Apple's latest patent describes technology for a collision avoidance system that is designed for robots, or self-driving cars. It describes a technique capable of avoiding collisions and navigating through unfamiliar areas by calculating distances and shapes Details about Apple's secretive 'Project Titan' have been floating around since last year and although the Cupertino company has tried to deny its plan for a self-driving car, its actions speak otherwise The new patent describes technology that could be the key to self-driving cars – a system that can operate in both 2D and 3D area, which computer visions systems have had difficulty doing. The system has a memory, display unit 'and one or more processors in the memory The vehicle's view of the area can be updated 60 times per second, allowing it to gather all of the objects in its path before ramming into them. This method can gather information about oncoming obstacles and the distances between objects If the technology detects that the edges of the object are not in its path, the vehicle will keep driving in the same path. But if it a collision is predicted, 'the system selects the edge vector closest to the vehicle's current position and calculates the force needed to avoid the obstacle | Daily Mail Online
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