New AI technology to measure the noisiness of upstairs neighbors

In South Korea, these sleepless nights happen in many places because of the noise from upstairs neighbors. Living in the apartment units means dealing with a level of noise from the neighborhood on a daily basis. The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology has announced a new approach for predicting the footstep sounds of upstairs residents using a convolutional neural network (CNN) model based on vibration signals. The CNN models are widely applied in computer vision tasks. The vibration sensors are designed to be installed on the wall and floor slab of a residential building to monitor footstep-induced vibration in real–time.