Traffic Sign Detection and Recognition using Deep Learning

The Advanced Driver Assistance System includes traffic sign identification and recognition. Traffic signs warn drivers of traffic laws, road conditions, and route directions, assisting them in driving more efficiently and safely. Traffic Sign Recognition is a technique for regulating traffic signals, warning drivers, and commanding or prohibiting specific acts. A quick real-time and reliable automated traffic sign detection and recognition system can assist and relieve the driver, improving driving safety and comfort significantly. For autonomous intelligent driving vehicles or driver assistance systems, automatic identification of traffic signals is also important. This paper aims to use Neural Networks to identify traffic sign patterns. Several image processing methods are used to pre-process the images. Then, to understand traffic sign patterns, Neural Networks stages are performed. To find the best network architecture, the system is trained and validated. The results of the experiments show that traffic sign patterns with complex backgrounds can be classified very accurately.