Abstract. Reliable object detection and segmentation is crucial for active safety driver assistance applications. In urban areas where the object density is high, a segmentation based on a spatial criterion often fails due to small object distances. Therefore, optical flow estimates are combined with distance measurements of a Laserscanner in order to separate objects with different motions even if their distance is vanishing. Results are presented on real measurements taken in potentially harmful traffic scenarios.
Nico Kaempchen, Markus Zocholl, Klaus C. J. Dietma