Traffic sign recognition using colour information

✍ Scribed by W. Ritter; F. Stein; R. Janssen

• Book ID: 103929390
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 954 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0895-7177
• DOI: 10.1016/0895-7177(95)00131-k

✦ Synopsis

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this paper, we present a novel approach for the detection and recognition of traffic signs. Colour images are acquired by a camera mounted in a car. In the first step, these images are colour segmented with a pixel classifier. Colour combinations which are characteristic for traffic signs generate hypotheses. These hypotheses are verified using a pictogram classifier.

Our system has been successfully tested on thousands of traffic scenes. The processing of a 512 by 512 frame takes approximately 1 second on a Spare-10.

This project is part of the European research programme PROMETHEUS and is being developed by Daimler-Benz in collaboration with various university labs.