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OFFICE OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER

Layered Object Recognition System for Pedestrian Sensing

Project Information

Project ID:
FHWA-PROJ-07-0046
Project Abstract:

The objective of this project is to develop a portable in-vehicle pedestrian sensing system that will have 95 percent reliability in detecting a moving object within a 100-foot range along the driving path. The final product will consist of frame and cameras that can be easily installed in vehicles. Vision-based object detection, tracking and 2D/3D recognition algorithms and real-time processing software will be developed and burned into an on-board chip. Real-time processing speed will be achieved by applying rapid processing algorithms on earlier layers of the image, and more computationally expensive algorithms on smaller and smaller regions of the succeeding layers.

Research HUB ID:
2553
Project Status:
Completed
Project Funding Amount (Contract Award Amount):
$1,953,653.00
Start Date:
End Date:
Public Access Plan:
No
FHWA Program Area:
  • Safety
Fiscal Year / AMRP Program / AMRP Activity:
  • FY 2002-2022 / Safety / Safety Data and Analysis
  • FY 2002-2022 / Safety / Safety Design and Operations

AMRP = Annual Modal Research Plan

Contact Information

Team:
Office of Safety and Operations Research and Development
Office:
Office Code:
HRSO-01

Management Organizations

Sponsor Organization

Organization Role:
Sponsor Organization
Organization:
Federal Highway Administration: Office of Research, Development and Technology - Office of Safety and Operations Research and Development

Performing Organization

Organization Role:
Performing Organization
Organization:
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Contact Role:
Project Contact