Collision-avoidance system for autonomous-capable vehicles

A collision-avoidance system on a vehicle, the collision-avoidance system comprising circuitry configured to:

• receive a first image from a camera;
• perform image analysis on at least a portion of the first image to determine respective probabilities that regions of the first image depict drivable space;
• determine a plurality of regions of the first image as depicting non-drivable space based on the respective probabilities;
• determine that the vehicle is likely to impact one of the plurality of regions of the first image labeled as depicting non-drivable space;
• and
• in response to determining that the vehicle is likely to impact one of the plurality of regions of the first image determined as depicting non-drivable space, generate a collision-avoidance signal, the collision-avoidance signal being associated with an action that avoids a collision or minimizes the impact of the collision of the vehicle with the region of non-drivable space.

A computer-implemented method of operating a collision-avoidance system on a vehicle, comprising:

• receiving a first image from a camera;
• performing image analysis on at least a portion of the first image to determine respective probabilities that regions of the first image depict drivable space;
• determining a plurality of regions of the first image as depicting non-drivable space based on the respective probabilities;
• determining that the vehicle is likely to impact one of the plurality of regions of the first image labeled as depicting non-drivable space;
• and
• in response to determining that the vehicle is likely to impact one of the plurality of regions of the first image determined as depicting non-drivable space, generating a collision-avoidance signal, the collision-avoidance signal being associated with an action that avoids a collision or minimizes the impact of the collision of the vehicle with the region of non-drivable space.