PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Obermann, J. AU - Kovanda, J. TI - Pedestrian Detection DP - 2009 Sep 1 TA - Transactions on Transport Sciences PG - 128--133 VI - 2 IP - 3 AID - 10.5507/tots.2009.018 IS - AB - Driving maneuvers are described that may reduce collision consequences or that can prevent collision, in this case, with the vulnerable road user - the pedestrian. For such a level of collision prevention, some intelligent system is needed. A simple, builtin near infra red night-vision system for vehicles is described, along with results of the tests focusing on increasing the visibility of a pedestrian.