The development of intelligent autonomous cars is of great interest. A particular and
challenging problem is to handle pedestrians, for example, crossing or walking along the
road. Since pedestrians are one of the most fragile elements in traffic, a reliable pedestrian
detection and handling system is mandatory. The current pedestrian handling system of our
autonomous cars suffers from the limitation of the pure detection-based systems, ie, it limits
the autonomous car system to make decisions based only on the very present moment. This …