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A Deep Learning Framework for Smart Street Cleaning
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE Third International Conference on Big Data Computing Service and Applications (BigDataService) (2017)
  • Chandni Balchandani, San Jose State University
  • Rakshith Koravadi Hatwar, San Jose State University
  • Parteek Makkar, San Jose State University
  • Yanki Shah
  • Pooja Yelure
  • Magdalini Eirinaki, San Jose State University
Abstract
Conventional street cleaning methods include street sweepers going to various spots in the city and manually verifying if the street needs cleaning and taking action if required. However, this method is not optimized and demands a huge investment in terms of time and money. This paper introduces an automated framework which addresses street cleaning problem in a better way by making use of modern equipment with cameras and computational techniques to analyze, find and efficiently schedule clean-up crews for the areas requiring more attention. Deep learning-based neural network techniques can be used to achieve better accuracy and performance for object detection and classification than conventional machine learning algorithms for large volume of images. The proposed framework for street cleaning leverages the deep learning algorithm pipeline to analyze the street photographs and determines if the streets are dirty by detecting litter objects. The pipeline further determines the the degree to which the streets are littered by classifying the litter objects detected in earlier stages. The framework also provides information on the cleanliness status of the streets on a dashboard updated in real-time. Such framework can prove effective in reducing resource consumption and overall operational cost involved in street cleaning.
Keywords
  • smart street cleaning,
  • street sweepers,
  • deep learning-based neural network,
  • litter object detection,
  • litter object classification,
  • street photographs
Publication Date
2017
DOI
10.1109/BigDataService.2017.49
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Citation Information
Chandni Balchandani, Rakshith Koravadi Hatwar, Parteek Makkar, Yanki Shah, et al.. "A Deep Learning Framework for Smart Street Cleaning" Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE Third International Conference on Big Data Computing Service and Applications (BigDataService) (2017) p. 112 - 117
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/magdalini_eirinaki/49/