@article{a2e75fc4e98d44afbb68c1878407731f,
title = "Pedestrian detection and tracking at crossroads",
abstract = "This paper presents a system that can perform pedestrian detection and tracking using vision-based techniques. A very important issue in the field of intelligent transportation system is to prevent pedestrians from being hit by vehicles. Recently, a great number of vision-based techniques have been proposed for this purpose. In this paper, we propose a vision-based method, which combines the use of a pedestrian model as well as the walking rhythm of pedestrians to detect and track walking pedestrians. Through integrating some spatial and temporal information grabbed by a vision system, we are able to develop a reliable system that can be used to prevent traffic accidents happened at crossroads. In addition, the proposed system can deal with the occlusion problem. Experimental results obtained by executing some real world cases have demonstrated that the proposed system is indeed superb.",
keywords = "Intelligent transportation system, Pedestrian detection and tracking, Pedestrian model, Walking rhythm",
author = "Pai, {Chia Jung} and Tyan, {Hsiao Rong} and Liang, {Yu Ming} and Liao, {Hong Yuan Mark} and Chen, {Sei Wang}",
note = "Funding Information: We have proposed a vision-based system to detect and track pedestrians by combining the pedestrian model and the walking rhythm of pedestrians. The system is able to accomplish the jobs in a very efficient and accurate manner. In addition, the occlusion problem that the most difficult issue in this problem has been addressed and the preliminary tests demonstrate the potential for the success of our method. The experimental results have demonstrated that the proposed system is indeed powerful in terms of effectiveness and efficiency. About the Author —CHIA-JUNG PAI received the B.Sc. degree in Information and Computer Education, the M.Sc. degree in the same department from National Taiwan Normal University in 1999 and 2002, respectively. In 2002, he worked as a Research Assistant in Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories, Taiwan, Republic of China. The main areas of his research include pattern recognition, image processing, and computer vision. About the Author —HSIAO-RONG TYAN received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Chung-Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, in 1984, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, in 1987 and 1992, respectively. She is an Associate Professor of the Department of Information and Computer Engineering, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, where she currently conducts research in the areas of computer networks, computer security, and intelligent systems. About the Author —YU-MING LIANG received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in information and computer education from National Taiwan Normal University in 1999 and 2002, respectively. He is currently a research assistant in the Institute of Information Science, Academia, Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. His areas of research interest include pattern recognition, image processing, and computer vision. About the Author —HONG-YUAN MARK LIAO received the B.S. degree in physics from National Tsing-Hua University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, in 1981, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, in 1985 and 1990, respectively. He was a Research Associate with the Computer Vision and Image Processing Laboratory at Northwestern University during 1990–1991. In July 1991, he joined the Institute of Information Science, Academia, Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, as an Assistant Research fellow. He was promoted to Associate Research Fellow and then Research Fellow in 1995 and 1998, respectively. From August 1997 to July 2000, he served as the Deputy Director of the institute. Currently, he is the Acting Director of Institute of Applied Science and Engineering Research. He is also jointly appointed as a professor of the Computer Science and Information engineering Department and the Computer and Information Science Department of National Chiao-Tung University. His current research interests include multimedia signal processing, wavelet-based image analysis, content-based multimedia retrieval, and multimedia protection. He is now the Managing Editor of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering . He is on the editorial boards of the IEEE Transactions on Multimedia , the International Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation , Acta Automatica Sinica , and the Tamkang Journal of Science and Engineering . Dr. Liao was the recipient of the Young Investigators{\textquoteright} award from Academia Sinica in 1998; the Excellent Paper Award from the Image Processing and Pattern Recognition society of Taiwan in 1998 and 2000; and the Paper Award from the same society in 1996 and 1999. He served as the Program Chair of the International Symposium on Multimedia Information Processing (ISMIP{\textquoteright}97) and the Program co-chair of the Second IEEE Pacific-Rim conference on Multimedia (2001). He will serve as the conference co-chair of the 5th International Conference on Multimedia and Exposition, which will be held at Taipei in July, 2004. About the Author —SEI-WANG CHEN received the B.Sc. degree in Atmospheric and Space Physics, the M.Sc. degree in Geophysics from National Central University in 1974 and 1976, respectively, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, in 1985 and 1989, respectively. From 1977 to 1983, he worked as a Research Assistant in the Computer Center of Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan, Republic of China. In 1990, he was a researcher in the Advanced Technology Center of the Computer and Communication Laboratories at the Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China. From 1991 to 1994, he was an Associated Professor of the Department of Information and Computer Education at the National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. From 1995 to 2001, he became a full Professor of the same department. He is currently a Professor of the Graduate Institute of Computer Science and Information Engineering at the same University. His areas of research interest include neural networks, fuzzy systems, pattern recognition, image processing, and computer vision. ",
year = "2004",
month = may,
doi = "10.1016/j.patcog.2003.10.005",
language = "English",
volume = "37",
pages = "1025--1034",
journal = "Pattern Recognition",
issn = "0031-3203",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "5",
}
