Collision warning system

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2005-01-19

2011-12-20

Perungavoor, Sath V (Department: 2624)

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Relative location

Collision avoidance

C382S104000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08082101

ABSTRACT:
A method of estimating a time to collision (TTC) of a vehicle with an object comprising: acquiring a plurality of images of the object; and determining a TTC from the images that is responsive to a relative velocity and relative acceleration between the vehicle and the object.

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