DocumentCode :
575499
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
fYear :
2012
fDate :
20-23 Aug. 2012
Firstpage :
1365
Lastpage :
1368
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;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
SICE Annual Conference (SICE), 2012 Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Akita
ISSN :
pending
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2259-1
Type :
conf
Filename :
6318661
Link To Document :
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