System employing an event camera for synchronized response to fast approaching objects

A system for synchronizing a response to an approaching object, the system comprising:

• (a) an event camera deployed to monitor a field of view;
• (b) an active illumination system deployed to deliver pulses of illumination towards at least part of said field of view;
• and
• (c) a processing system associated with said event camera and said pulsed active illumination system, said processing system including at least one processor, said processing system configured to:
• (i) monitor events from said event camera to detect a looming object, at
• least some of the events originating from motion of the looming object while said active illumination system is in a steady state;
• (ii) process the events associated with the looming object so as to track the looming object and to determine motion parameters for predicting an estimated passing time and passing distance from said event camera;
• (iii) receive illumination-pulse-related events from said event camera occurring within a defined time period after an illumination transition associated with a pulse of said illumination towards the looming object;
• and
• (iv) derive from said illumination-pulse-related events a correction to said motion parameters.