>3</sup>.
+ * </p>
+ * <center><pre>
+ * RH/100%&#183;A&#183;exp(m&#183;t/(T<sub>n</sub>+t))
+ * d<sub>v</sub>(t,RH) = 216.7 &#183; -------------------------
+ * 273.15 + t
+ * </pre></center>
+ * <dl>
+ * <dt>d<sub>v</sub></dt> <dd>absolute humidity in g/m<sup>3</sup></dd>
+ * <dt>t</dt> <dd>actual temperature in &deg;C</dd>
+ * <dt>RH</dt> <dd>actual relative humidity in %</dd>
+ * <dt>m</dt> <dd>17.62</dd>
+ * <dt>T<sub>n</sub></dt> <dd>243.12 &deg;C</dd>
+ * <dt>A</dt> <dd>6.112 hPa</dd>
+ * </dl>
+ * <p>for example:</p>
+ * <pre class="prettyprint">
+ * dv = 216.7 *
+ * (rh / 100.0 * 6.112 * Math.exp(17.62 * t / (243.12 + t)) / (273.15 + t));
+ * </pre>
+ *
* @see SensorEvent
* @see GeomagneticField
*/