Vehicle Detection and Identification Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques

Authors

Keywords:

Detection, Identification, Occlusion, Tracking, Convolutional neural networks

Abstract

This paper presents a model for detecting and identifying vehicles on public roads. To this end, it considers an artificial intelligence model based on the YOLO (You Only Look Once) model and the DeepSORT (Simple Online and
Realtime Tracking) algorithm. The resulting model was able to track vehicles in different situations of occlusions and variable environmental conditions. Once the vehicle was detected and identified, the model tracked it efficiently. As a result of the model's development, a dataset of vehicles commonly found on the streets of Argentina was created, containing 1,769 images labeled for the YOLO system. This work represents a proof of concept for generating new models with superior functionalities. The results show that the direction is appropriate.

Author Biographies

Eduardo Valentin Iglesias, Fil: Iglesias, Eduardo Valentín. Ministerio Público Fiscal de San Luis; Argentina.

Ministerio Publico Fiscal de la Provincia de San Luis, en el Departamento de Delitos Complejos.

Gustavo Javier Meschino, Fil: Meschino, Gustavo Javier. Universidad FASTA; Argentina.

Director del Laboratorio de Bioingeniería de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata y el codirector del Grupo de Informática y Salud de la Universidad FASTA, ambas en Mar del Plata.

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Published

2026-03-12

How to Cite

Iglesias, E. V., & Meschino, G. J. (2026). Vehicle Detection and Identification Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques. InFo-Cyber. Journal of Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics, 1(1), 43–56. Retrieved from https://revistas.ufasta.edu.ar/index.php/InFoCyber/article/view/287

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