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New AI system uses audio to track hidden vehicles

Researchers have developed a novel two-stage system for detecting and tracking hidden dynamic objects using audio representations. The first stage involves self-supervised pre-training on raw audio waveforms, inspired by the Joint-Embedding Predictive Architecture (JEPA), to predict future audio segments from past context. This is followed by supervised multi-task fine-tuning using a bidirectional LSTM with three classification heads to estimate the number of vehicles, their types, and their direction of arrival. The system was evaluated on a newly collected dataset and demonstrated superior performance compared to existing methods, showing robust representations transferable to unseen driving scenarios. AI

IMPACT This research could enhance the safety of autonomous vehicles by improving their ability to detect and track hidden objects using audio cues.

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New AI system uses audio to track hidden vehicles

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Katerina Vinciguerra, Moritz Brandes, Danilo Hollosi, Letizia Marchegiani ·

    Predictive audio representations for early detection and tracking of hidden dynamic objects

    arXiv:2609.13595v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Predicting potential dangers is core to safety. Forecasting the presence of other traffic agents is core to danger prediction. Occluded traffic agents challenge detection systems as they might become visible too late, leaving the …