MOBILE DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AND/OR CLASSIFYING OCCUPANTS OF A VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD THEREOF

A method and system for identifying and/or classifying a user of a vehicle based on sensory data measured by sensors of a cellular mobile device, the sensors at least comprising an accelerometer and a gyroscope. The mobile device measures gravitational acceleration movement sensory data by the accelerometer based on measuring parameters obtained from the accelerometer, vehicle entering or exiting movement patterns of the user being detected from the acceleration movement sensory data at least comprising pattern for base axis and degree of rotation associated with a vehicle entrance or exit of the user. The detected vehicle entering or exiting movement patterns of the user trigger as input features the recognition of a vehicle entering or exiting movement of the user by performing a decision-tree classification on the input features to rule out whether the user entered or exited from a left or right side of the vehicle.