I want to calculate the distance between the camera and the recognized object.For this I tried a lot of methods, I tried to find the angle between the object and the camera
Your getRotationMatrix is probably returning false! You should copy the values to your own vectors so they don't get mixed up! Use the clone() method to do so!
if (event.sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER)
gravity = event.values.clone();
if (event.sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD)
geoMagnetic = event.values.clone();
Using your code plus this change I was able to get the azimuth/pitch/roll values, without this change the success flag returns false:
Log.d("a", "orientation values: " + azimut + " / " + pitch + " / " + roll);
05-21 16:07:55.743: D/a(29429): orientation values: 77.71578 / 43.352722 / -152.39603
05-21 16:07:55.883: D/a(29429): orientation values: 175.26134 / 23.031355 / -148.72844
05-21 16:07:56.793: D/a(29429): orientation values: -146.3089 / 4.1098075 / -14.46417
You should use the PITCH value if you are holding the phone in portrait mode, if you are holding the phone in landscape mode you should use the ROLL value.
If you are holding the phone at a 1.4 height then you will have:
float dist = Math.abs((float) (1.4f * Math.tan(pitch * Math.PI / 180)));
Please note that you should use RADIANS and not DEGREES on the Math.tan function.
I tested here and the values seem to be valid!