MONITORING DRIVER BEHAVIOR BY USING ANDROID DEVICES

Abstract

The new technological advancements and increasing propagation of mobile android devices pose great opportunities for engineers and traffic accidents experts. These gadgets are compact hybrid devices integrating the capabilities of personal digital assistant (PDA), personal computer (PC), mobile phone, camera, music player, FM radio, Global Positioning System (GPS) and so on. They have standard computing facilities and advanced communication features including HSPA+ 21Mbps/ HSUPA 5.76Mbps, EDGE/ GPRS, wireless and Bluetooth. This paper concentrates on the development of real - time driver monitoring system using Android device camera, accelerometer and gyroscope, together with GPS and proximity signals. We have used also small compact cameras for driver video monitoring. The main goals of the paper are: - Car driver behavior data acquisition (with reasonable degree of confidence) and syncronize in the specific traffic context; - Correlate car driver maneuvers with vehicle movement dynamic and geographic (in traffic) position, with real time out off car images synchronization; - Estimate driver behavior and crash risks by processing all data collected.