Pedestrian Archetypes Extension -- More Pedestrian Models for Autonomous Vehicle Safety Testing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Summary
The authors previously created 12 categories called pedestrian archetypes to describe different types of pedestrian behaviors in traffic. After studying more dash-cam videos, they found 7 new categories that showed unique behaviors not covered by the original set. In this paper, they define these new archetypes, explain how they differ from the old ones, and show video examples. Their work helps better understand how people walk and behave in traffic situations.
Authors
Taorui Huang, Namita Gaidhani, Ritvik Bansal, S M Jubaer, Regina Lim, Rhett Zhao, Gavin Rafael Selin, Sunnie Deng Gao, Hasnain N Syed
Abstract
In our prior work, Pedestrian Archetypes, we defined pedestrian archetypes as collections of behaviors that uniquely identify a specific type of pedestrian. The first paper proposed 12 pedestrian archetypes, including the Wanderer, Drunk, Distracted, Flash, Indecisive, Blind, Flock, Jaywalker, Elderly, Kid, Eventful, and Parked Pedestrian. These archetypes were introduced to move beyond single behavior labels and provide a more natural way to describe how dangerous pedestrians actually behave progressively in real-world traffic scenarios. However, upon further annotation of YouTube dash-cam videos, we identified 7 additional pedestrian archetypes with observable and significant behavioral differences from the previously proposed ones. These new archetypes capture pedestrian behavior patterns that could not be fully explained by the original taxonomy. In this pre-print, we introduce each new archetype, define its essential and optional behaviors, explain how it differs from previously proposed archetypes, and provide video-frame evidence showing the archetype in action.