Patent Document ID: 20030220728
Application ID: 10155627
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A pre-crash assessment system for a host vehicle in motion with a first target object in a near zone of the host vehicle, comprising: a remote sensor coupled to the host vehicle for detecting a first target object dynamic data set comprising a plurality of first target object coordinates with respect to said host vehicle; a status monitoring sensor coupled to the host vehicle for detecting a host vehicle dynamic data set comprising a plurality of host vehicle coordinates; a safety device actuator, coupled to the host vehicle, for activating a safety device in response to a threshold criteria; and a safety device controller, coupled to the host vehicle for generating a threshold criteria assessment based on said host vehicle dynamic data set and said first target object dynamic data set, said controller estimating future positions of the host vehicle and the first target object by fitting a generalized conic curve to said first target object dynamic data set, said controller further estimating whether a potential for impact between the host vehicle and the first target object is within said threshold for said safety device actuator.