Collision avoidance and minimization using an AI model

A processor in a first vehicle, the processor comprising an artificial intelligence (AI) model, the processor configured to perform the following steps:

• a) acquire, using sensors in or on the first vehicle, sensor data about the first vehicle and further sensor data about a second vehicle proximate to the first vehicle;
• b) provide, as input to the AI model, the sensor data, the further sensor data, and data about an intent of a human driver or human passenger of the first vehicle;
• c) determine, as output from the AI model, whether a collision between the first and second vehicles is imminent;
• d) when the collision is determined to be imminent, determine, as further output from the AI model, a first sequence comprising one or more actions comprising accelerating, braking, or steering actions of the first vehicle, wherein the first sequence is calculated to avoid or mitigate the collision;
• and
• e) inform occupants of the first vehicle that the collision is imminent.

A method for a first vehicle to detect and mitigate an imminent collision between the first vehicle and a second vehicle, the method comprising:

• a) developing, acquiring, accessing, or otherwise arranging to use an artificial intelligence (AI) model configured to take, as input, data about the second vehicle, the data obtained by sensors in or on the first vehicle, and to provide, as output, a sequence comprising one or more actions, each action of the sequence comprising a steering action, a braking action, or an accelerating action;
• b) acquiring, using the sensors in or on the first vehicle, the data about the second vehicle;
• c) providing, as input to the AI model, the data about the second vehicle;
• and
• d) determining, as output from the AI model, a determination whether the collision is avoidable or unavoidable, wherein the collision is avoidable when the first vehicle can avoid the collision by sequentially steering, braking, and accelerating, and is unavoidable otherwise;
• and then
• e) determining, by the AI model or the processor, that the collision has occurred;
• f) then steering, by the AI model or the processor, the first vehicle toward a side of a road;
• and
• g) upon determining that a human driver of the first vehicle has tapped a brake pedal twice in succession, relinquishing control of the first vehicle to the human driver.