DeviceAcceleration object

Represents the acceleration (in m/s²) of the host device in motion along the X, Y, and Z axes.

 

DOM Information

Inheritance Hierarchy

The DeviceAcceleration does not inherit from any class or interface.

Members

The DeviceAcceleration object has these types of members:

• Properties

Properties

The DeviceAcceleration object has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
x	Read-only	Describes the acceleration (in m/s²) of the host device in motion along the X, axis.
y	Read-only	Describes the acceleration (in m/s²) of the host device in motion along the Y, axis.
z	Read-only	Describes the acceleration (in m/s²) of the host device in motion along the Z, axis.

 

Standards information

• DeviceOrientation Event Specification

Remarks

Acceleration of the host device is relative to the following Earth coordinate frame at the user's location:

• The X axis is in the ground plane, perpendicular to the North axis and positive towards the East
• The Y axis is in the ground plane and positive towards True North (towards the North Pole).
• The Z axis is perpendicular to the ground plane and positive upwards.