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Mileage and Speed Estimation (Patent No.: US 9,842,438)

Cambridge Mobile Telematics determines vehicle usage with a sensor of a device affixed to the vehicle. The sensor provides a vibration signal associated with the vehicle, and that vibration signal...
February 5, 2021
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Inference of Vehicular Trajectory Characteristics with Personal Mobile Devices (Patent No.: US 9,228,836)

Cambridge Mobile Telematics accurately measures longitudinal and lateral acceleration using raw three-axis accelerometer data from a smartphone that may be oriented arbitrarily in a moving vehicle or carried by a...
February 2, 2021
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Telematics Using Personal Mobile Devices (Patent No.: US 8,457,880)

Cambridge Mobile Telematics provides vehicle trajectories and mileage inferences from smartphone location data in a battery-efficient manner. This is done through the method of map matching – processing inaccurate, noisy,...
January 14, 2021
Blog | Data Analysis

Rising Phone Distraction Calls For New Methods of Measurement

Phone distraction while driving is generally understood as dangerous. Across the U.S., there are national awareness campaigns promoting slogans like “Don’t Text and Drive” and “It Can Wait” – you...
November 16, 2020
Blog | Behavior Change

Phone Distraction Occurred in 41% of Daytime Drives in 2019

Phone distraction while driving is an understudied, underreported, and misunderstood disaster occurring right now. It costs hundreds of lives and millions of dollars each year, and it’s getting worse.  States...
November 12, 2020