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Abstract
Human foot traffic in urban environments provides essential information for city planners to manage the urban resources and urban residents to plan their activities. Compared to camera or mobile-based solutions, seismic sensors detect human footstep signals with fewer privacy concerns. However, seismic sensors often record signals generated from multiple sources, particularly in an urban outdoor environment. We compare the spectra of natural and urban events commonly observed in a park in Singapore. For each three-second seismic data, we define hierarchical screening criteria to identify footsteps based on the spectrum of the signal and its envelope. We derive the cadence of each runner by detecting the primary frequency of the footstep signals. The resulting algorithm achieves higher accuracy and higher temporal resolution for weak and overlapping signals compared to existing methods. Runner statistics based on 4-month long seismic data show that urban running activities have clear daily and weekly cycles. Lockdown measures to mitigate COVID-19 pandemic promoted running activities, particularly over the weekends. Cadence statistics show that morning runners on average perform better than evening runners.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31223/X5P311
Subjects
Engineering, Life Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Keywords
Footstep signals, urban outdoor environment, spectrum analysis, runner counting, cadence
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Published: 2021-01-30 03:16
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