Cited by 81Advanced Neural Network ApplicationsAutonomous Vehicle Technology and SafetyDomain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning

Detection in adverse weather conditions for autonomous vehicles via deep learning

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Al-Haija, Qasem Abu, Gharaibeh, Manaf, Odeh, Ammar·2022·AI

Abstract

Weather detection systems (WDS) have an indispensable role in supporting the decisions of autonomous vehicles, especially in severe and adverse circumstances. With deep learning techniques, autonomous vehicles can effectively identify outdoor weather conditions and thus make appropriate decisions to easily adapt to new conditions and environments. This paper proposes a deep learning (DL)-based detection framework to categorize weather conditions for autonomous vehicles in adverse or normal situations. The proposed framework leverages the power of transfer learning techniques along with the powerful Nvidia GPU to characterize the performance of three deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs): SqueezeNet, ResNet-50, and EfficientNet. The developed models have been evaluated on two up-to-date weather imaging datasets, namely, DAWN2020 and MCWRD2018. The combined dataset has been used to provide six weather classes: cloudy, rainy, snowy, sandy, shine, and sunrise. Experimentally, all models demonstrated superior classification capacity, with the best experimental performance metrics recorded for the weather-detection-based ResNet-50 CNN model scoring 98.48%, 98.51%, and 98.41% for detection accuracy, precision, and sensitivity. In addition to this, a short detection time has been noted for the weather-detection-based ResNet-50 CNN model, involving an average of 5 (ms) for the time-per-inference step using the GPU component. Finally, comparison with other related state-of-art models showed the superiority of our model which improved the classification accuracy for the six weather conditions classifiers by a factor of 0.5–21%. Consequently, the proposed framework can be effectively implemented in real-time environments to provide decisions on demand for autonomous vehicles with quick, precise detection capacity.

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Authors
Al-Haija, Q. A., Gharaibeh, M., & Odeh, A.
Affiliations
  • Department of Computer Science/Cybersecurity, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman 11941, Jordan
  • Princess Sumaya University for Technology (JO)
Venue
AI
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2022-04-18
Volume
3
Issue
2
Pages
303-317
ISSN
2673-2688 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4224282157
Cited by
81
References
39
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 7
FWCI
5.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • AI (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Advanced Neural Network Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning
Keywords
autonomous vehicles, adverse weather, image classification, transfer learning, ResNet50, SqueezeNet, EfficientNet, real-time detection

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