Autonomous Driving System with Road Sign Recognition using Convolutional Neural Networks

According to statistics, most road accidents take place due to lack of response time to instant traffic events. With the self-driving cars, this problem can be addressed by implementing automated systems to detect these traffic events. To design such recognition system in self-driving automated cars, it is important to monitor and manoeuvre through real-time traffic events. This involves correctly identifying the traffic signs that can be faced by an automated vehicle, classifying them, and responding to them. In this paper, an attempt is made to design such system, by applying image recognition to capture traffic signs, classify them correctly using Convolutional Neural Network, and respond to it in real-time through an Arduino controlled autonomous car. To study the performance of this road sign recognition system, various experiments were conducted using Belgium Traffic Signs dataset and an accuracy of 83.7% has been achieved by this approach.