Artificial Intelligence

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A red bounding box identifies a vehicle, while a green bounding box identifies the location of the bicycle. The boxes overlap, showing the vehicle is too close to the bicycle.

Using Amazon Rekognition to improve bicycle safety

To better protect themselves, many cyclists are starting to ride with cameras mounted to the front or back of their bicycle. In this blog post, I will demonstrate a machine learning solution that cyclists can use to better identify close calls. The architecture of the solution uses Amazon Rekognition to detect vehicles in recorded bike ride videos. It then analyzes the video to determine if any vehicles are passing too close to the cyclist, within the 3-foot safe distance required by law. The solution automatically generates video clips of these dangerous passing events, which can then be shared with authorities to help improve cyclist safety.