Adaptive Crosswalk Timing System for Elderly Pedestrians

Research Project - Crosswalk Detection and Timing Optimization using Computer Vision

🎯 Project Overview

This research addresses a critical pedestrian safety issue in South Korea: elderly pedestrians walk significantly slower (0.54 m/s) than the standard timing assumes (1.0 m/s), leading to dangerous situations at crosswalks.

Our solution uses overhead CCTV cameras to:

1. Detect crosswalk mask regions in real-time
2. Track pedestrian crossing speeds
3. Dynamically adjust signal timing for safer crossing

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🧭 Research Roadmap Overview

Phase	Objective	Status
Phase 1 – Crosswalk Segmentation	Build robust crosswalk detection from FPV→CCTV	✅ COMPLETE
Phase 2 – Pedestrian Tracking	Detect and track pedestrians, estimate walking speed	⏳ Up Next
Phase 3 – Signal Control	Adaptive timing control and safety validation	⏳ Planned
Phase 4 – Deployment	Implement Jetson-based prototype	⏳ Planned

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🎉 Phase 1 Complete - Major Achievement!

Final Results: 98.5% IoU on CCTV 🎯

We successfully adapted a first-person view (FPV) crosswalk segmentation model to overhead CCTV viewpoint using semi-supervised learning with minimal manual annotation.

Key Innovation: Data-Efficient Transfer Learning

✨ Only 241 manually labeled CCTV images
✨ Leveraged 5,926 unlabeled AI-Hub images via pseudo-labeling
✨ 5× data efficiency compared to fully supervised approach
✨ Realtime capable: 77 FPS on 512×512 resolution

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📊 Phase 1 Results Summary

Stage 1: FPV Baseline

• Model: U-Net with ResNet34 encoder
• Dataset: 3,300 FPV crosswalk images
• Performance: 93.05% IoU on FPV test set
• Status: ✅ Complete

Stage 2: CCTV Adaptation (Two-Iteration Approach)

Iteration 1: Fine-Tuning on Labeled Data

• Model: DeepLabV3 + ResNet50 (initialized from FPV weights)
• Dataset: 241 manually labeled CCTV images (201 train / 40 val)
• Training: 30 epochs, Dice+BCE loss, AdamW optimizer (lr=1e-4)
• Result: 88.9% IoU

Iteration 2: Semi-Supervised Learning

• Approach: Confidence-based pseudo-labeling
• Pipeline:
  1. Generate predictions on 5,926 unlabeled AI-Hub images
  2. Score confidence (prediction certainty + geometric validation)
  3. Select top 1,000 high-confidence pseudo-labels (threshold: 0.7)
  4. Retrain on combined dataset (241 labeled + 1,000 pseudo)
• Training: 20 epochs, lower learning rate (lr=5e-5)
• Result: 98.5% IoU ⭐

Performance Comparison

Metric	Iteration 1	Iteration 2	Improvement
Val IoU	88.9%	98.5%	+9.6%
Train IoU	97.0%	98.8%	+1.8%
Dataset Size	241	1,241	5× larger
Inference Speed	77 FPS	77 FPS	Maintained

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🔬 Methodology

Transfer Learning Pipeline

FPV Model (93% IoU)
    ↓
Load Pre-trained Weights
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Fine-tune on 241 CCTV images → Iteration 1 (88.9% IoU)
    ↓
Generate Pseudo-Labels on 5,926 unlabeled images
    ↓
Filter Top-1000 High-Confidence (Score > 0.7)
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Retrain on Combined Dataset → Iteration 2 (98.5% IoU)

Pseudo-Label Quality Metrics

• Average confidence score: 0.976
• Geometric validation: 1.0 (perfect for top-1000)
• Top score: 0.988

Architecture Details

• Model: DeepLabV3 with ResNet50 backbone
• Input: 512×512 RGB images
• Output: Binary segmentation mask
• Parameters: ~39M
• Inference speed: 77 FPS (exceeds 30 FPS requirement)

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📈 Training Visualizations

Iteration 1: Initial Fine-Tuning

Key Observations:

• Stable convergence after 20 epochs
• Best validation IoU at epoch 28
• Minimal overfitting (train: 97.0%, val: 88.9%)

Iteration 2: Semi-Supervised Learning

Key Observations:

• Rapid improvement with pseudo-labels
• Best validation IoU at epoch 19
• Strong generalization (train: 98.8%, val: 98.5%)

Sample Predictions

Visualization showing ground truth (green) vs. model predictions (red) on validation samples. The model achieves near-perfect alignment with manual annotations.

Pseudo-Label Quality

Top 9 pseudo-labeled samples showing high prediction confidence and accurate crosswalk detection across various weather conditions and camera angles.

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📁 Repository Structure

crosswalk-cctv/
├── notebooks/
│   ├── 01_extract_frames.ipynb          # Video to frames extraction
│   ├── 02_prepare_fpv.ipynb             # FPV dataset preparation
│   ├── 03_train_stage1_fpv.ipynb        # Stage 1: U-Net training on FPV
│   └── cctv_finetuning.ipynb            # Stage 2: Transfer learning + pseudo-labeling
├── outputs/
│   ├── stage1_fpv/
│   │   ├── best_model.pth               # FPV baseline weights
│   │   ├── results.json                 # Training metrics
│   │   └── training_history.png         # Loss/IoU curves
│   └── stage2_cctv/
│       ├── best_model_cctv.pth          # Iteration 1 weights
│       ├── best_model_cctv_iter2.pth    # Iteration 2 weights (final)
│       ├── experiment_summary.json      # Complete metrics
│       ├── training_history.png         # Iteration 1 curves
│       ├── final_results.png            # Both iterations comparison
│       ├── predictions_visualization.png
│       └── pseudo_labels/
│           └── iteration_1/
│               ├── images/              # 1,000 pseudo-labeled images
│               ├── masks/               # Generated masks
│               └── metadata.json        # Confidence scores
├── data/                                 # (not in repo - too large)
│   ├── fpv_processed/                   # 3,300 FPV samples
│   ├── finetuning/                      # 241 labeled CCTV samples
│   └── AI-hub_dataset/                  # 5,926 unlabeled CCTV images
├── requirements.txt                      # Python dependencies
├── environment.yml                       # Conda environment
└── README.md                            # This file

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🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

# Create conda environment
conda env create -f environment.yml
conda activate crosswalk

# Or use pip
pip install -r requirements.txt

Running the Complete Pipeline

Step 1: Train FPV Baseline (Stage 1)

jupyter notebook notebooks/03_train_stage1_fpv.ipynb

Step 2: CCTV Adaptation (Stage 2)

jupyter notebook notebooks/cctv_finetuning.ipynb

This notebook runs the complete two-iteration pipeline:

• Iteration 1: Fine-tuning on 241 labeled CCTV images
• Pseudo-labeling: Generate and filter high-confidence labels
• Iteration 2: Retrain on combined dataset

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📊 Detailed Metrics

Stage 1: FPV Baseline

{
  "model": "U-Net + ResNet34",
  "dataset_size": 3300,
  "final_val_iou": 0.9305,
  "best_epoch": 20,
  "total_epochs": 30
}

Stage 2: CCTV Adaptation

Iteration 1 (Fine-Tuning)

{
  "model": "DeepLabV3 + ResNet50",
  "labeled_samples": 241,
  "train_samples": 201,
  "val_samples": 40,
  "epochs": 30,
  "best_val_iou": 0.8891,
  "final_train_iou": 0.9702
}

Pseudo-Labeling

{
  "total_unlabeled": 5926,
  "generated_labels": 5926,
  "high_confidence_labels": 1000,
  "confidence_threshold": 0.7,
  "top_score": 0.988,
  "average_score": 0.976
}

Iteration 2 (Semi-Supervised)

{
  "combined_dataset": 1241,
  "train_samples": 850,
  "val_samples": 150,
  "epochs": 20,
  "best_val_iou": 0.9852,
  "final_train_iou": 0.9884,
  "improvement_over_iter1": 0.0961
}

Inference Performance

{
  "resolution": "512x512",
  "inference_time_ms": 12.98,
  "fps": 77.03,
  "realtime_capable": true
}

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🏆 Key Achievements (Phase 1)

✨ 98.5% IoU on CCTV - Excellent segmentation accuracy
✨ 5× data efficiency - Only 241 manual labels needed (vs 1,200+ for fully supervised)
✨ 77 FPS inference - Exceeds real-time requirement (30 FPS)
✨ Robust pseudo-labeling - 98.8% top-1000 confidence score
✨ Domain adaptation success - FPV→CCTV transfer works
✨ Research novelty - Confidence-based filtering + geometric validation

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🔬 Research Contributions

1. Data-Efficient Transfer Learning

• Demonstrated effective FPV→CCTV domain adaptation
• Achieved near-perfect performance with minimal manual annotation
• Validated semi-supervised learning for crosswalk detection

2. Confidence-Based Pseudo-Labeling

• Novel scoring: (Prediction Confidence + Geometric Validation) / 2
• Geometric validation: Checks crosswalk area ratio (5-40% of frame)
• Automatic quality filtering without human intervention

3. Real-Time Deployment Ready

• 77 FPS on standard GPU (512×512 resolution)
• Suitable for edge deployment (Jetson platforms)
• Maintains accuracy while meeting speed requirements

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🔄 Next Steps: Phase 2

Pedestrian Tracking & Speed Estimation

Objectives:

1. Multi-object tracking of pedestrians within crosswalk region
2. Walking speed estimation for each tracked individual
3. Elderly pedestrian detection (walking speed < 0.6 m/s)

Approach:

• Use Phase 1 model to extract crosswalk mask as ROI
• Apply YOLO + DeepSORT for pedestrian tracking
• Estimate speed using pixel-to-meter calibration
• Classify pedestrians by walking speed

Target Metrics:

• Tracking accuracy: MOTA > 70%
• Speed estimation error: < 0.1 m/s
• Real-time performance: 30+ FPS

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📚 Research Context

Problem Statement

• South Korean elderly walk at 0.54 m/s (vs assumed 1.0 m/s)
• Current crosswalk timing is insufficient
• Risk of accidents increases with aging population

Proposed Solution

• Real-time CCTV-based pedestrian tracking
• Dynamic signal timing adjustment
• Privacy-preserving (no facial recognition)
• Edge deployment on Jetson platforms

Research Progress

• ✅ Phase 1: Crosswalk segmentation (98.5% IoU achieved)
• ⏳ Phase 2: Multi-object tracking & speed estimation
• ⏳ Phase 3: Signal control logic & SUMO simulation
• ⏳ Phase 4: Real-world Jetson deployment

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📖 Citation

@mastersthesis{omar2025crosswalk,
  title={Adaptive Crosswalk Timing System for Elderly Pedestrians using Semi-Supervised Learning},
  author={Omar Abdirashid},
  year={2025},
  school={Kookmin University},
  type={Master's Thesis},
  advisor={Prof. Jonghyuk Park},
  note={Phase 1: 98.5\% IoU CCTV segmentation with 5x data efficiency}
}

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📧 Contact

Researcher: Omar Abdirashid
Institution: Kookmin University
Advisor: Prof. Jonghyuk Park
GitHub: @rashiedomar

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📄 License

This project is part of academic research. Please contact for usage permissions.

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Last Updated: November 2025
Status: Phase 1 Complete ✅ | Phase 2 Starting 🚀
Performance: 98.5% IoU @ 77 FPS