An electronic system to combat drifting and traffic noises on Saudi roads

Abstract

This paper proposes an electronic system to combat drifting and traffic noises in the urban area of Saudi Arabia. The proposed solution can be integrated into a smart city platform. The system comprises a sound processing hardware, a CCTV camera, and a GPRS module for wireless IP access. An algorithm to address drifting for noise and accidents is derived and tested over a range of audible traffic noises in Sakakah town. Hardware implementation of the algorithm using Radix-8, 64-point FFT algorithm, and a semiconductor intellectual property is elaborated. The results show that the algorithm produces no false alarm.