Device¶

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The Device class represents a physically connected device.

The Device class contains information related to a particular connected device such as device id, field of view relative to the device, and the position and orientation of the device in relative coordinates.

The position and orientation describe the alignment of the device relative to the user. The alignment relative to the user is only descriptive. Aligning devices to users provides consistency in the parameters that describe user interactions.

Note that Device objects can be invalid, which means that they do not contain valid device information and do not correspond to a physical device. Test for validity with the Device::isValid() function.

Since

1.0

Public Functions

float baseline()

The distance between the center points of the stereo sensors.

The baseline value, together with the maximum resolution, influence the maximum range.

Return

The separation distance between the center of each sensor, in mm.

Since

2.2.5

Device()

Constructs a Device object.

An uninitialized device is considered invalid. Get valid Device objects from a DeviceList object obtained using the Controller::devices() method.

Device device = controller.devices().get(0);

Since

1.0

float distanceToBoundary(Vector position)

The distance to the nearest edge of the Leap Motion controller’s view volume.

The view volume is an axis-aligned, inverted pyramid centered on the device origin and extending upward to the range limit. The walls of the pyramid are described by the horizontalViewAngle and verticalViewAngle and the roof by the range. This function estimates the distance between the specified input position and the nearest wall or roof of the view volume.

Pointable frontFinger = controller.frame ().fingers().frontmost();
float distanceToBoxWall = device.distanceToBoundary (frontFinger.tipPosition());

Return

The distance in millimeters from the input position to the nearest boundary.

Since

1.0

Parameters

• position -

  The point to use for the distance calculation.

boolean equals(Device arg0)

Compare Device object equality.

Boolean isEqual = thisDevice == thatDevice;

Two Device objects are equal if and only if both Device objects represent the exact same Device and both Devices are valid.

Since

1.0

float horizontalViewAngle()

The angle of view along the x axis of this device.

The Leap Motion controller scans a region in the shape of an inverted pyramid centered at the device’s center and extending upwards. The horizontalViewAngle reports the view angle along the long dimension of the device.

float angleOnLongDimension = device.horizontalViewAngle();

Return

The horizontal angle of view in radians.

Since

1.0

boolean isLightingBad()

The software has detected excessive IR illumination, which may interfere with tracking.

If robust mode is enabled, the system will enter robust mode when isLightingBad() is true.

if(device.isLightingBad()){
    //Display message to user
}

Since

3.0

boolean isSmudged()

The software has detected a possible smudge on the translucent cover over the Leap Motion cameras.

if(device.isSmudged()){
    //Display message to user
}

Since

3.0

boolean isStreaming()

Reports whether this device is streaming data to your application.

Currently only one controller can provide data at a time.

Since

1.2

boolean isValid()

Reports whether this is a valid Device object.

if (!device.isValid()) {
    float maxRange = device.range();
}

Return

True, if this Device object contains valid data.

Since

1.0

float range()

The maximum reliable tracking range from the center of this device.

The range reports the maximum recommended distance from the device center for which tracking is expected to be reliable. This distance is not a hard limit. Tracking may be still be functional above this distance or begin to degrade slightly before this distance depending on calibration and extreme environmental conditions.

float range = device.range();

Return

The recommended maximum range of the device in mm.

Since

1.0

String serialNumber()

An alphanumeric serial number unique to each device.

Consumer device serial numbers consist of 2 letters followed by 11 digits.

When using multiple devices, the serial number provides an unambiguous identifier for each device.

Since

2.2.2

String toString()

A string containing a brief, human readable description of the Device object.

Return

A description of the Device as a string.

Since

1.0

Device.Type type()

The device type.

Use the device type value in the (rare) circumstances that you have an application feature which relies on a particular type of device. Current types of device include the original Leap Motion peripheral, keyboard-embedded controllers, and laptop-embedded controllers.

Return

The physical device type as a member of the DeviceType enumeration.

Since

1.2

float verticalViewAngle()

The angle of view along the z axis of this device.

The Leap Motion controller scans a region in the shape of an inverted pyramid centered at the device’s center and extending upwards. The verticalViewAngle reports the view angle along the short dimension of the device.

float angleOnShortDimension = device.verticalViewAngle();

Return

The vertical angle of view in radians.

Since

1.0

Public Static Functions

Device invalid()

Returns an invalid Device object.

You can use the instance returned by this function in comparisons testing whether a given Device instance is valid or invalid. (You can also use the Device::isValid() function.)

if (device != Device.invalid()) {
    float trackingRange = device.range();
}

Return

The invalid Device instance.

Since

1.0

class Type

The available types of Leap Motion controllers.

Since

1.2

Public Members

TYPE_PERIPHERAL

A standalone USB peripheral.

The original Leap Motion controller device.

Since

1.2