DYNAMIC COLLISION PREDICTION METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve dynamic collision prediction by quickly and highly accurately performing only the calculation of corresponding points between times by simple calculation. SOLUTION: Two "eyes" (visual observation means) are arranged so as to be separated from each other on the self in at least one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and the relative speeds(vl, vr) of an object to the self are observed by the two "eyes" at one time of a plurality of times selected at a predetermined time interval ( t) on a time axis. When D is defined as a change in a relative distance from the self to the object, and δ is defined as a positive value close to zero to be empirically determined according to the layout of the "eyes" on the self, and is defined as a value to be empirically determined under observation conditions, conditional expressions are calculated based on the result of the above observation, and when those conditional expressions are all satisfied, it is predicted that "the self may collide with the object". COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI