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This paper introduces a bio-inspired underwater acoustic target recognition (UATR) framework using a Gammatone filter bank to emulate the cochlea's non-linear frequency selectivity, enhancing the resolution of low-frequency harmonic structures in noisy vessel propulsion signals. The resulting Cochleagram features are then processed by a custom CNN with large receptive fields to capture spectral-temporal continuities. Experiments on the VTUAD dataset demonstrate state-of-the-art classification accuracy (98.41%) with low inference latency (0.77ms), making it suitable for real-time deployment.
Bio-inspired signal processing lets you hear subtle underwater sounds better than ever, achieving 98.41% accuracy in classifying targets even in noisy conditions.
This study presents a bio inspired signal processing framework for robust Underwater Acoustic Target Recognition (UATR). The latest state of the art methods often fail to resolve dense low frequency harmonic structures in vessel propulsion signals under high noise conditions, which is addressed by the proposed framework using a biologically inspired Gammatone filter bank that emulates the cochlea nonlinear frequency selectivity. By distributing filters according to the Equivalent Rectangular Bandwidth (ERB) scale, the framework achieves a high fidelity representation of engine radiated tonals while effectively suppressing isotropic ambient interference. The resulting Cochleagram features are processed by a lightweight, custom designed Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) that leverages large receptive fields to integrate spectral-temporal continuities. Experimental results on the VTUAD dataset demonstrate a state of the art classification accuracy of 98.41%, outperforming Continuous Wavelet Transform and Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients baselines by 3.5% and 7.7% respectively. Furthermore, the framework achieves an inference latency of only 0.77 ms and a 0.971 Cohen Kappa score, validating its efficacy for real time deployment on autonomous, low-power sonar hardware.
