In this paper an approach to predictive pedestrian protection is being proposed. The main issues regarding the identification of high benefit scenarios, the requirements for an appropriate risk assessment algorithm as well as the requirements for the environmental sensor system are discussed. Ageneral survey of the topic is given first, including accident statisticsregarding vulnerable road users. Based on more detailed accident data therequirements for a video-based pedestrian recognition system are derived.As a result the best suited aperture angle for early detection of pedestrians was determined. A possible approach for predictive pedestrian protection is to issue an adequate driver warning in case of an impending vehicle-pedestrian collision. In order to justify driver warnings it is necessaryto calculate the collision risk with a relatively large time-foresight. To cope with this task a pedestrian motion model based on likely and possible accelerations has been developed. The full text of this paper may be found at: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/esv/esv21/09-0226.pdf For the covering abstract see ITRD E145407.
Samenvatting