Terminology
Updated at January 3rd, 2025
Terminology |
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Term |
Description |
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Sensor Fusion | Set of sensors working in unison to capture the world | ||||
Odometry | Process of using motion sensors to detect changes in position | ||||
World coordinate system, | Data that has been converted using odometry data | ||||
Coordinate systems |
ECEF: Earth centered, Earth Fixed, natively supported by Sama hub GNSS: Global navigation satellite system, also known as GPS data |
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Accumulated frames | Range of frames stacked together to represent moments in time | ||||
Intensity | Normalized values retrieved from the laser when the beam returns back to the sensor. The value represents the reflectiveness of the surface | ||||
Extrinsic | Parameters to define the position and orientation of the sensor | ||||
Quaternion | Quaternions are mathematical operators that are used to rotate and stretch vectors | ||||
Pitch | Rotation along the Y axis | ||||
Yaw | rotation along the Z axis | ||||
Roll | rotation along the X axis | ||||