道路を横断する歩行者認識技術の研究

Abstract

Elder drivers are increasing in Japan in accordance with the progress of graying society. Risk of traffic accident caused by elder drivers may be higher than younger age drivers. Therefore a system and/or apparatus to safely support elder driver are highly expected. This paper discusses a method how to recognize pedestrians who are crossing a street. A template consist of the lower part of human body is proposed for template matching and optical flow method is applied in combination. Experimental results show possibility of increasing recognition rate and avoiding wrong recognition.