Abstract:
A process of determining an imminent-collision between a vehicle (401) and an object, said vehicle having a sensing system for obtaining one or more images representing at least one observed object (402) within a field of detection, said process comprising: (a) obtaining one or more images representing an observed object (402) within said field of detection; and (b) determining that a collision between said vehicle (401) and said observed object (402) is imminent when the ratio of the probability that said observed object (402) is actually within a collision zone (403) to the probability that said observed object (402) is actually within a safe zone (406,407) is greater than a certain value.
Abstract:
A process (100) of determining target parameters of an object within a field of detection of an automotive radar system, comprises the steps of (a) establishing a target range from a sequence of ranges (101); (b) dwelling on the target range for an initial dwell time to obtain sensor data (102); (c) determining if the sensor data corresponds to the presence of an object or to the absence of an object (103) at the target range based on probability density distributions of an object being present and being absent at the target range, and if such determination cannot be made, then repeating steps (b) - (c) until the determination can be made; (d) if the sensor data is determined to correspond to the presence of an object in step (c), then dwelling at the target range for an extended dwell time to obtain additional sensor data for determining the target parameters (104) of the object before proceeding to step (e); and (e) establishing the next of the sequence of ranges (105) as the target range before reiterating steps (b)-(e).
Abstract:
A process (100) of determining target parameters of an object within a field of detection of an automotive radar system, comprises the steps of (a) establishing a target range from a sequence of ranges (101); (b) dwelling on the target range for an initial dwell time to obtain sensor data (102); (c) determining if the sensor data corresponds to the presence of an object or to the absence of an object (103) at the target range based on probability density distributions of an object being present and being absent at the target range, and if such determination cannot be made, then repeating steps (b) - (c) until the determination can be made; (d) if the sensor data is determined to correspond to the presence of an object in step (c), then dwelling at the target range for an extended dwell time to obtain additional sensor data for determining the target parameters (104) of the object before proceeding to step (e); and (e) establishing the next of the sequence of ranges (105) as the target range before reiterating steps (b)-(e).