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Mobile Phone Operation
Mobile Phone Operation for Travel Status
For each trip, the user performs simple mobile phone operation upon departure, changing transport modes, and arrival. In the case of serial trips by car from home to office, office to home, (1) to (4) in the figure below are the timing of mobile phone operation.
The Departure Operation initiates GPS positioning, thereby the time and position data while traveling will be stored in a database at a designated interval. The positioning interval can be set for one to 86,400 seconds (or one day).
Mobile Phone Operation for Additional Data Entries
The user is able to enter photos and comments while shopping, dining or having something to be mentioned and recorded.
System Features
- Transport Mode Change
The Transport Mode Change function enables the acquisition of the data for modal changes within a trip* and accurate time of the changes took place, instead of a single representing mode. - GPS Positioning Interval
The autonomous positioning enables the positioning at a few (one to five) seconds interval, resulting in collecting more detailed and accurate position data. - Battery Life
A continuous operation over 10 hours is now possible, eliminating the need to recharge batteries of mobile phones for a normal one-day behavioral survey.
*Battery life depends on the environment where positioning takes place. When in a clear GPS conditions, positioning is possible for more than 10 hours while traveling. - Mobile Web Diary
With this function, it is possible to edit trip information from the web menu of the mobile phone, allowing respondents without PC to participate in a survey. - Application Downloading
The application software for PP Survey is even downloadable to the mobile phone of each respondent.
Compatible models are: au W42H, W32S, W41SA
This feature will be extended for other au mobile phones that support "EZ Appli."
* A trip is defined as a person's movement from one location "origin" to another "destination" for a certain purpose. Even if the means of transportation are changed on the way to the destination, still the trip is counted as one single trip.