Development of Smartphone Application for Evaluation of Passenger Comfort

TL;DR

This paper presents an algorithm that leverages inertial sensor data from smartphones to assess passenger comfort in vehicles, expanding smartphone sensor applications beyond communication.

Contribution

The paper introduces a novel algorithm for using inertial sensor data from smartphones specifically for evaluating vehicle passenger comfort.

Findings

Algorithm effectively estimates passenger comfort levels

Utilizes existing smartphone sensors without additional hardware

Potential for real-time comfort assessment in vehicles

Abstract

Nowadays, smartphones are not utilized for communications only. Smartphones are equipped with a lot of sensors that can be utilized for different purposes. For example, inertial sensors have been used extensively in recent years for measuring and monitoring performance in many different applications. Basically, data from the sensors are utilized for estimation of smartphone orientation. There is a lot of applications which can utilize these data. This paper deals with an algorithm developed for inertial sensors data utilization for vehicle passenger comfort assessment.