In-vehicle violence detection in carpooling: A brief survey towards a general surveillance system

Abstract

Violence is a word that encompasses several meanings ranging from an actual fight to theft and several types of harassment. Therefore, violence detection through surveillance systems can be a quite difficult yet important task. The increasing use of carpooling services and vehicle sharing brought the need to implement a sufficient general surveillance system for monitoring these vehicles for assuring the passengers’ safety during the ride. This paper raised the literature for this matter, finding fewer research papers than it was expected for the in-vehicle perspective, noticeably to sexual harassment. Most of the research papers focused on out-vehicle issues such as runs over and vehicle theft. In-vehicle electronic components security and cockpit user experience were perceived as major concern areas. This paper discusses these findings and presents some insights about in-vehicle surveillance.