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Table 3
Hardware (HW) and software (SW) sensors in Android [
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| | Sensor | Description |
| HW | Accelerometer | Measures acceleration force applied to the device, including gravity | Ambient temperature sensor | Measures ambient room temperature | Magnetometer | Measures ambient geomagnetic field along three axes | Barometer | Measures ambient air pressure | Gyroscope | Measures device rotation along three axes | Light sensor | Measures ambient light level (illumination) | Proximity sensor | Measures proximity of an object relative to the screen of a device | Humidity sensor | Measures humidity of ambient environment |
| SW | Linear acceleration | Measures acceleration force applied to the device (gravity excluded) | Gravity sensor | Measures gravity force applied to the device, along three axes | Rotation | Measures the orientation of a device by providing the 3 elements of the devices’ rotation vector |
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