A multi-sensor approach for the protection of vulnerable traffic participants the PROTECTOR project

This paper describes ongoing work in the E.U. Project PROTECTOR (Preventive Safety for Unprotected Road User) on the important problem of detecting vulnerable traffic participants from a moving vehicle. We focus on the three sensor technologies that are pursued: laser scanner, radar and video. We discuss their characteristics and present the relevant pattern recognition techniques. First prototype systems have been integrated in our demonstrator vehicles.