rotqr2ax.m

voice box tool box for matlab

function [a,t]=rotqr2ax(q)
%ROTQR2AX converts a real quaternion to the corresponding rotation axis and angle
% Inputs: 
%
%     Q(4,1)   real-valued quaternion (with magnitude = 1)
%
% Outputs:
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%     A(3,1)   Unit vector in the direction of the rotation axis.
%     T        Rotation angle in radians (in range 0 to 2pi)
%
% In the quaternion representation of a rotation, and q(1) = cos(t/2) 
% where t is the angle of rotation in the range 0 to 2pi
% and q(2:4)/sin(t/2) is a unit vector lying along the axis of rotation
% a positive rotation about [0 0 1] takes the X axis towards the Y axis.
% 
%      Copyright (C) Mike Brookes 2007
%      Version: $Id: rotqr2ax.m,v 1.2 2007/11/21 12:42:36 dmb Exp $
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%   VOICEBOX is a MATLAB toolbox for speech processing.
%   Home page: http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/hp/staff/dmb/voicebox/voicebox.html
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a=q(2:4);
m=sqrt(a'*a);
t=2*atan2(m,q(1));      % avoids problems if unnormalized
if m>0
    a=a/m;
else
    a=[0 0 1]';
end