A method for detecting particulate matter emissions due to the use of a
braking system of a vehicle and providing information representative of said particulate matter emissions, comprises the steps of: during the travel of the vehicle:-acquiring, by means of a portable electronic device (2) in the vehicle, identification data of the vehicle entered by the driver of the vehicle; -acquiring driving data (DG) of the vehicle during the travel of the vehicle by means of a plurality of sensors of a portable electronic device (2) in the vehicle; storing, by means of at least one
data processing module of the portable electronic device in the vehicle, the acquired driving data (DG) of the vehicle (1) in at least one
memory module of the portable electronic device in the vehicle as a first
time sequence (S-DG) of points, in which points the driving data (DG) of the vehicle (1) are stored, each point has respective driving data (DG) of the vehicle (1) associated with that point; -transmitting, by means of the portable electronic device (2) in the vehicle, driving data (DG) of the vehicle stored as a first
time sequence (S-DG) in at least one
memory module of the portable electronic device (2) in the vehicle to the
remote computer; -performing, by a
data processing unit of the
remote computer (200), a first process on the received driving data (DG) of the vehicle to determine a representation of the driving data (DG) of the vehicle as a second
time series (S-EF) of points, each point representing an actual braking event (EF), each point having a respective driving data (DG) of the vehicle associated with that point; for each braking event represented by the points of the second
time series (S-EF), the method comprises the following steps: performing, by a
data processing unit of the
remote computer (200), the following:-by applying a first
physical quantity (G1; tR) on the basis of a first calculation module (M1) for calculating the first
physical quantity (G1; tR) of the vehicle, a first subset (S1) of driving data (DG) of the vehicle in a point of a second
time series (S-EF) corresponding to the braking event (EF) and one or more of a plurality of information (PI) from a source external to the remote computer (200) and the portable electronic device (2) in the vehicle, the plurality of pieces of information (PI) include first information indicating an environment in which the vehicle travels, second information (I2) indicating a
road condition in which the vehicle travels, and third manufacturing information (I3) of the vehicle (1); -applying a second
physical quantity (G2; G3) for the
brake system of the vehicle; tR) for determining a second physical quantity (G2; TR) on the basis of a second determination calculation module (M2) for determining the second physical quantity (G2; tR) for determining: a second subset (S2) of driving data (DG) of the vehicle in a point of a second time series (S-EF) corresponding to the braking event (EF) and one or more of a plurality of information (PI) from a source external to the remote computer (200) and the portable electronic device (2) in the vehicle; by applying a third calculation module (M3) for particulate emissions (EP); determining one or more values representative of particulate matter emissions (EP) due to a braking event (EF) based on: a third subset (S3) of driving data (DG) of the vehicle in points of a second time series (S-EF) corresponding to the braking event (EF), a value (PR) of a first physical quantity of the
vehicle braking system, a value (TR) of a second physical quantity of the
braking system, and a second subset of driving data (DG) of the vehicle in points of a second time series (S-EF) corresponding to the braking event (EF); and one or more of a plurality of information (PI) from a source external to the portable electronic device (2) in the remote computer (200) and the vehicle; -providing the driver with the aid of a portable electronic device (2) in the vehicle the determined one or more values representative of the particulate emissions (EP) due to the braking event (EF).