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In usual, smartphone sensors use a standard 3-axis coordinate system to express data values. The smartphone coordinate system is defined relative to the device’s screen when the device is held in its default orientation. Fig. 1 shows the coordinate system used in the smartphone [41].  When the device is in its normal position, the x axis is horizontal and points to the right, the y axis is vertical and  points up, and the z axis points out from the face of the screen. In this coordinate system, locations behind the screen are represented by negative z values. Smartphone sensors, like the accelerometer, magnetometer, and gyroscope, use these coor- dinate systems. The important point of this coordinate system is that the axes are not swapped when the device’s screen orientation changes. This means that the sensor’s coordinate  Ill. SMARTPHONE COORDINATE SYSTEM

Figure 1 In usual, smartphone sensors use a standard 3-axis coordinate system to express data values. The smartphone coordinate system is defined relative to the device’s screen when the device is held in its default orientation. Fig. 1 shows the coordinate system used in the smartphone [41]. When the device is in its normal position, the x axis is horizontal and points to the right, the y axis is vertical and points up, and the z axis points out from the face of the screen. In this coordinate system, locations behind the screen are represented by negative z values. Smartphone sensors, like the accelerometer, magnetometer, and gyroscope, use these coor- dinate systems. The important point of this coordinate system is that the axes are not swapped when the device’s screen orientation changes. This means that the sensor’s coordinate Ill. SMARTPHONE COORDINATE SYSTEM