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Traffic Sign Recognition for Advanced Driver Assistance System Using PCA Kande Prasyam1, S. Himabindu2 1
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PG Student, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, ASCET, Gudur, A.P, India. Asst. Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, ASCET, Gudur, A.P, India 1
499prasyam@gmail.com 2 bindu437@gmail.com
Abstract: Traffic sign Recognition plays a vital role for the drivers in order to avoid the hurdles like speed breakers, narrow bridge or even accident zone etc. This paper presents the effective recognition of traffic signs using Principal component analysis. This could be done by placing a camera which captures the road sign images and it will be displayed as a video file in the GUI. This video file is converted into frames called array indexing. Here this technique uses different methods of image processing such as image segmentation, sign recognition and sign classification. The Eigen values of these images calculated and given to LPC 2148 processor where it will be interfaced with the audio amplifier and shows the sign direction in LCD. Index Terms---- Road sign, Principal Component analysis, Graphical user interface, Eigen values, Eigen vectors, LPC 2148.
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Introduction
Image itself a matrix, it will be arranged in the forms of Rows and columns. For comparing of the similar images Independent Component analysis is sufficient but for comparing different images with different Eigen values principal component analysis came into picture. Here the Eigen values are calculated and are compared with the database values so that how close the value matches that would be treated as image for sign recognition. The primary objective of this paper is to extract the details of type of sign that exists in sign board and intimates to the driver through the voice alert. The other advantage is the voice alert is in the language of the driver.
II.
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This paper focuses on the image processing modules and hardware modules where for interfacing between them RS232 cable is used. The software module consists of three modules such as image segmentation, sign recognition and sign classification and hardware components such as LPC 2148, audio amplifier and LCD Display. A. Image Processing module: This module by name itself indicates that processing of image using different techniques such as RGB Colour segmentation, Recognition of signs and classification of them. Image segmentation: Initially sign board images are captured using camera and can be segmented in order to determine the exact boundaries of that image used for effective analysis. This colour segmentation is used to be converted to 2D image and then calculate the Eigen values easily Sign Recognition: After segmentation of image the sign is recognised from the sign board used for advanced driver assistance. These recognized signs given as an input to the classification module. Sign Classification: The classification stage includes compares the signs that are recognised and with the database images.
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Block Diagram: Sign board images
PC
Audio amplifier
RS232
LPC 2148
LCD Display
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Where det() indicates the determinant and this above equation is also known as characteristic equation of A. If A is nxn , then there are n solutions or n roots of the characteristic polynomial. This characteristic polynomial is of order n. Hence there are n Eigen values of A satisfying the equation. AXi=λXi
Speaker
(4)
Where i=1,2,3,….n
Indications
Fig 1. Block Diagram of image processing module The sign board images gives as an input to the personal computer where it processes the image and compares the image with the database images and finally selects the image that is closer to database images. The extracted image after comparing with the database images will send to the RS232 cable. This RS232 cable sends the index number to LPC 2148 that is generated from Personal computer using Keil software. ARM processor interfaces with the audio amplifier as well as displaying the type of sign in LCD.
If all the Eigen values are distinct, there are n associated linealy independent eigenvectors, whose directions are unique, which meant for an n dimensional Euclidean space. Eigen Sign Approach: The Eigen values of the input signs captured is compared with the database signs. If any matching occurs with the database image then accordingly based on the index number it will shows the turn right, turn left, turn curve etc., based on the assignment of the index value to the corresponding sign.
Eigen Values and Eigen Vectors: Eigen vectors are non-zero vectors of a linear operator and result in a scalar multiple of them when operated on by the operator. The scalar then called the Eigen value where In association with the Eigen vector. The property of matrix is in which when a matrix acts on it only the vector magnitude is changed but not the direction. Consider the Eigen vector of X where A is a vector function AX=λX
(1)
may be known or unknown that is captured by a camera and we get the weights associated with the Eigen signs, that linearly approximate the sign or can be used to reconstruct the sign. Now these weights are compared with the weights of the known sign images that are available in database
so that it can be recognized as a known sign.The Euclidean distance between the image projection and known projections is calculated; the
By using equation 1 we get equation 2 (A-λI)X=0
When the Sign image to be recognized
(2)
sign image is then classified as one of the signs with minimum Euclidean distance.
where I is the n x n Identity matrix. Mathematically calculations: The above mentioned is a homogenous system of equations and we know that a non trivial solution exists only when
det (A-λI) = 0
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(3)
Let a sign image I(x,y) be a two dimensional N by N array of (8-bit) intensity values. An image may be considered as a vector
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of dimension N2, for a typical image it will be a
have m eigenvectors instead of N2. Premultipying
256 by 256 size and would be the vector of
equation 6 by A, we have
dimension 65,536 or equivalently we will say that
AA TAvi = μi Avi
65,536-dimensional space. An ensemble of images,
(7)
then, maps to a collection of points in this huge
The right hand side gives us the M Eigen signs of
space. Principal component analysis would find the
the order N2 by 1.All such vectors would make the
vectors that best account for the distribution of the
image space of dimensionality M.
sign images within this entire space. As the accurate reconstruction of the sign Let us consider a set of sign images be
is
not required,
we can now
reduce the
T1,T2,T3,….TM. This sign images data set has to be
dimensionality to M’ instead of M. This is done by
mean adjusted before calculating the covariance
selecting the M’ Eigen signs which have the largest
matrix or Eigen vectors. The average sign is
associated Eigen values. These Eigen signs now
M
calculated as Ψ = (1/M) Σ1 Ti, Each image in the
span a M’-dimensional subspace instead of N2. A
data set differs from the average sign by the vector
new image T is transformed into its Eigen sign
Ф = Ti – Ψ.This is actually mean adjusted data. The
components.
covariance matrix is wk = ukT (T - ψ) C = (1/M) Σ
M 1
Φ i Φ iT
(8)
(5) where k = 1,2,….M’.
= AAT
The Euclidean distance of the weight
where A = [ Φ 1, Φ2, …. ΦM].
vector of the new image from the sign class weight The covariance matrix considered here is a
vector can be calculated as follows,
N2 by N2 matrix and would generate N2 εk = || Ω – Ωk||
eigenvectors and eigenvalues. It is impractical to calculate with image sizes like 256 by 256, or even lower than that.
where
(9)
Ωk is a vector describing the kth sign
class.Euclidean distance. The sign is classified as
An effective solution is needed to
belonging to class k when the distance εk is below
calculate the Eigen vectors. Set of images that are
some threshold value θε. Otherwise the face is
considered is less than the no of pixels in an image
classified as unknown. Also it can be found
(i.e M < N2), then we can solve an M by M matrix
whether an image is a sign image or not by simply
instead of solving a N2 by N 2 matrix. Consider the
finding the squared distance between the mean
covariance matrix as ATA instead of AAT
adjusted input image and its projection onto the face space.
The eigenvector vi can calculated as follows, ε2 = || Ф - Фf || ATAvi = μivi
(6)
(10)
where Фf is the face space and Ф = Ti – Ψis the mean adjusted input.
where μi is the eigenvalue. Here the size of covariance matrix would be M by M.Thus we can
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Using these we can say whether the image as
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Block Diagram:
known sign image, unknown sign image and not a sign image.
Sign image
Normalized sign image Feature vector
Image acquisition
B. Interfacing Module: In generally most of the personal computers are provided with two serial ports and one parallel port. A parallel port sends and receives data bits very faster nut the required number of wires is more whereas for serial communication it will send one bit at a time through the single wire and hence slower but the required number of wires are less. RS232 is meant for serial communication transmission of data in order to connect the DTE (Data Terminal Equipment) and DCE (Data Communications Equipment). For example, connecting a computer terminal with the printers, modems, UPS and other peripheral devices. RS232C is the latest one where RS232 is Recommend Standard number and C is the latest revision of the standard. It specifies that 25-pin D connector and most of the PCs are equipped with the male type D-connectors consists of only 9 pins. III. Hardware Module: After the selection of image based on the index value obtained from RS232 cable is given as an input to the hardware such as LPC2148. This LPC2148 will be interfaced with both the audio amplifier and LCD display.
Preprocessing
Sign database
Feature Extractor
Training sets
Classifier
‘known’ or ‘unknown’ Fig 2. Block diagram of typical sign recognition system
B. Liquid Crystal Display: It is very thin and flat panel used for electronically displaying information such as text, images as well as moving pictures. It has enormous applications include monitors for personal computers, televisions, instrument panels, and other devices ranging from aircraft cockpit displays to every-day consumer devices such as gaming devices, clocks, watches, calculators, and telephones. Hardware Circuitry:
A. LPC 2148: ARM7 is most widely used in embedded system application such as ranging from mobile phones to automotive braking systems. The number of transistors used in ARM7 is fewer which reduce the costs and power consumption. The ARM7 is based on a 16bit/32 bit with real-time emulation and embedded trace support. This also provided with the 512 kilobytes of embedded high speed flash memory. This LPC2148 also consists of 128-bit wide memory interface and unique accelerator architecture which will enable 32-bit code execution at maximum clock rate.
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Before displaying the type of sign
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Fig 5. Traffic sign recognition results
Fig 4. Voice alert in accordance with the type of sign displayed in LCD
C. Audio amplifier: It is an electronic device that increases the strength of audio signals that pass through it. Audio amplifies up to the level that is suitable for driving loudspeakers. The different amplifiers that exist are car audio amplifier, PC audio amplifier, TV audio amplifier etc., and can be chosen based on the application. Finally this audio amplifier output is given to the speakers. IV. Experimental Results: The input images are captured by camera where it will be processed and compared with the database images. If any matching occurs then the corresponding sign image will be displayed and simultaneously the type of sign is also displayed at the bottom of the GUI. This would be done for various sign images and voice alert also provided with respect to the sign image displayed. LCD screen is also interfaced in order to display the type of sign that is present.
In the above figure shown that the sign board is displayed on the GUI as well as it will show the type of sign in the box at the bottom. Here it will display the Right hand curve sign image and like manner we will process and display the image using PCA in an effective way. V. Conclusion: This paper provides an effective recognition of traffic signs using PCA algorithm and thereby providing the voice alert to the drivers as well as display. After processing of the input sign image in GUI, then the allotted index number in accordance with the sign image is given to RS232 cable. Based on the index number the corresponding sign image direction will be audible in the speakers and displayed on LCD module. In the future we may expect the same feature of traffic sign recognition without the interfacing of GUI module with the LPC2148 using RS232 cable in TMS320CXXX in which the performance also be increased. References: [1] Prof. V.P. Kshirsagar, M.R.Baviskar, M.E.Gaikwad, ” Face Recognition Using Eigen faces”. [2] “Facial Recognition using Eigenfaces by PCA” by Prof. Y. Vijaya Lata, Chandra Kiran Bharadwaj Tungathurthi, H. Ram Mohan Rao, Dr.A. Govardhan, Dr.L.P. Reddy, International Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 1, May 2009. [3] “Face Recognition using Eigenface Approach” by Vinaya Hiremath, Ashwini Mayakar,. [4] “Face Recognition using Eigenfaces and Neural Networks”
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