At present, the traditional machine learning methods and convolutional neural
network (CNN) methods are mostly used in image recognition. The feature
extraction process in traditional machine learning for image recognition is
mostly executed by manual, and its generalization ability is not strong
enough. The earliest convolutional neural network also has many defects,
such as high hardware requirements, large training sample size, long
training time, slow convergence speed and low accuracy. To solve the above
problems, this paper proposes a novel deep LeNet-5 convolutional neural
network model for image recognition. On the basis of Lenet-5 model with the
guaranteed recognition rate, the network structure is simplified and the
training speed is improved. Meanwhile, we modify the Logarithmic Rectified
Linear Unit (L_ReLU) of the activation function. Finally, the experiments
are carried out on the MINIST character library to verify the improved
network structure. The recognition ability of the network structure in
different parameter s is analyzed compared with the state-of-the-art
recognition algorithms. In terms of the recognition rate, the proposed
method has exceeded 98%. The results show that the accuracy of the proposed
structure is significantly higher than that of the other recognition
algorithms, which provides a new reference for the current image
recognition.