In this paper, we propose a stereo vision-based pedestrian detection method using a dense disparity map-based detection and segmentation algorithm. To enhance a pedestrian detection performance, we use a dense disparity map extracted from a global stereo matching algorithm. First, we extract a road feature information from the dense disparity map, which is a decision basis of presence or absence of obstacles on the road. It is very important to extract the road feature from the disparity for detecting obstacles robustly regardless of external traffic situations. The obstacle detection is performed with the road feature information to detect only obstacles from entire image. In other words, pedestrian candidates including various upright objects are detected in the obstacle detection stage. Each obstacle area tends to include multiple objects. Thus, a disparity map-based segmentation is performed to separate the obstacle area into each obstacle accurately. And then, accurate pedestrian areas are extracted from segmented obstacle areas using road contact and pedestrian height information. This stage enables to reduce false alarms and to enhance computing speed. To recognize pedestrians, classifier is performed in each verified pedestrian candidate. Finally, we perform a verification stage to examine the recognized pedestrian in detail. Our algorithms are verified by conducting experiments using ETH database.

Date Published: 4 March 2015
PDF: 5 pages
Proc. SPIE 9443, Sixth International Conference on Graphic and Image Processing (ICGIP 2014), 94430D (4 March 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2178695

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9443:
Sixth International Conference on Graphic and Image Processing (ICGIP 2014)
Yulin Wang; Xudong Jiang; David Zhang, Editor(s)