doubts about interpreting x,y,z from kinect

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Hello everyone

I'm implementing a stair detection algorithm using kinect. My understanding is that in ros and openni the y and z of 3D points are reversed. so point.y indicates depth, and point.z indicates depth, while (0,0,1) is the normal to the ground plane

Now when I'm running plane/stair detection on some sample stairs, I have the feeling this is not the case, for example:

`Standing down and looking upstairs:
where Normal (x,y,z) is the angle between plane normal and (1,0,0), (0,0,1), (0,1,0), and center means the center point of the plane

Normal (x,y,z) to plane=8=(85.9741,5.20184,86.7113), center=(-486.011,110.283,1775.32, is vertical
Normal (x,y,z) to plane=17=(86.2233,6.65427,84.5293), center=(97.3194,177.953,1440.98, is vertical
Normal (x,y,z) to plane=21=(87.3236,16.1993,74.0353), center=(54.2511,277.825,1146.79, is vertical
Normal (x,y,z) to plane=22=(90.2841,87.4952,2.52085), center=(-26.3924,329.484,929.445, is horizontal
Normal (x,y,z) to plane=24=(87.1528,12.2501,78.0953), center=(-31.5048,393.672,855.474, is vertical
Normal (x,y,z) to plane=25=(89.4157,90.5968,179.165), center=(-21.418,422.656,675.315, is horizontal

since points are scanned from top left to bottom right, so planes with smaller id´s are scanned first, i.e. in the upper case they are the higher further plane.

Now for the case standing up the stairs and looking downwards, here are my planes:

Normal (x,y,z) to plane=67=(90.5932,89.6205,179.296), center=(-223.516,950.897,2188.82, is horizontal
Normal (x,y,z) to plane=85=(90.4772,93.7257,176.244), center=(70.3257,842.521,1605.57, is horizontal
Normal (x,y,z) to plane=86=(90.4431,94.3491,175.628), center=(32.0055,743.043,1304.14, is horizontal
Normal (x,y,z) to plane=88=(90.4187,78.5517,168.544), center=(20.4919,639.753,996.574, is horizontal
Normal (x,y,z) to plane=90=(90.0278,110.79,20.7901), center=(-1.77436,540.584,736.258

Again small plane id means further (but lower planes in this case) As you can see, the 3rd component of the center (z) starts large and goes smaller in both cases, while the (y) component in the first case is small and goes larger and vice versa in second case, so this tells me that this coordinate system is just a standard coordinate system with y indicates height and z indicates depth one more tip, calculating angle between plane normal and (0,0,1) yields almost 90 degrees for horizontal planes and 0 or 180 degrees for vertical planes, while using the normal (0,1,0) as ... (more)