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Main Authors: Möderl, Jakob, Posch, Stefan, Pernkopf, Franz, Witrisal, Klaus
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.10478
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author Möderl, Jakob
Posch, Stefan
Pernkopf, Franz
Witrisal, Klaus
author_facet Möderl, Jakob
Posch, Stefan
Pernkopf, Franz
Witrisal, Klaus
contents We present a data-driven car occupancy detection algorithm using ultra-wideband radar based on the ResNet architecture. The algorithm is trained on a dataset of channel impulse responses obtained from measurements at three different activity levels of the occupants (i.e. breathing, talking, moving). We compare the presented algorithm against a state-of-the-art car occupancy detection algorithm based on variational message passing (VMP). Our presented ResNet architecture is able to outperform the VMP algorithm in terms of the area under the receiver operating curve (AUC) at low signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) for all three activity levels of the target. Specifically, for an SNR of -20 dB the VMP detector achieves an AUC of 0.87 while the ResNet architecture achieves an AUC of 0.91 if the target is sitting still and breathing naturally. The difference in performance for the other activities is similar. To facilitate the implementation in the onboard computer of a car we perform an ablation study to optimize the tradeoff between performance and computational complexity for several ResNet architectures. The dataset used to train and evaluate the algorithm is openly accessible. This facilitates an easy comparison in future works.
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spellingShingle "UWBCarGraz" Dataset for Car Occupancy Detection using Ultra-Wideband Radar
Möderl, Jakob
Posch, Stefan
Pernkopf, Franz
Witrisal, Klaus
Signal Processing
We present a data-driven car occupancy detection algorithm using ultra-wideband radar based on the ResNet architecture. The algorithm is trained on a dataset of channel impulse responses obtained from measurements at three different activity levels of the occupants (i.e. breathing, talking, moving). We compare the presented algorithm against a state-of-the-art car occupancy detection algorithm based on variational message passing (VMP). Our presented ResNet architecture is able to outperform the VMP algorithm in terms of the area under the receiver operating curve (AUC) at low signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) for all three activity levels of the target. Specifically, for an SNR of -20 dB the VMP detector achieves an AUC of 0.87 while the ResNet architecture achieves an AUC of 0.91 if the target is sitting still and breathing naturally. The difference in performance for the other activities is similar. To facilitate the implementation in the onboard computer of a car we perform an ablation study to optimize the tradeoff between performance and computational complexity for several ResNet architectures. The dataset used to train and evaluate the algorithm is openly accessible. This facilitates an easy comparison in future works.
title "UWBCarGraz" Dataset for Car Occupancy Detection using Ultra-Wideband Radar
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.10478