3D Human Detection and Tracking on a Mobile Platform for Situation Awareness

gedruckt auf alterungsbeständigem Papier nach ISO 9706 6A few words Many people supported me in diverse areas, while writing my thesis. Here, I want to write a few words to thank all these people. First of all, I want to thank my supervisors Franz Kummert and Christian Wöhler, who always had an open door for my requests and who took their time to support the work on my thesis. The inspiring work with my colleagues at the Bielefeld University raised many ideas, which resulted in several publications. It was a great time with many opportunities and fruitful collaborations. I want to thank all my colleagues for the heartily athmosphere and the conspirative work. I will miss the good and mostly funny discussions, where not only research was in the focus. Most notably I want to thank my wife, who backed me up wherever it was necessary and who stands for the water of my fountain. Her happiness and her wonderful lust for life are my inspiration and accordingly, the most important part in my life to realise the final goal of getting the PhD