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Accuracy Improvement of Automatic Smoky Diesel Vehicle Detection Using YOLO Model, Matching, and Refinement.

Yaojung Shiao^1,2, Tan-Linh Huynh¹, Jie Ruei Hu¹

¹Department of Vehicle Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan.

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Summary

A new method accurately detects smoky diesel vehicles using advanced object detection and image processing. This approach significantly improves detection rates and reduces processing time for cleaner transportation.

Keywords:

YOLO deep learning license plate smoke detection smoky diesel vehicle

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Area of Science:

Environmental Science
Computer Vision
Transportation Engineering

Background:

Transportation is a major source of air pollution, with smoky diesel vehicles being a significant contributor.
Effective detection of these vehicles is crucial for implementing targeted emission reduction strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate a novel, highly accurate method for detecting smoky diesel vehicles.
To improve upon existing methods in terms of accuracy, robustness, and processing speed.

Main Methods:

Utilized You Only Look Once (YOLO) models, specifically YOLOv5s, for initial object detection of vehicles, license plates, and smoke.
Implemented two matching techniques correlating smoke regions with vehicle shapes and license plates.
Applied image processing for refining smoke region detection and eliminating false positives caused by shadows.

Main Results:

YOLOv5s achieved high precision (91.4%) and mean average precision (mAP@0.5) of 91% for smoke region detection.
The proposed method reached a detection rate of 97.45% and precision of 93.50%, outperforming existing methods.
Processing time was reduced to 85 ms per image, significantly faster than reference studies.

Conclusions:

The developed method demonstrates superior accuracy, robustness, and efficiency in detecting smoky diesel vehicles.
The system's performance indicates strong potential for real-world application in air pollution monitoring and control.
This advancement contributes to reducing transportation-related air pollution through improved vehicle emission detection.