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Computer Vision and Image Understanding 96 (2004) 237–268 /locate/cviu An automatic road sign recognition system based on a computational model of human recognition processing a,* b a c d C.Y. Fang , C.S. Fuh , P.S. Yen , S. Cherng , S.W. Chen a Department of Information and Computer Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC b Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC c Department of Electrical Engineering, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC d Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC Received 14 March 2002; accepted 2 February 2004 Available online 3 August 2004 Abstract This paper presents an automatic road sign detection and recognition system that is based on a computational model of human visual recognition processing. Road signs are typically placed either by the roadside or above roads. They provide important information for guiding, warning, or regulating the behaviors drivers in order to make driving safer and easier. The proposed recognition system is motivated by human recognition processing. The system con- sists of three major components: sensory, perceptual, and conceptual analyzers. The sensory analyzer extracts the spatial and temporal information of interest from video sequences. The extracted information then serves as the input stimuli to a