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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/56 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00818 (2013.01); G06K 9/56 (2013.01); G06K 9/6257 (2013.01); G06K 2009/4666 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting and recognizing a traffic sign using a modified census transform (MCT) feature are disclosed. The traffic sign recognizing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes detecting a traffic sign candidate region from an input image using a modified census transform (MCT) feature; verifying whether the candidate region corresponds to a traffic sign using the MCT feature histogram for the candidate region; and lassifying a region of interest into the corresponding traffic sign step by step using the MCT feature histogram for the verified candidate region.