Abstract
In this paper, we investigate the feasibility of leveraging the accelerometer in modern smartphones to detect the triggering of explosion events. By emplacing a static smartphone and a state-of-the-art seismometer in the vicinity of real explosion blasts (conducted at an Explosives Research Lab in a university setting), and comparing their detected event readings, we make several insightful contributions. We find that readings from events in the smartphone and the seismometer are highly correlated in the temporal and frequency domain. We then demonstrate the feasibility of designing an algorithm in the smartphone (executing as an app) to detect the triggering of an explosion based on comparing short term sudden spikes in vibrations due to an explosion event, and long-term dormancy in vibration readings (in the absence of an explosion). To the best of our knowledge, ours is the first work that demonstrates the feasibility of leveraging smartphones for detecting explosion events.
Recommended Citation
S. C. Thandu et al., "On the Feasibility of Leveraging Smartphone Accelerometers to Detect Explosion Events," Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management, vol. 1, pp. 191 - 196, article no. 7264321, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Sep 2015.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/MDM.2015.66
Department(s)
Computer Science
Keywords and Phrases
accelerometer; detection; event triggering; explosion; explosives; seismometer; sensor; sensor data; smartphone
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-147999972-9
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1551-6245
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
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Publication Date
11 Sep 2015
