Active Pedestrian Protection System, Project Review
Ho Gi Jung, Dong Suk Kim · 2010
This paper introduces active pedestrian protection system (APPS) project, which was fulfilled during last three years (Nov. 2006 – Oct. 2009) and supported by ministry of knowledge economy (MKE) of Korean government, and then summarizes its achievements. To reduce the number and severity of vehicle-pedestrian accident by active safety vehicle (ASV), false alarm rate should be minimized. For this purpose, we developed critical area-centered pedestrian detection system which recognized locations of parked vehicles along the road-side then investigated only areas behind the parked vehicles. After evaluating four different approaches, sensor fusion of near infrared (NIR) vision and scanning laser radar was selected as the optimal. Although feasibility of braking and suspension for pedestrian protection was evaluated, only braking was proved to be useful.