Far-Infrared Based Pedestrian Detection for Driver-Assistance Systems Based on Candidate Filters, Gradient-Based Feature and Multi-Frame Approval Matching

Far-infrared pedestrian detection approaches for advanced driver-assistance systems based on high-dimensional features fail to simultaneously achieve robust and real-time detection. The authors propose a robust and real-time pedestrian detection system characterized by novel candidate filters, novel pedestrian features and multi-frame approval matching in a coarse-to-fine fashion. Firstly, the authors design two filters based on the pedestrians’ head and the road to select the candidates after applying a pedestrian segmentation algorithm to reduce false alarms. Secondly, the authors propose a novel feature encapsulating both the relationship of oriented gradient distribution and the code of oriented gradient to deal with the enormous variance in pedestrians’ size and appearance. Thirdly, the authors introduce a multi-frame approval matching approach utilizing the spatiotemporal continuity of pedestrians to increase the detection rate. Large-scale experiments indicate that the system works in real time and the accuracy has improved about 9% compared with approaches based on high-dimensional features only.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3390/s151229874
• Record URL:
  http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/12/29874
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/14248220
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2015 Guohua Wang and Qiong Liu.
• Authors:
  • Wang, Guohua
  • Liu, Qiong
• Publication Date: 2015

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 32188-32212
• Serial:
  • Sensors
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: MDPI AG
  • ISSN: 1424-8220
  • Serial URL: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Automatic incident detection; Driver support systems; False alarms (Security); Infrared detectors; Pedestrian vehicle interface; Real time information
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01603311
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 2016 4:22PM