Top-view people counting in public transportation using Kinect
Filip Malawski · Challenges of Modern Technology · 2014
This article describes a method for people counting in public transportation. In this particular scenario, various body poses corresponding to holding handrails must be accounted for. Kinect sensor mounted vertically has been employed to acquire a database of images of 1-5 persons and an algorithm based on maxima detection and head candidates filtering has been devised for robust people counting, resulting in 90% accuracy.