A survey on acoustic signature recognition and classification techniques for persistent surveillance systems

Amir Shirkhodaie; Amjad Alkilani

doi:10.1117/12.919872

17 May 2012 A survey on acoustic signature recognition and classification techniques for persistent surveillance systems

Amir Shirkhodaie, Amjad Alkilani

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Proceedings Volume 8392, Signal Processing, Sensor Fusion, and Target Recognition XXI; 83920U (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.919872
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2012, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Application of acoustic sensors in Persistent Surveillance Systems (PSS) has received considerable attention over the last two decades because they can be rapidly deployed and have low cost. Conventional utilization of acoustic sensors in PSS spans a wide range of applications including: vehicle classification, target tracking, activity understanding, speech recognition, shooter detection, etc. This paper presents a current survey of physics-based acoustic signature classification techniques for outdoor sounds recognition and understanding. Particularly, this paper focuses on taxonomy and ontology of acoustic signatures resulted from group activities. The taxonomy and supportive ontology considered include: humanvehicle, human-objects, and human-human interactions. This paper, in particular, exploits applicability of several spectral analysis techniques as a means to maximize likelihood of correct acoustic source detection, recognition, and discrimination. Spectral analysis techniques based on Fast Fourier Transform, Discrete Wavelet Transform, and Short Time Fourier Transform are considered for extraction of features from acoustic sources. In addition, comprehensive overviews of most current research activities related to scope of this work are presented with their applications. Furthermore, future potential direction of research in this area is discussed for improvement of acoustic signature recognition and classification technology suitable for PSS applications.

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Amir Shirkhodaie and Amjad Alkilani "A survey on acoustic signature recognition and classification techniques for persistent surveillance systems", Proc. SPIE 8392, Signal Processing, Sensor Fusion, and Target Recognition XXI, 83920U (17 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.919872

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