Road Damage Detection and Reporting System Using Fully Connected CNN

Abstract: Many rural and metropolitan towns, as well as road authorities, encounter challenges in mapping surface damages resulting from numerous sources such strong rains, natural catastrophes, or other events that cause cracks and holes to emerge on the road surface. These organizations or private entities look out for solutions to implement automated methods of reporting damages on a surface of the road. The majority of the time, they lack the equipment needed to map the damage to the roadways. One of the main issues facing commuters is the numerous damaged road portions they must navigate. This causes riders to often reduce their pace, losing a great deal of time and energy and lengthening the time it takes them to reach their destinations. When driving at a faster speed and suddenly encountering a damaged section of the road, road damage can frequently be fatal. Furthermore, it is capable of identifying recurring bottlenecks, determining their cause, and suggesting remedies. The majority of the time, these traffic jams are brought on by road damage, which forces commuters to go far slower than is ideal.

Keywords: Smart road damage detection, classification, Machine Learning, Image segmentation, CNN, fully connected CNNs, RDD System (Road Damage Detection System).