Intelligent Car driving system

Abstract

In today’s world, one of the leading cause of death is road accidents. Failing to follow the road regulations and traffic rules, are one of the main reasons of these accidents, however a more important factor that mainly leads to these road accidents is the human error. Failing to recognize or see a traffic sign, or simply slow reaction times of the human body results in catastrophic accidents, which lead to loss of lives and infrastructure the both. Therefore a need exists to automate the recognition of traffic and the reaction to it. Our aim is to provide the middle class user a cheaper and an economically viable solution to this problem that will minimize the human error that occurs while driving and automate the car driving in order to avoid road collisions by making intelligent decision based on the changes in the environment the system perceives. Due to the time and budgetary constraints, we have limited the scope of this project and it has been implemented on a model car. Our project, Intelligent Car Driving System, consists of three major modules: Traffic Light Detection, Traffic Sign Detection and Object Detection. The Traffic Sign Detection Module will identify the three traffic signs (three, in order to limit the scope within the time and budget). The Traffic Light Detection Module will detect any Traffic Signals present and the Object Detection Module will detect if any object is present on the road or not, and whether it is stationary or moving. After successful identification, the system will maneuver the model car, by taking appropriate action of tuning, allowing down, or stopping.