PATH ESTIMATION AND CONFIDENCE LEVEL DETERMINATION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE

摘要

A path prediction system ( 10 ) for a vehicle ( 12 ) includes vehicle state sensors ( 18 ) that generate vehicle state signals. A tracking sensor ( 20 ) generates a path characteristic signal. A path prediction module ( 16 ) determines predicted path estimations in response to data received from each of the vehicle state sensors ( 18 ) and the tracking sensor ( 20 ). The path prediction module ( 16 ) determines a resultant predicted future path and a path confidence level in response to the predicted path estimations. A controller ( 14 ) performs a countermeasure ( 26 ) in response to the resultant predicted future path and the path confidence level.