Morehead State University
Road Object Classification using CNN
Grade Level at Time of Presentation
Senior
Major
Computer Science
Minor
Computer Information Systems, Computer Gaming
KY House District #
99
KY Senate District #
27
Faculty Advisor/ Mentor
Dr. Heba Elgazzar
Department
Dept. of Computer Science & Electronics
Abstract
Driving is the primary means of transportation for many people around the world. Whether the use is to assist human drivers or create autonomous driving, the use of machine learning can create safer road conditions. Drivers must consider other objects on the road, most commonly other vehicles, and pedestrians. These three components, road signs, pedestrians, and vehicles make up a large majority of objects that a driver will encounter when on the road. This research applies machine learning algorithms, specifically Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), to classify these road objects. The goal is to create a classification model that can reliably classify road objects and classify the different road signs into individual classes. The results showed high accuracy in classifying the objects, even at lower resolutions and poor conditions.
Road Object Classification using CNN
Driving is the primary means of transportation for many people around the world. Whether the use is to assist human drivers or create autonomous driving, the use of machine learning can create safer road conditions. Drivers must consider other objects on the road, most commonly other vehicles, and pedestrians. These three components, road signs, pedestrians, and vehicles make up a large majority of objects that a driver will encounter when on the road. This research applies machine learning algorithms, specifically Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), to classify these road objects. The goal is to create a classification model that can reliably classify road objects and classify the different road signs into individual classes. The results showed high accuracy in classifying the objects, even at lower resolutions and poor conditions.