Title: A smartphone application to extract safety and environmental related information from the OBD-II interface of a car

Authors: Johan Wideberg; Pablo Luque; Daniel Mantaras

Addresses: ETSI Camino de los Descubrimientos, s/n 41092 Sevilla, Spain. ' Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering, Universidad de Oviedo, Campus Universitario de Gijón, 33203 Gijón, Spain. ' Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering, Universidad de Oviedo, Campus Universitario de Gijón, 33203 Gijón, Spain

Abstract: This paper introduces a methodology for the identification of events or potentially dangerous situations in road traffic by extracting information from the OBD-II interface. The proposed system for identifying hazardous locations includes a GNSS positioning system. As such, with the use of existing navigation systems or with the use of newly installed equipment, the exact geographic location where a given risk occurs will be identified.

Keywords: OBD-II; data logging; active security; road traffic; traffic events; dangerous situations; safety information; environmental information; hazardous locations; GNSS positioning; geographic location; risk assessment; risk locations; vehicle safety; smartphones; cell phones; mobile phones.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVSMT.2012.045309

International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing, 2012 Vol.7 No.1, pp.1 - 11

Received: 16 Jun 2011
Accepted: 18 Jun 2011
Published online: 13 Sep 2014 *

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