摘要 |
There is provided a collision avoidance method for vehicles, the method comprising the steps of: detecting at one or more sensors mounted on a vehicle in use the position of an object relative to the vehicle at two or more time instances; receiving, at the input of a processor having at least one input and at least one output, the detected positions of the object from the one or more sensors; approximating the past trajectory of the object relative to the vehicle based on the detected positions; predicting the future position of the object relative to the vehicle using the approximated past trajectory; estimating the likelihood of collision of the vehicle with the object based on the predicted future position of the object relative to the vehicle; determining whether the likelihood of collision is over a predetermined threshold; and if the likelihood of collision is over the predetermined threshold, outputting an alarm signal from the output of the processor. There is also provided a computer program product for a collision avoidance method. There is further provided a collision avoidance system for vehicles for performing the above method steps. |