HID Sensor Usage Tables - USB.org

7 HID Sensor Usages
1. Sensor Page (0x20)
This page provides usages for sensors. This section is Normative, meaning that it is the formal description
of HID Usages for Sensors.
See Also
For background information about Sensors, including a Glossary and conceptual object model, please see
Section 2.
For a discussion of how communication with Sensors is mapped onto HID mechanisms, please see
Section 3.
For illustrative examples of HID Report Descriptors for various types of Sensors that incorporate these
Usages, please see Section 4.
The Usage IDs are numerically segregated into sections for convenience.
The lowest-numbered IDs from 0x00 to 0xFF are Usages applied to Collections and represent
sensor objects (may equate to sensor Categories or Types).
The IDs from 0x0100 to 0x07FF are Usages applied to Properties and Data Fields. These are
grouped by the sensor Category where the Usages are commonly employed, but this arrangement
is arbitrary. Usages may be reported by any sensor (or more than one sensor) if it makes sense to
do so.
The IDs from 0x0800 to 0x0FFF are Selector Usages used with Properties or Data Fields that are
Named Array enumerations.
The IDs from 0x1000 to 0xEFFF are Properties or Data Fields from the 0x0100 – 0x0FFF range
with “Modifiers” OR-ed in to the top 4 bits.
The IDs from 0xF000 upward are reserved for proprietary use by vendors.
Usage ID Usage Name
00 Undefined
Usage
Type
Section
01 Sensor CA,CP 1.1
02-0F Sensor: Reserved
(for Properties commonly used with all Sensors, please
look at Usage range 0300 – 03ff)
1.5
(Data Field Timestamp is also commonly used with all
Sensors, and its Usage is 0529)
1.15
10 Biometric CA,CP 1.1,1.6
11 Biometric: Human Presence CA,CP 1.1,1.6
12 Biometric: Human Proximity CA,CP 1.1,1.6
13 Biometric: Human Touch CA,CP 1.1,1.6
14-1F Biometric: Reserved
(for Data Fields commonly used with Biometric sensors,
please look at Usage range 04b0 – 04cf)
1.6
20 Electrical CA,CP 1.1,1.7