Title :
Development of Pedestrian simulator for the prevention of traffic accidents involving elderly pedestrians
Author :
Mitobe, Kazutaka ; Suzuki, Masafumi ; Yoshimura, Noboru
Author_Institution :
Dept. of EEE, Akita Univ., Akita, Japan
Abstract :
In Japan, 48.5% of traffic death accidents s related with elderly people. In this study, a device for simulation of road crossing (Pedestrian simulator) was developed to allow people in order to experience “dangerous road crossing” indoor and safely. From this study it became clear that there were great individual variations among elderly people. Even who appear to be healthy with the same ability to avoid danger comparing to their young counterparts but frequently met with accidents during the VR tests. There are many cases where elderly people who easily fall victim to traffic accidents have problems in processing their senses, recognition, judgment or actions.
Keywords :
digital simulation; road accidents; road traffic; traffic engineering computing; virtual reality; Japan; VR tests; dangerous road crossing; elderly pedestrians; pedestrian simulator development; road crossing simulation; traffic accident prevention; virtual reality; Accidents; Educational institutions; Legged locomotion; Motion measurement; Roads; Safety; Senior citizens; Elder pedestrian; Pedestrian simulator; Traffic accident; Virtual reality; motion capture;
Conference_Titel :
SICE Annual Conference (SICE), 2012 Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Akita
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2259-1