Engine classification using vibrations measured by Laser Doppler Vibrometer on different surfaces

J. Wei; Chi-Him Liu; Zhigang Zhu; Karmon Vongsy; Olga Mendoza-Schrock

doi:10.1117/12.2179278

21 May 2015 Engine classification using vibrations measured by Laser Doppler Vibrometer on different surfaces

J. Wei, Chi-Him Liu, Zhigang Zhu, Karmon Vongsy, Olga Mendoza-Schrock

Proceedings Volume 9474, Signal Processing, Sensor/Information Fusion, and Target Recognition XXIV; 947419 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2179278
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2015, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

In our previous studies, vehicle surfaces’ vibrations caused by operating engines measured by Laser Doppler Vibrometer (LDV) have been effectively exploited in order to classify vehicles of different types, e.g., vans, 2-door sedans, 4-door sedans, trucks, and buses, as well as different types of engines, such as Inline-four engines, V-6 engines, 1-axle diesel engines, and 2-axle diesel engines. The results are achieved by employing methods based on an array of machine learning classifiers such as AdaBoost, random forests, neural network, and support vector machines. To achieve effective classification performance, we seek to find a more reliable approach to pick authentic vibrations of vehicle engines from a trustworthy surface. Compared with vibrations directly taken from the uncooperative vehicle surfaces that are rigidly connected to the engines, these vibrations are much weaker in magnitudes. In this work we conducted a systematic study on different types of objects. We tested different types of engines ranging from electric shavers, electric fans, and coffee machines among different surfaces such as a white board, cement wall, and steel case to investigate the characteristics of the LDV signals of these surfaces, in both the time and spectral domains. Preliminary results in engine classification using several machine learning algorithms point to the right direction on the choice of type of object surfaces to be planted for LDV measurements.

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J. Wei, Chi-Him Liu, Zhigang Zhu, Karmon Vongsy, and Olga Mendoza-Schrock "Engine classification using vibrations measured by Laser Doppler Vibrometer on different surfaces", Proc. SPIE 9474, Signal Processing, Sensor/Information Fusion, and Target Recognition XXIV, 947419 (21 May 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2179278

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