Add significant motion description
Change-Id: I56de3f2c12243b3d25cd825b66f7685e674533ff
diff --git a/include/hardware/sensors.h b/include/hardware/sensors.h
index d6b02c6..18b682d 100644
--- a/include/hardware/sensors.h
+++ b/include/hardware/sensors.h
@@ -546,10 +546,23 @@
* is detected and automatically disables itself.
* The only allowed value to return is 1.0.
*
+ * A significant motion is a motion that might lead to a change in the user
+ * location.
+ * Examples of such motions are:
+ * walking, biking, sitting in a moving car, coach or train.
+ * Examples of situations that should not trigger significant motion:
+ * - phone in pocket and person is not moving
+ * - phone is on a table, even if the table shakes a bit due to nearby traffic
+ * or washing machine
*
- * TODO: give more details about what constitute significant motion
- * and/or what algorithm is to be used
- *
+ * A note on false positive / false negative / power consumption tradeoff
+ * - The goal of this sensor is to save power.
+ * - Triggering an event when the user is not moving (false positive) is costly
+ * in terms of power, so it should be avoided.
+ * - Not triggering an event when the user is moving (false negative) is
+ * - acceptable as long as it is not done repeatedly. If the user has been
+ * walking for 10 seconds, not triggering an event within those 10 seconds
+ * is not acceptable.
*
* IMPORTANT NOTE: this sensor type is very different from other types
* in that it must work when the screen is off without the need of