Intelligent emotion recognition for drivers using model-level multimodal fusion

Unstable emotions are considered to be an important factor contributing to traffic accidents. The probability of accidents can be reduced if emotional anomalies of drivers can be quickly identified and intervened. In this paper, we present a multimodal emotion recognition model, MHLT, which performs...

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Main Authors: Xing Luan, Quan Wen, Bo Hang
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2025.1599428/full
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description Unstable emotions are considered to be an important factor contributing to traffic accidents. The probability of accidents can be reduced if emotional anomalies of drivers can be quickly identified and intervened. In this paper, we present a multimodal emotion recognition model, MHLT, which performs model-level fusion through an attentional mechanism. By integrating video and audio modalities, the accuracy of emotion recognition is significantly improved. And the model performs better in predicting emotion intensity, a driver emotion recognition dimension, than traditional results that focus more on emotion, recognition classification.
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spelling doaj-art-74ee4fe76aef4effb928a16006c0667f2025-08-20T03:28:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physics2296-424X2025-07-011310.3389/fphy.2025.15994281599428Intelligent emotion recognition for drivers using model-level multimodal fusionXing Luan0Quan Wen1Bo Hang2College of Communication Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaCollege of Communication Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaHubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, ChinaUnstable emotions are considered to be an important factor contributing to traffic accidents. The probability of accidents can be reduced if emotional anomalies of drivers can be quickly identified and intervened. In this paper, we present a multimodal emotion recognition model, MHLT, which performs model-level fusion through an attentional mechanism. By integrating video and audio modalities, the accuracy of emotion recognition is significantly improved. And the model performs better in predicting emotion intensity, a driver emotion recognition dimension, than traditional results that focus more on emotion, recognition classification.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2025.1599428/fullroad rage detectiondriver emotion recognitionmultimodal emotion recognitionattention mechanismdeep learning
spellingShingle Xing Luan
Quan Wen
Bo Hang
Intelligent emotion recognition for drivers using model-level multimodal fusion
Frontiers in Physics
road rage detection
driver emotion recognition
multimodal emotion recognition
attention mechanism
deep learning
title Intelligent emotion recognition for drivers using model-level multimodal fusion
title_full Intelligent emotion recognition for drivers using model-level multimodal fusion
title_fullStr Intelligent emotion recognition for drivers using model-level multimodal fusion
title_full_unstemmed Intelligent emotion recognition for drivers using model-level multimodal fusion
title_short Intelligent emotion recognition for drivers using model-level multimodal fusion
title_sort intelligent emotion recognition for drivers using model level multimodal fusion
topic road rage detection
driver emotion recognition
multimodal emotion recognition
attention mechanism
deep learning
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2025.1599428/full
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