Visual attention system based on Fuzzy Classifier to define priority of traffic signs for intelligent robotic vehicle navigation purposes In this paper we propose the use of Multiple Decision Attributes and Fuzzy Sets so that it is possible to classify the importance and priority of the detected traffic signs. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was applied to calculate attribute weights, the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) to classify the traffic signs into their importance levels. The main objective is to contribute with a new system of perception and, through a knowledge base rules set, to be able to semantically relate the scene and to define which traffic sign is more important in a certain moment of navigation of the autonomous vehicle. The system of vision with 2D and 3D images must provide the a priori data of detection and classification of traffic signs for the fuzzy visual attention system, being able to detect the use of auxiliary signs (cones and emergency signs) and relates. Then, relate then to the detection of the navigable area in cases of road blocking (road at work, with a traffic accident, etc.) and give priority to the most important signs for the decision making of the vehicle. The results are promising and very satisfactory, we obtained an accuracy of 98.9% in the 2D classification task and 88% accuracy in the single frame 3D detection task.

Did You Miss the Sign? A False Negative Alarm System for Traffic Sign Detectors Object detection is an integral part of an autonomous vehicle for its safetycritical and navigational purposes. Traffic sign as an object plays a vital role in guiding such systems. However, if the vehicle fails to locate any critical sign, it might make a catastrophic failure. In this paper, we are proposing an approach to identify traffic signs that have been mistakenly discarded by the object detector. The proposed method raises an alarm when it discovers a failure by the object detector to detect a traffic sign. This approach can be useful to evaluate the performance of the detector during the deployment phase. We trained a single shot multibox object detector to detect traffic signs and used its internal features to train a separate false negative detector (FND). During deployment, FND decides whether the traffic sign detector (TSD) has missed a sign or not. We are using precision and recall to measure the accuracy of FND in two different datasets. For 80% recall, FND has achieved 89.9% precision in Belgium Traffic Sign Detection dataset and 90.8% precision in German Traffic Sign Recognition Benchmark dataset respectively. To the best of our knowledge, our method is the first to tackle this critical aspect of false negative detection in robotic vision. Such a failsafe mechanism for object detection can improve the engagement of robotic vision systems in our daily life.