A process of determining an imminent-collision between a vehicle and an
object, said vehicle having a sensing system for obtaining one or more
images representing at least one observed object within a field of
detection, said process comprising: (a) obtaining one or more images
representing an observed object within said field of detection; and (b)
determining that a collision between said vehicle and said observed
object is imminent when the ratio of the probability that said observed
object is actually within a collision zone to the probability that said
observed object is actually within a safe zone is greater than a certain
value.