Patent ID: 9200904
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: B60W,G01C,G05D,G08G

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of analyzing traffic in a vicinity of a first machine, comprising: determining a predicted distance traveled for the first machine based on velocity of the first machine and a predefined time; determining, by one or more computer processors, a projected position of the first machine based on the predicted distance traveled and a yaw rate of the first machine; determining, by the one or more computer processors, an angle of the projected position relative to a current heading of the first machine; selecting, by the one or more computer processors, a predicted zone from among a plurality of predefined zones in the vicinity of the first machine based on the determined angle; determining whether a second machine is present in the predicted zone; and in response to determining that the second machine is present in the predicted zone, determining whether an unsafe condition exists between the first machine and the second machine.