Application of Traffic Cone Target Detection Algorithm Based on Improved YOLOv5

  • 0Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China.

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Summary

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A new lightweight neural network (YOLOv5-Lite-s) enhances highway maintenance automation by enabling automatic traffic cone recognition and positioning. This system achieves high accuracy and speed for efficient cone deployment and retraction operations.

Area Of Science

  • Computer Vision
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Robotics

Background

  • Highway maintenance operations require efficient and automated traffic cone deployment and retraction.
  • Existing systems may lack the speed and accuracy needed for real-time operations.
  • Embedded systems offer potential for on-site processing but require optimized models.

Purpose Of The Study

  • To develop and deploy a lightweight neural network for automated traffic cone recognition and positioning.
  • To improve the automation level of highway maintenance operations using embedded devices.
  • To meet the speed and accuracy requirements for traffic cone placement and retraction.

Main Methods

  • Utilized the lightweight YOLOv5-Lite-s neural network with a ShuffleNet backbone for feature extraction.
  • Reduced computational complexity by replacing convolutional layers with focus modules and minimizing C3 layer usage.
  • Deployed the optimized network on embedded devices for real-time traffic cone recognition and positioning.

Main Results

  • The YOLOv5-Lite-s network achieved approximately 89% recognition accuracy and 9 frames per second (fps) under varied conditions (distance, lighting, occlusion).
  • The system met technical requirements for deploying/retrieving 30 cones per minute at a vehicle speed of 20 km/h.
  • Demonstrated accurate and stable operation of the automatic traffic cone placement and retraction system.

Conclusions

  • The lightweight YOLOv5-Lite-s network effectively enables machine vision applications in traffic cone retraction operations.
  • The developed system enhances highway maintenance automation with acceptable model inference accuracy and speed.
  • The optimized neural network is suitable for deployment on embedded devices for real-time traffic management tasks.

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