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Increase in population density in large cities has increased the environmental noise present in these environments, causing negative effects on human health. There are different sources of environmental noise; however, noise from road traffic is the most prevalent in cities. Therefore, it is necessary to have tools that allow noise characterization to establish strategies that permit obtaining levels that do not affect the quality of life of people. This research discusses the implementation of a system that allows the acquisition of data to characterize the noise generated by road traffic. First, the methodology for obtaining acoustic indicators with an electret measurement microphone is described, so that it adjusts to the data collection needs for road traffic noise analyses. Then, an approach for the classification and counting of automatic vehicular traffic through deep learning is presented. Results showed that there were differences of 0.2 dBA in terms of RMSE between a type 1 sound level meter and the measurement microphone used. With reference to vehicle classification and counting for four categories, the approximate error is between 3.3% and -15.5%.
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This research was supported by the University of San Buenaventura Bogotá, which provided acoustic facilities and equipment to perform the measurements, as well as support during Oscar Acosta doctoral training.
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OA and CM contributed to conceptualization. OA contributed to methodology. OA and CM contributed to software. OA, CM and RG were involved in validation. OA performed formal analysis. OA and CM conducted investigation. RG contributed resources. OA contributed to data curation. OA was involved in writing—original draft preparation. CM and RG were involved in writing—review and editing. OA contributed to visualization. CE and RG did supervision. CM and RG were involved in project administration. CM and RG contributed to funding acquisition. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
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Agudelo, O.E.A., Marín, C.E.M. & Crespo, R.G. Sound measurement and automatic vehicle classification and counting applied to road traffic noise characterization. Soft Comput 25, 12075–12087 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-021-05766-6
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