Illuminance

This is a ROS message definition.

Source

# Single photometric illuminance measurement.  Light should be assumed to be
# measured along the sensor's x-axis (the area of detection is the y-z plane).
# The illuminance should have a 0 or positive value and be received with
# the sensor's +X axis pointing toward the light source.
#
# Photometric illuminance is the measure of the human eye's sensitivity of the
# intensity of light encountering or passing through a surface.
#
# All other Photometric and Radiometric measurements should not use this message.
# This message cannot represent:
#  - Luminous intensity (candela/light source output)
#  - Luminance (nits/light output per area)
#  - Irradiance (watt/area), etc.

std_msgs/Header header # timestamp is the time the illuminance was measured
                             # frame_id is the location and direction of the reading

float64 illuminance          # Measurement of the Photometric Illuminance in Lux.

float64 variance             # 0 is interpreted as variance unknown