Leveraging Smartphone Sensors to Detect Distracted Driving Activities

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 3303-3312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaoutar Ben Ahmed ◽  
Bharti Goel ◽  
Pratool Bharti ◽  
Sriram Chellappan ◽  
Mohammed Bouhorma
Keyword(s):  
Distracted Driving ◽  
Smartphone Sensors

scholarly journals Accurate Driver Detection Exploiting Invariant Characteristics of Smartphone Sensors

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 2643
Author(s):  
DaeHan Ahn ◽  
Homin Park ◽  
Kyoosik Shin ◽  
Taejoon Park
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Marginal Cost ◽  
Distracted Driving ◽  
Field Emissions ◽  
Average Accuracy ◽  
Sensory Features ◽  
Smartphone Sensors ◽  
Battery Consumption ◽  
System Designs ◽  
Extreme Scenario

Distracted driving jeopardizes the safety of the driver and others. Numerous solutions have been proposed to prevent distracted driving, but the number of related accidents has not decreased. Such a deficiency comes from fragile system designs where drivers are detected exploiting sensory features from strictly controlled vehicle-riding actions and unreliable driving events. We propose a system called ADDICT (Accurate Driver Detection exploiting Invariant Characteristics of smarTphone sensors), which identifies the driver utilizing the inconsistency between gyroscope and magnetometer dynamics and the interplay between electromagnetic field emissions and engine startup vibrations. These features are invariantly observable regardless of smartphone positions and vehicle-riding actions. To evaluate the feasibility of ADDICT, we conducted extensive experiments with four participants and three different vehicles by varying vehicle-riding scenarios. Our evaluation results demonstrated that ADDICT identifies the driver’s smartphone with 89.1% average accuracy for all scenarios and >85% under the extreme scenario, at a marginal cost of battery consumption.

Texting While Driving and Other Use of Digital Technology Leading to Distraction and Risk

2020 ◽  
pp. 250-258
Author(s):  
Susan B. Varga ◽  
Federico E. Vaca
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Distracted Driving ◽  
Navigation Systems ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Young Drivers ◽  
Texting While Driving ◽  
Fatal Crashes ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Health Studies

Advances in technology have dramatically influenced and changed the world of transportation in countless way. While many improvements have been realized with the help of technology in this area, negative consequences, like distracted driving, continue to be formidable challenges to the public’s safety and health. Studies have demonstrated that mobile phones, built-in navigation systems, and other in-vehicle–related entertainment/information technology (infotainment) have contributed to distracted driving, leading to increased morbidity and mortality, especially among the youth. Today, the ubiquitous use of mobile phones while driving has led to major increases of distracted driving, with some attribution to injury and fatal crashes, particularly among young drivers.

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