Inventors:
Howard Haynes - Knoxville TN, US
Alfred Akerman - Knoxville TN, US
Curtis Ayers - Kingston TN, US
International Classification:
H04R 29/00
Abstract:
A passive vehicle acoustic data analyzer system having at least one microphone disposed in the acoustic field of a moving vehicle and a computer in electronic communication the microphone(s). The computer detects and measures the frequency shift in the acoustic signature emitted by the vehicle as it approaches and passes the microphone(s). The acoustic signature of a truck driving by a microphone can provide enough information to estimate the truck speed in miles-per-hour (mph), engine speed in rotations-per-minute (RPM), turbocharger speed in RPM, and vehicle weight.