Patent ID: 8924139

Claim:
A collision prevention device for preventing collisions between a vehicle in motion on the ground, equipped with said collision prevention device, and obstacles, said device comprising: a unit for localizing obstacles; a unit for acquiring obstacle localization data; a unit for localizing the equipped vehicle; a collision prevention computer configured for: consolidating the obstacle localization data from the unit for acquiring to output a weighted sum of the localization data for each of the obstacles localized; taking into account a description of a configuration of the equipped vehicle and the localization of the equipped vehicle; detecting proximity conflicts between the equipped vehicle and the localized obstacles based on the weighted sum of the localization data, the description of the configuration of the equipped vehicle and the localization of the equipped vehicle; generating alerts in the case of proximity of the equipped vehicle and the localized obstacle, said alerts having various levels; generating at least one conflict resolution guidance according to at least one of the determined levels for resolving each conflict detected; and a presentation unit for presenting warnings to a driver of the equipped vehicle.