Light Deep Models for Cognitive Computing in Intelligent Transportation Systems

Abstract

The paper proposes light convolutional neural network (CNN) models for the use of cognitive networking in an intelligent transportation system (ITS). There are two CNN models, one with 1D convolution and connectors, and the other with a tree-like structure. The 1D CNN model is deployed to process 1D temporal data such as the driver’s body temperature and electrocardiogram (ECG) data to measure emotion, while the deep tree CNN model is used to process image data obtained from car camera sensors. As the driver’s cognitive state can frequently change depending on the situation and location of the car, different edge controllers should handle the car sensors’ data within a short period of time. The tree-based deep learning model that can be branched and processed independently in the edge devices can be executed with less computation. This reduces the load and the time of the execution of the model. The light 1D CNN model has less learnable parameters, and hence can be executed in real-time. The cognitive state of a driver is measured by the facial emotion, body temperature, and ECG signal of the driver. The proposed is tested using a publicly available facial emotion database, and the accuracy and the information density are around 94-96% and 4.4, respectively.