Passenger demand forecast using optical flow passenger counting system for bus dispatch scheduling

This paper presents the development of a computer vision system for on-board bus passenger counting using optical flow. The system provides the demand forecast for the bus dispatch scheduling system in the EDSA route of Metro Manila. The camera system installed in the bus captures the images of boarding and alighting passengers. Optical flow is used for the motion detection and tracking of passengers. The passenger count for every bus are relayed to a central dispatch scheduling system, wherein a fuzzy logic controller determines the bus dispatch timetable. The results of the experiments conducted for bus passenger counting are presented in here.