Deep Learning-Based Real-Time Auto Classification of Smartphone Measured Bridge Vibration Data

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 20; no. 9; p. 2710
• Main Authors: Shrestha, Ashish, Dang, Ji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 09-05-2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Accelerometers; Automation; Classification; Convolution; convolution neural network; Data collection; Datasets; Deep learning; Earthquakes; long-term monitoring; Neural networks; Real time; real-time vibration classification; Sensors; Smartphones; Time series; Traffic congestion; Vibration; Vibration measurement; deep learning; smartphones; real-time vibration classification; long-term monitoring; convolution neural network
• ISSN: 1424-8220; 1424-8220
• DOI: 10.3390/s20092710

In this study, a simple and customizable convolution neural network framework was used to train a vibration classification model that can be integrated into the measurement application in order to realize accurate and real-time bridge vibration status on mobile platforms. The inputs for the network model are basically the multichannel time-series signals acquired from the built-in accelerometer sensor of smartphones, while the outputs are the predefined vibration categories. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed framework, data collected from long-term monitoring of bridge were used for training a model, and its classification performance was evaluated on the test set constituting the data collected from the same bridge but not used previously for training. An iOS application program was developed on the smartphone for incorporating the trained model with predefined classification labels so that it can classify vibration datasets measured on any other bridges in real-time. The results justify the practical feasibility of using a low-latency, high-accuracy smartphone-based system amid which bottlenecks of processing large amounts of data will be eliminated, and stable observation of structural conditions can be promoted.