Train an artificial neural network to recognize letters using input images

This is the third in a series of reports to document development of a generalized method to create artificial neural networks (ANNs) via a genetic algorithm (GA). This report will be divided into several main sections. The goal of this report is to demonstrate the ability of an ANN to recognize letters by providing example images to the ANN. It will use those images as a training set to recognize letters in a street sign. Report 2 introduced image processing so that image data can be submitted to the ANN for pattern recognition.