Its also worth mentioning that Nick Tyler's PAMELA experimental access
laboratory is being used to look at this kind of thing and is using tracking
of various kinds I believe...
Alan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Alasdair Turner
> Sent: 08 June 2006 13:54
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> Subject: Re: automated pedestrian counts/ use of video data
>
> It's probably also worth mentioning Jon Kerridge has done work in this
> area. I believe he's mainly using IR these days, but has also done some
> semi-automated pedestrian path logging from cameras. His publications
> list is at:
>
> http://www.soc.napier.ac.uk/publication/op/peoplepublications/peopleid/51
>
> In particular, see the recent Willis et al paper in Environment and
> Planning B.
>
> Alasdair
>
> Andrew Smith wrote:
> > Rachna Gupta asked:
> >
> >
> >>Could anyone please direct me towards work that has been using cameras
> >>or other video data to capture movement patterns/ numbers in crowd
> >>areas?
> >
> >
> > Transport for London has paid for two studies into this, both managed by
> > the Central London Partnership and with my involvement each time.
> >
> > One finished last year, and tested cctv and infra-red from Springboard
> > and Footfall. You can download the report from
> > http://www.c-london.co.uk/files/pdf/Report%20-
> %20Automatic%20Pedestrian%20Counting%20Trial.pdf
> >
> > At the time of that study, the counting worked ok, but there was no
> > useful capture of movement. However, the study prompted several
> > manufacturers to put more resources into research and development: hence
> > the second study.
> >
> > That one is currently in the field, and is testing cctv with more recent
> > software (to count, to map pedestrian trajectories), and
> > vertically-scanning laser radar [aka lidar] (to count). This should
> > report later this year. Hitachi and Shibasaki labs in Japan have used
> > the laser radar with horizontal scanning, to produce a remarkably
> > effective pedestrian-trajectory mapper. However, we are still awaiting
> > a commercial implementation of this.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andrew Smith
>
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> Alasdair Turner
> Course Director
> MSc Adaptive Architecture and Computation
> Bartlett School of Graduate Studies
> UCL Gower Street LONDON WC1E 6BT
>
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