• Proceedings of the KOR-KST Conference
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• 1998.10b
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• pp.195-195
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• 1998

보행자 사고는 총 교통사고의 32.9%(사망 5,070명, 부상 87,943명)을 차지하고 있으며, 그 중 횡단보도 사고는 13.0%(사망 542명, 부상 10,056명)로 대책이 시급하다. 교차로 내에서 횡단보도의 위치가 부적절하면, 보행자 안전과 차량 교통소통에 악영향을 준다. 또한 우리 나라에선 명확한 기준이 없어 횡단보도 노면표지 설치 및 유지 관리에 어려움을 겪고 있는 실정이다. 현재 교차로에서 횡단보도의 위치는 다음과 같이 3종류로 구분할 수 있다. 1) 차량 정지선이 횡단보도 전방에 설치되어 진행 차량이 횡단보도를 통과하여 대기할 수 있는 공간이 있는 경우, 2) 횡단보도가 측면차량 진행방향의 연석선상(가각선의 끝 지점)에 근접하여 설치된 경우, 3) 횡단보도가 측면 좌·우회전 차량1대가 대기할 수 있는 공간의 약 4∼5m 후방(가각선의 시작지점)에 설치된 경우로 구분할 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 차량소통 및 보행자/차량 상층에 분석하여 교차로 내 횡단보도 위치기준을 제시하는데 연구 목적이 있다. 본 연구를 통한 기대효과를 살펴보면 다음과 같다, 첫째 횡단보도 내 보행자 관련 교통사고를 예방할 수 있으며, 둘째 교차로에서 보행자 및 차량소통을 원활히 할 수 있고, 셋째 횡단보도 설치 및 관리를 효율적으로 할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.810-813
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• 2016

기존 IoT 스마트 가로등은 모션 감지 센서를 이용하여 보행자를 감지하고, 가로등의 밝기를 조정하는 형태로 구성된다. 하지만 이러한 방법은 보행자가 나아갈 길을 미리 예측하여 밝혀주지 않는다. 특히 기존 방법은 보행자 현재 위치만 밝힐 뿐, 나아갈 길은 어두운 상태이기 때문에 통행에 불편함을 겪고 있다. 본 논문에서는 보행자 경로를 미리 파악하여 가로등 밝기를 조절하는 방식을 소개한다. 보행자의 현재 위치를 파악하기 위해 모션 감지 센서를 이용하며, 보행자 경로 예측은 모션 벡터를 사용하여 가로등 밝기를 조절한다. 이러한 개선을 통하여 보행자의 편의 증대와 범죄 예방 등 긍정적인 효과를 기대 할 수 있다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.149-156
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• 2002

본 연구는 보행자 시설 중 계단과 대기공간에 대해 공학적으로 합리적인 분석방법을 제공하고 이를 통해 안전하고 편리한 보행시설의 제공을 도모하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 본 연구를 위해 계단과 대기공간에 대한 외국의 조사방법과 분석방법을 참조, 비교하여 서비스 수준 결정기준을 정하고 용량 값을 산출하여 우리나라 현실에 맞는 적정한 설계기준을 산출하기 위해 노력하였다. 계단의 경우 효과척도로 보행 교통량을 그리고 대기공간에 있어서는 1인당 점유면적을 사용하였다. 현장 조사 결과 계단에서의 보행량은 보행자가 군을 형성했을 경우와 그렇지 않은 경우 최대 보행량에 차이가 나는 것을 고려하여 보행자 군의 형성 여부에 따라 서비스 수준의 기준을 다르게 제시하였으며, 대기공간의 경우에는 1인당 점유면적을 한국인의 평균체형을 기준으로 하여 서비스 수준의 기준을 제시하였다. 계단과 대기공간에 있어서 이러한 조사와 분석을 통해 산출된 결과는 외국의 경우와 다른 값을 나타내는데, 계단에 있어서는 실질적으로 이용할 수 있는 유효계단 폭에 따라 최대 보행 교통량의 타이가 크게 나타났으며, 대기공간의 경우에는 한사람이 점유 할 수 있는 용량상태에서의 공간이 0.2$m^2$/인으로 외국의 경우보다 적게 나타난다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.193-202
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• 2004

This paper presents a novel histogram and color information based algorithm for detecting and tracking multiple pedestrians from a moving camera. In the proposed method, RGB color histogram is used to detect adjacent pedestrians and RGB mean value is used to track detected pedestrians. Therefore, our algorithm detect contiguous or a few occluded pedestrians and track in case pedestrian's shape change. The experimental results on our test sequences demonstrate the high efficiency of our method.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.53-66
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• 2013

The major purpose of this study is to evaluate methodologies to predict the injury severity of pedestrian-vehicle collisions. Methodologies to be evaluated and compared in this study include Binary Logistic Regression(BLR), Ordered Probit Model(OPM), Support Vector Machine(SVM) and Decision Tree(DT) method. Valuable insights into applying methodologies to analyze the characteristics of pedestrian injury severity are derived. For the purpose of identifying causal factors affecting the injury severity, statistical approaches such as BLR and OPM are recommended. On the other hand, to achieve better prediction performance, heuristic approaches such as SVM and DT are recommended. It is expected that the outcome of this study would be useful in developing various countermeasures for enhancing pedestrian safety.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.488-496
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• 2015

The main reason to install pedestrian pushbuttons is improving traffic operations. The current guideline for the installation of signal systems with pedestrian pushbuttons is car-oriented. It is difficult to clearly understand the guideline because there isn't an in-depth study to compare the pros and cons of the pedestrian- and vehicle-oriented methods in terms of waiting time. Thus, this study aims to estimate the waiting times of pedestrians and vehicles. The two delay times are compared considering the hypothetical circumstances such as geometry, pedestrian crossing time, pedestrian/vehicle counts and arrival distribution. The results show that when the pedestrian traffic volume exceeds 97 ped/h in the case of a two-lane road (one lane in each direction) the pushbutton system is effective and beneficial to pedestrians. It means that the total waiting time of pedestrians is less than the one of vehicles. Additional four scenarios are designed and tested by varying the number of lanes and design speeds. In conclusion, the pushbutton signal is more beneficial for pedestrians when the number of pedestrians is less than or equal to 85, 70, and 70 ped/h for the three-lane scenario, the four-lane with the design speed of 80km/h scenario, and the four-lane with the design speed of 100km/h, respectively.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.26-36
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• 2008

Currently, the pedestrian signal timing model has no consideration on the characteristics of different land use patterns and pedestrian behaviors during pedestrian signal timing calculation. This study intended to propose pedestrian signal timing models that could reflect the inherent characteristics of pedestrian and land use patterns. For this study, three major variables affecting the length of signal timing were identified: walking speed, perception-reaction time, and density-delay time. Then, the representative values of each variable were estimated through the field studies. By combining this information, several pedestrian signal timing models were developed. The data in this paper can be used for future references, and the walking environments for pedestrians could be improved by applying the models suggested in this paper.

• Spatial Information Research
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.133-142
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• 2010

Many pedestrian or fire evacuation models have been studied last decades for modeling evacuation behaviors or analysing building structures under emergency situations. However, currently developed models do not consider the differences of visibility of pedestrians by obstacles such as furniture, wall, etc. The visibility of pedestrians is considered one of the important factors that affect the evacuation behavior, leading to making simulation results more realistic. In order to incorporate pedestrian's visibility into evacuation simulation, we should be able to give different walking speeds according to differences of visibility. We improved the existing floor field model based on cellular automata in order to implement the visibility. Using the space syntax theory, we showed how we split the indoor spaces depending on the different visibilities created by different levels of structural depths. Then, we improved the algorithm such that pedestrians have different speeds instead of simultaneous movement to other cells. Also, in order for developing a real time simulation system integrated w ith indoor sensors later, we present a process to build a 3D simulator using a spatial DBMS. The proposed algorithm is tested using a campus building.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.85-93
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• 2016

According to Traffic Accident Statistics, the fatalities of accident while crossing is over represented. So, more active safety countermeasure should be considered to reduce the frequency and degree of severity of pedestrian-crossing involved accidents. The study analyses the safety effects of the Crossing Safety Assistant System which is composed of Led-embedded crosswalk lightings, text displayer and audio waning device for the safety consciousness both pedestrian and vehicles at crosswalk area. Operating speed of vehicles is reduced with statistical significance, and the level of vigilance expressed by pedestrian head movement to check out the vehicle existence is improved.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.283-294
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• 2018

An accurate pedestrian-delay model is essential for the pedestrian-oriented evaluation of signalized intersection (SI). The crossing behaviors of pedestrians at signalized pedestrian crosswalks (SPCs) are various, and their arrival behaviors consist of two types, random and platoon. It is natural, hence, that the behaviors of pedestrian crossing and arrival should be considered in order to estimate accurate pedestrian delay. Despite this necessity, a simple pedestrian-delay model that cannot explain these behaviors of pedestrian movements is still recommended in Highway Capacity Manual (HCM). For these reasons, a pedestrian-delay model, suitable for various SPCs and SIs, is required to make pedestrian-oriented decisions on the design and operation of various SPCs and SIs. This paper proposes a novel pedestrian-delay model that is based on the behaviors of pedestrian crossing and arrival. The proposed model consists of two sub models: the one for SPC and the other for SI. The SPC delay model was developed based on the behaviors of pedestrian crossing during pedestrian green time. The SI delay model was designed based on the behaviors of pedestrian crossing and platoon arrival. The results of a numerical simulation showed that the proposed delay model can successfully overcome the under- and overestimation problems of the HCM model with explaining various behaviors of pedestrian crossing and arrival.