Patent ID: 7409295

Claim:
A process of determining an imminent-collision between a vehicle and an object, said vehicle having a sensing system for obtaining position data on at least one observed object within a field of detection, said process comprising: (a) obtaining position data on an object within said field of detection; (b) determining that said object is likely to be between first and second collision courses when the following two conditions are met, (1) a probability density function value that said object is on said first collision course exceeds a probability density function value of said object being on a first avoidance course, and (2) a probability density function value that said object is on said second collision course exceeds a probability density function value of said object being on a second avoidance course, wherein said first avoidance course is on one side of said first and second collision courses, and said second avoidance course is on the other side of said first and second collision courses; and (c) providing information to facilitate deployment of collision mitigation measures if said object is determined to be between said first and second collision courses.