HEAD DETECTION INSIDE VEHICLES WITH A MODIFIED SVM FOR SAFER AIRBAGS

This paper proposes a vision system for detecting and localizing a passenger's head within the cockpit of a vehicle. A monocular camera is used to detect the passenger's head and to give its 2D position to the detection system. A had detection algorithm is based on a modified version of one of the most recent neural network methods known as Support Vector Machines (SVM). 3D information is then used to give the exact position of the passenger's head. The information regarding the presence of a person in the passenger seat and the position of their head is then used to control the deployment of the passenger airbag.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 2001. IEEE Service Center, Piscataway NJ
• Corporate Authors:

  Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

  Machtfinger Strasse 10, Postfach 100079
  8000 Munich,   Germany 

  Texas A&M University, College Station

  Department of Mechanical Engineering
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3123

  National Science Foundation

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  Washington, DC  United States  20550

  University of California, Berkeley

  California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies
  Richmond Field Station, 1357 South 46th Street
  Richmond, CA  United States  94804-4648

  Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Instituto de Ingenieria

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  University of California, Berkeley

  Department of Mechanical Engineering
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-1740

  DaimlerChrysler Forschungszentrum in Ulm

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  Technische Universitat Munchen. Fachgebiet Verkehrsplanung und Verkehrsplanung

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  University of California, Irvine

  Institute of Transportation Studies
  4000 Anteater Instruction and Research Building
  Irvine, CA  United States  92697

  Nanyang Technological University

  Centre for High Performance Embedded Systems
  Singapore,   Singapore 
• Authors:
  • Reyna, Roberto
  • Giralt, Alain
  • Esteve, Daniel
• Conference:
  • IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (2001 : Oakland Calif.). 2001 IEEE intelligent transportation systems proceedings
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 268-272

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Driver monitoring; Image processing
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00963574
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Oct 2 2003 12:00AM