FIELD: computer equipment.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to evaluation of distance between vehicles. Method for estimating the distance between vehicles according to one aspect of the present invention includes: evaluation of the enclosed area, blocked by interference from the sensor, and two non-enclosed areas enclosing the enclosed area; and based on the speeds of two monitored vehicles moving in an identical lane, respectively, in two non-enclosed areas, estimating the distance between vehicles from two monitored vehicles to a tracked vehicle moving in an identical lane in a enclosed area.
EFFECT: high accuracy of estimating distance between vehicles.
5 cl, 12 dwg
