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Guardian Angel - Protecting Vulnerable Road Users (VRU)

Our Mission

We develop new communications, localization, and sensing concepts and techniques to protect vulnerable road users (VRU) - towards zero fatality vision in road traffic. We will demonstrate these concepts and techniques in road traffic by 2027.

 

Why is VRU Protection so Important?

In recent years both technological developments and research activities in the fields of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) have primarily focussed on motorised transport. This has assisted in the decrease of road traffic fatalities, particularly amongst passenger car occupants. However, Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs), such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists have not enjoyed the same decrease in fatalities. Together, they account for 68% of the fatalities in urban areas. Motorcyclists account for 16% of fatalities, which is much higher than their contribution to traffic. It is therefore clear that, in the context of ITS cooperative systems, VRUs have to be taken into account for improving the overall safety and to decrease the fatalities in both urban and non-urban areas.

Topics - Guardian Angel

Vehicle-to-Pedestrian Communication


Our vision is to prevent accidents between vehicles and VRUs. Vehicle-to-Pedestrian (V2P) communication enables a crash avoidance system which protects VRUs from harm.
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eFence - Protection of non-cooperative users


With our eFence concept, we want to detect and locate road users being not equipped with any communication device.
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VRU Pedestrian - Protection via Localization


Our goal in pedestrian localization is to estimate the user’s position with only wearable devices.
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VRU Bicycle - Protection via Localization


Our goal in bicycle localization is to estimate the user’s position based on wearable devices embedded in the clothes and smartphone.
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VRU Localization - Collaborative Mapping


In pedestrian navigation it is possible to learn the map of the environment simultaneously with a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithm.
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Vehicle Localization


Future advanced driver assistance systems require an accurate and up-to-date picture of the surrounding environment for applications such as forward collision assistants or adaptive cruise control.
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Multimodal Transportation


Mobility is evolving in urban scenarios and the multimodality is the key to a more efficient transportation
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Publications & Media


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Personal Matters & Awards


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Gallery Measurement Campaigns


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Kontakt
Dr. Fabian De Ponte Müller
Institute of Communications and Navigation

Communications Systems

Oberpfaffenhofen-Wessling

Tel.: +49 8153 28-2882

Fax: +49 8153 28-1871

Dr. Estefania Munoz Diaz
Group Leader

Institute of Communications and Navigation

Communications Systems

Oberpfaffenhofen-Wessling

Tel.: +49 8153 28-4132

Fax: +49 8153 28-1871

Dr. Stephan Sand
Group Leader

Institute of Communications and Navigation

Communications Systems

Oberpfaffenhofen-Wessling

Tel.: +49 8153 28-1464

Fax: +49 8153 28-1871

Current Research Topics Vehicular Applications
Next Generation Trains
Guardian Angel - Protecting Vulnerable Road Users
Pedestrian Indoor Navigation
Satellite Navigation Multipath Channel Model
Topics Guardian Angel
Vehicle-to-Pedestrian Communication
eFence - Protection of non-cooperative users
VRU Pedestrian - Protection via Localization
VRU Bicycle - Protection via Localization
VRU Localization - Collaborative Mapping
Vehicle Localization
Multimodal Transportation
Publications & Media
Personal Matters & Awards
Gallery Measurement Campaigns
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