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Guirong Zhang¹, Yiming Peng¹, Hai Wang¹

¹School of Automotive and Traffic Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.

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This study introduces RTS R-CNN, an advanced instance segmentation network for detecting road surface traffic signs, crucial for autonomous driving systems. The new method significantly improves accuracy, especially for small signs, and enhances data availability.

Keywords:

autonomous driving deep learning instance segmentation road traffic sign detection

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Area of Science:

Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Autonomous Driving Systems

Background:

Limited research exists for road surface traffic sign detection.
Challenges include decreased accuracy for small objects and limited dataset sizes.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a novel instance segmentation network, RTS R-CNN, for enhanced road surface traffic sign detection.
To improve perception capabilities for autonomous driving decision-making systems.

Main Methods:

Developed RTS R-CNN based on Mask R-CNN, incorporating CSPDarkNet53_ECA for feature extraction.
Introduced GR-PAFPN with RFA and ASPP modules for improved small object detection and BFP for feature balancing.
Utilized data augmentation to expand dataset and prevent overfitting.

Main Results:

Achieved a Macro F1-score of 87.56% on the Ceymo dataset, outperforming the baseline by 2.3%.
Demonstrated an inference speed of 23.5 FPS, suitable for real-time applications.

Conclusions:

RTS R-CNN effectively addresses challenges in road surface traffic sign detection.
The proposed network offers a significant advancement for autonomous driving perception systems.