Discovering Speed Changes of Vehicles from Audio Data

In this paper, the authors focus on detection of speed changes from audio data, representing recordings of cars passing a microphone placed near the road. The goal of this work is to observe the behavior of drivers near control points, in order to check whether their driving is safe both when approaching the speed camera and after passing it. The audio data were recorded in controlled conditions, and they are publicly available for downloading. They represent one of three classes: car accelerating, decelerating, or maintaining constant speed. The authors used SVM, random forests, and artificial neural networks as classifiers, as well as the time series based approach. The authors also tested several approaches to audio data representation, namely: average values of basic audio features within the analyzed time segment, parametric description of the time evolution of these features, and parametric description of curves (lines) in the spectrogram. Additionally, the combinations of these representations were used in classification experiments. As a final step, the authors constructed an ensemble classifier, consisting of the best models. The proposed solution achieved an accuracy of almost 95%, without mistaking acceleration with deceleration, and very rare mistakes between stable speed and speed changes. The outcomes of this work can become a basis for campaigns aiming at improving traffic safety.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3390/s19143067
• Record URL:
  • https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/14/3067
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/14248220
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2019 Elżbieta Kubera et al.
• Authors:
  • Kubera, Elzbieta
  • Wieczorkowska, Alicja
  • Kuranc, Andrzej
  • Slowik, Tomasz
• Publication Date: 2019

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 3067
• Serial:
  • Sensors
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 14
  • Publisher: MDPI AG
  • ISSN: 1424-8220
  • Serial URL: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustic detectors; Behavior; Detection and identification; Detection and identification technologies; Drivers; Highway safety; Speed
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01715437
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 2019 1:01PM