This thesis deals with the application of cooperative sensor technology for pedestrian protection. In this approach the pedestrian wears a transponder, which can be localized by a vehicle and identifies the pedestrian as vulnerable road user. After an integration of the localization unit into a test vehicle the position and movement of pedestrians in the vehicle's surrounding are estimated using optimized tracking algorithms. Tracking algorithms will be presented, which are adapted to the properties of the cooperative sensor system. Combining the resulting state estimation with novel methods for collision prediction a pedestrian protection system is setup, which significantly outperforms state of the art pedestrian protection systems. Using a combination of real world data and simulations the effectiveness of the whole system is analyzed. The results of the evaluation are given in terms of reduced injury levels.
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This thesis deals with the application of cooperative sensor technology for pedestrian protection. In this approach the pedestrian wears a transponder, which can be localized by a vehicle and identifies the pedestrian as vulnerable road user. After an integration of the localization unit into a test vehicle the position and movement of pedestrians in the vehicle's surrounding are estimated using optimized tracking algorithms. Tracking algorithms will be presented, which are adapted to the proper...
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