A computer vision tool set for innovative elder pedestrians aware crowd management support systems

As the population of world is increasing, and even more concentrated in urban areas, ensuring public safety is becoming a taunting job for security personnel and crowd managers. Mass events like sports, festivals, concerts, political gatherings attract thousand of people in a constrained environment, therefore adequate safety measures should be adopted. The ageing of the population further increases the urgency of computer supported crowd management support systems especially considering the fragility of elder pedestrians. In recent years, researchers developed several models for simulating crowd dynamics. These models should be properly calibrated and validated by means of data acquired in the field. In this paper, we will describe a computer vision tool set that can provide support to information needs of an integrated crowd management support system.