MobileUTDrive: an android portable device platform for in-vehicle driving data collection and display

Smart portable device used in car provides a cost effective approach to obtain driving dynamic signals and location information by utilizing its inertial sensors. MobileUTDrive is an Android App that we developed for in-vehicle data collection. This paper first describes motivation of using portable device for driving record, and then discuss the system design in hardware and software aspects. Finally, and details of software implementation is presented.