paparazzi/doc/pprz_algebra/quaternion.tex

\section{Quaternion}
\mynote{I hate the naming convention for the real part.}
\subsection{Definition}
The values are called
\begin{equation}
\quat{} = q_i + \mathrm{i} q_x + \mathrm{j} q_y + \mathrm{k} q_z
 = \begin{pmatrix} q_i \\q_x\\q_y\\q_z\end{pmatrix}
\end{equation}
It is available for the following simple types:\\
\begin{tabular}{c|c}
type		& struct		\\ \hline
int32\_t	& Int32Quat		\\
float		& FloatQuat
\end{tabular}




\subsection{= Assigning}
\subsubsection*{$\quat{} = $ Identity}
Sets a quaternion to the identity rotation (no rotation).
\begin{equation}
\quat{} = 1 = \begin{pmatrix}1 \\ 0 \\0\\0\end{pmatrix}
\end{equation}
\inHfile{INT32\_QUAT\_ZERO(q)}{pprz\_algebra\_int}
\inHfile{FLOAT\_QUAT\_ZERO(q)}{pprz\_algebra\_float}

\subsubsection*{$\quat{} = \transp{(\quat i,\quat x,\quat y,\quat z)}$}
\begin{equation}
\textit{i} is the real part of the quaternion.
 \quat a = \begin{pmatrix}i\\ x \\ y \\ z \end{pmatrix}
\end{equation}
\inHfile{QUAT\_ASSIGN(q, i, x, y, z)}{pprz\_algebra}

\subsubsection*{$\quat{o} = \quat{i}$}
\begin{equation}
\quat o = \quat i
\end{equation}
\inHfile{QUAT\_COPY(qo, qi)}{pprz\_algebra}
\inHfile{FLOAT\_QUAT\_COPY(qo, qi)}{pprz\_algebra\_float}

\subsubsection*{$\quat{b} = - \quat{a}$}
\begin{equation}
\quat b = - \quat a
\end{equation}
\inHfile{QUAT\_EXPLEMENTARY(b, a)}{pprz\_algebra}
\inHfile{FLOAT\_QUAT\_EXPLEMENTARY(b, a)}{pprz\_algebra\_float}
\mynote{Naming the other way round?}



\subsection{+ Addition}
\subsubsection*{$\quat{o} += \quat{i}$}
\begin{equation}
\quat o = \quat o + \quat i
\end{equation}
\inHfile{QUAT\_ADD(qo, qi)}{pprz\_algebra}
\inHfile{FLOAT\_QUAT\_ADD(qo, qi)}{pprz\_algebra\_float}
\mynote{No SUM function?}



\subsection{- Subtraction}
\subsubsection*{$\quat{c} = \quat{a} - \quat{b}$}
\begin{equation}
\quat c = \quat a - \quat b
\end{equation}
\inHfile{QUAT\_DIFF(qc, qa, qb)}{pprz\_algebra}
\mynote{no SUB function?}



\subsection{$\multiplication$ Multiplication}
\subsubsection*{$\quat{o} = s \multiplication \quat{i}$ With a scalar}
\begin{equation}
	\quat{o} = s \multiplication \quat{i}
\end{equation}
\inHfile{QUAT\_SMUL(vo, vi, s)}{pprz\_algebra}
\inHfile{FLOAT\_QUAT\_SMUL(vo, vi, s)}{pprz\_algebra\_float}

\subsubsection*{$\quat{a2c} = \quat{b2c} \quatprod \quat{a2b}$ With a quaternion (composition)}
Returns the multiplication/composition of two quaternions.
\begin{equation}
\quat{a2c} = \quat{b2c} \quatprod \quat{a2b}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
\quat{a2c} = \begin{pmatrix}
\quat{b2c,i} & -\quat{b2c,x} & -\quat{b2c,y} & -\quat{b2c,z} \\
\quat{b2c,x} &  \quat{b2c,i} & -\quat{b2c,z} &  \quat{b2c,y} \\
\quat{b2c,y} &  \quat{b2c,z} &  \quat{b2c,i} & -\quat{b2c,x} \\
\quat{b2c,z} & -\quat{b2c,y} &  \quat{b2c,x} &  \quat{b2c,i}
\end{pmatrix}\multiplication \begin{pmatrix}
\quat{a2b,i}\\\quat{a2b,x}\\\quat{a2b,y}\\\quat{a2b,z}
\end{pmatrix}
\end{equation}
\inHfile{INT32\_QUAT\_COMP(a2c, a2b, b2c) }{pprz\_algebra\_int}
\inHfile{FLOAT\_QUAT\_COMP(a2c, a2b, b2c) }{pprz\_algebra\_float}
\inHfile{FLOAT\_QUAT\_MULT(a2c, a2b, b2c) }{pprz\_algebra\_float}
Also available with inversions/conjugations (please note, that a inversion and a conjugation is the same for a unit quaternion):
\begin{equation}
\quat{a2b} = \comp{\quat{b2c}} \quatprod \quat{a2c}
\end{equation}
\inHfile{INT32\_QUAT\_COMP\_INV(a2b, a2c, b2c) }{pprz\_algebra\_int}
\inHfile{FLOAT\_QUAT\_COMP\_INV(a2b, a2c, b2c) }{pprz\_algebra\_float}
\begin{equation}
\quat{b2c} = \quat{a2c} \quatprod \comp{\quat{a2b}}
\end{equation}
\inHfile{INT32\_QUAT\_INV\_COMP(b2c, a2b, a2c)}{pprz\_algebra\_int}
\inHfile{FLOAT\_QUAT\_INV\_COMP(b2c, a2b, a2c)}{pprz\_algebra\_float}
\emph{Note}
Please note that due to the fact that it's done very often, the functions above are also available with Normalisation:
\inHfile{FLOAT\_QUAT\_COMP\_INV\_NORM\_SHORTEST(a2b, a2c, b2c)}{pprz\_algebra\_float}
\inHfile{FLOAT\_QUAT\_INV\_COMP\_NORM\_SHORTEST(b2c, a2b, a2c)}{pprz\_algebra\_float}

\mynote{no Division?}

\subsection{$\comp{}$ Complementary}
\begin{equation}
\quat o = \comp{\quat i}
\end{equation}
\inHfile{QUAT\_INVERT(qo, qi)}{pprz\_algebra}
\inHfile{INT32\_QUAT\_INVERT(qo, qi)}{pprz\_algebra\_int}
\inHfile{FLOAT\_QUAT\_INVERT(qo, qi)}{pprz\_algebra\_float}



\subsection{Transformation from Quaternions}
\subsubsection*{to a rotational matrix}
\input{transformations/quaternion2matrix}

\subsubsection*{to euler angles}
\input{transformations/quaternion2euler}



\subsection{Transformation to Quaternions}
\subsubsection*{from euler angles}
\input{transformations/euler2quaternion}

\subsubsection*{from a rotational matrix}
\input{transformations/matrix2quaternion}

\subsubsection*{from measured rates}
\input{transformations/rates2quaternion}



\subsection{Other}
\subsubsection*{$\norm{\quat{}}$ Norm}
Returns the 2-norm of a quaternion
\begin{equation}
n = \norm{\quat{}} = \sqrt{\quat{}\comp{\quat{}}} = \sqrt{\quat i^2 + \quat x^2 + \quat y^2 + \quat z^2}
\end{equation}
\inHfile{INT32\_QUAT\_NORM(n, q)}{pprz\_algebra\_int}
\inHfile{FLOAT\_QUAT\_NORM(n, q)}{pprz\_algebra\_float}
It is also possible to directly normalise the quaternion
\begin{equation}
\quat{} := \frac{\quat{}}{\norm{\quat{}}}
\end{equation}
\inHfile{INT32\_QUAT\_NORMALISE(q)}{pprz\_algebra\_int}
\inHfile{FLOAT\_QUAT\_NORMALISE(q)}{pprz\_algebra\_float}

\subsection*{Making the real value positive}
It is possible to invert the quaternion if its real value is negative
\begin{equation}
\quat{} = \left\lbrace \begin{matrix}
\quat{} \quad \quat i>0 \\
-\quat{} \quad \quat i<0
\end{matrix} \right.
\end{equation}
\inHfile{INT32\_QUAT\_WRAP\_SHORTEST(q)}{pprz\_algebra\_int}
\inHfile{FLOAT\_QUAT\_WRAP\_SHORTEST(q)}{pprz\_algebra\_float}