Auditory Classification of Carsby Deep Neural Networks

Abstract: This thesis explores the challenge of using deep neural networks to classify traits incars through sound recognition. These traits could include type of engine, model, or manufacturer of the car. The problem was approached by creating three different neural networks and evaluating their performance in classifying sounds of three different cars. The top scoring neural network achieved an accuracy of 61 percent, which is far from reaching the standard accuracy of modern speech recognition systems. The results do, however, show that there are some tendencies to the data that neural networks can learn. If the methods and networks presented in this report are further built upon, a greater classification performance may be achieved.