Patent ID: 9547969
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B60Q,B66F,G08B,G08G

Claim:
1. A method for assessing a possibility of a collision between a first entity of interest and a second entity of interest, the method comprising: creating a first safety zone around a first entity of interest; creating a second safety zone around a second entity of interest; dynamically modifying the first safety zone and the second safety zone based on a first characteristic of movement of the respective first entity of interest and the second entity of interest, wherein the first characteristic of movement being a range of speed; dynamically modifying the first safety zone and the second safety zone based on a second characteristic of movement of the respective first entity of interest and the second entity of interest, the second characteristic of movement being a direction of travel; and analyzing the modified first safety zone of the first entity of interest and the modified second safety zone of the second entity of interest for overlap to assess a possibility for a collision between the first entity of interest and second entity of interest.