Apparatus For Automatic Collision Avoidance

An apparatus for automatic collision avoidance, to be provided on a vehicle, comprising:

• a detection means for detecting positions of obstacles within an area of interest;
• and
• a processing unit, the processing unit comprising:
• a position module configured for acquiring a current position of the vehicle;
• a speed module configured for acquiring a current speed of the vehicle;
• a steer module configured for acquiring a current steering degree of the vehicle;
• and
• a risk area module configured for calculating current possible trajectories of the vehicle according to values of said current position, speed and steering degree, thereby defining a current collision risk area, wherein the area of interest is included within the current collision risk area;
• an obstacle movement module configured for calculating a movement direction and a speed parameter for each detected obstacle, according to its position variations detected by said detection means;
• an obstacle travel module configured for calculating possible trajectories of the detected obstacles, according to the respective movement direction and speed, so as to define possible travel areas of the obstacles;
• an interception module configured for verifying whether said collision risk area substantially intersect with at least one of said travel areas;
• and
• a distance module configured for calculating a current distance between the vehicle and the travel area of each detected obstacle.