Pedestrian detection and tracking using in-vehicle lidar for automotive application

This paper presents an approach to pedestrian recognition using in-vehicle Lidar. In automobile applications for reducing pedestrian-involved accident, ADAS sensors are required to provide high detection performance with environmental robustness, applicable to variety of pedestrians under the variety of driving condition. DENSO has developed the high resolution in-vehicle Lidar installing inside the cabin for higher environmental robustness, and pedestrian recognition algorithm with high tracking ability, adaptable to traffic-congestion condition seen in urban environments. Several experiments show these developments have high potential for achieving effective pedestrian safety system.