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ICU student wins the Student Encouragement Award of IPSJ National Convention

Update: March 24, 2022

Mr. Jo Yamazaki (4rd year student, College of Liberal Arts; major: Information Science) won the Student Encouragement Award of IPSJ National Convention. The Student Encouragement Award will be presented to the best student member presentation in the student session at the National Convention, the largest event in Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)

 

Research theme:
Detection of Bicyclist's Rearward Checking Motion and Posture Estimation by Using Onboard Camera

In Japan, since bicycles account for a higher percentage of traffic, the risk of bicycle-automobile accidents is high. Therefore, this study focuses on the scene where a bicycle overtakes an obstacle and proposes models that can detect bicyclists' rearward checking motion, significantly affecting the overtaking behavior of bicycles.

By using videos taken from behind a bicyclist overtaking a parked vehicle, we analyzed the correspondence between posture information, such as facial orientation and body part position, and built a system to determine whether the bicyclist is checking rearward by extracting features from the posture information. Through several experiments, we demonstrated the effectiveness of proposed detection methods and reported on its accuracy when combined with various posture information.

Comment from Mr. Yamazaki:

I'm very grateful to receive this commendation for my paper. This research has been driven by my experience in realizing the importance of reducing the risk of bicycle-automobile accidents through my cycling activities. Encouraged by this award, I'd like to continue my research to realize a safer traffic environment in the graduate school of the University of Tokyo, where I'll start my master's program.

I'm very grateful for the help of a lot of people to complete my thesis. I'd like to express my sincere gratitude to my thesis advisor, Prof. Takashi Kaburaki for giving me thoughtful guidance, seminar members for cooperating in study sessions and my experiments, the professors of the Information Science Department for giving me various suggestions to my research theme, my friends on campus for helping me brush up on my thesis, and my parents for supporting me in my personal life. Thank you very much for everything.