Computer-assisted driving method and apparatus including automatic mitigation of potential emergency

An apparatus for computer-assisted driving (CAD) disposed in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

• autopilot circuitry to:
• generate, in real time, one or more virtual guardrails for respective sliding timing windows, and automatically pilot the vehicle within the one or more virtual guardrails during the respective sliding timing windows to incrementally guide maneuvers of the vehicle through an environment during the respective sliding timing windows in order to bring the vehicle into safe operation where a plurality of safe driving policies are not violated;
• mitigation circuitry coupled to the autopilot circuitry to conditionally activate the autopilot circuitry in response to an analysis result indicative of the vehicle being potentially operated into an emergency situation manually;
• and
• analysis circuitry coupled to the autopilot circuitry or the mitigation circuitry, the analysis circuitry is to:
• analyze whether a plurality of sensor data of the vehicle indicate whether the vehicle is being manually operated unsafely in violation of one or more safe driving policies of the plurality of safe driving policies, the plurality of safe driving policies specifying a plurality of unsafe driving behaviors, and
• in response to a determination of a violation of the one or more safe driving policies, generate the analysis result indicative of the vehicle being potentially operated into the emergency situation manually.