Spatial Deep Deconvolution U-Net for Traffic Analyses with Distributed Acoustic Sensing

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Title: Spatial Deep Deconvolution U-Net for Traffic Analyses with Distributed Acoustic Sensing
Authors: Yuan, Siyuan, Ende, Martijn van den, Liu, Jingxiao, Noh, Hae Young, Clapp, Robert, Richard, Cédric, Biondi, Biondo
Publication Year: 2022
Subject Terms: Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Signal Processing
More Details: Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) that transforms city-wide fiber-optic cables into a large-scale strain sensing array has shown the potential to revolutionize urban traffic monitoring by providing a fine-grained, scalable, and low-maintenance monitoring solution. However, the real-world application of DAS is hindered by challenges such as noise contamination and interference among closely traveling cars. In response, we introduce a self-supervised U-Net model that can suppress background noise and compress car-induced DAS signals into high-resolution pulses through spatial deconvolution. Our work extends recent research by introducing three key advancements. Firstly, we perform a comprehensive resolution analysis of DAS-recorded traffic signals, laying a theoretical foundation for our approach. Secondly, we incorporate space-domain vehicle wavelets into our U-Net model, enabling consistent high-resolution outputs regardless of vehicle speed variations. Finally, we employ L-2 norm regularization in the loss function, enhancing our model's sensitivity to weaker signals from vehicles in remote traffic lanes. We evaluate the effectiveness and robustness of our method through field recordings under different traffic conditions and various driving speeds. Our results show that our method can enhance the spatial-temporal resolution and better resolve closely traveling cars. The spatial deconvolution U-Net model also enables the characterization of large-size vehicles to identify axle numbers and estimate the vehicle length. Monitoring large-size vehicles also benefits imaging deep earth by leveraging the surface waves induced by the dynamic vehicle-road interaction.
Comment: This preprint was re-submitted as a revised version to the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems on June 27, 2023
Document Type: Working Paper
Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2212.03936
Accession Number: edsarx.2212.03936
Database: arXiv
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