Detection of Sudden Pedestrian Crossing For Driving Assistance Systems

Sudden pedestrian crossing is the major cause of accident on the road, especially in cities. Most of the results show that drivers tend to lose their attention and always feel drowsy while driving. Some of them just take it easy, not focusing and giving their full attention while driving on the road. Therefore, the main objective of this project is to build a driving assistance device that can detect sudden pedestrians crossing the road using Raspberry Pi microcontroller. This can be accomplished with the following methodological steps; Open CV is used to develop a detection algorithm where the Pi camera is used to capture the image and image processing algorithm as well as the fact that a warning system is programmed via Phyton language to give an early warning to driver. A buzzer sound is used to get the driver's attention to slow down the speed of vehicle or just to stop the car. At this vehicle's speed rate, the crashing can be reduced if the driver gets the notification earlier. In conclusion, such a warning system should be available in any car to warn drivers. By creating such device, it can contribute towards reducing the percentage of pedestrian death.