# HG changeset patch
# User Nicolas Saunier <nicolas.saunier@polymtl.ca>
# Date 1391145031 18000
# Node ID f0ce17ea9273ce30702c1e9f7cbd3d7e2cbb2c6c
# Parent  4a62c3b1eb3a15941c0208cf1c1d5a67cef075bf# Parent  ea907ae19d8c191abb66953e899ea01e229ab948
merge done with Sohail s code

diff -r 4a62c3b1eb3a -r f0ce17ea9273 scripts/TTCcomputation.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/scripts/TTCcomputation.py	Fri Jan 31 00:10:31 2014 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+def TTC(x1,y1,x2,y2,v1x,v1y,v2x,v2y,l):
+
+    a = pow(v1x-v2x,2) + pow(v1y-v2y,2)
+    b = 2 * ((x1-x2) * (v1x-v2x) + (y1-y2) * (v1y-v2y))
+    c = pow(x1-x2,2) + pow(y1-y2,2) - pow(l,2)
+    
+    if pow(b,2) >= 4*a*c:
+        ttc1 = (-b + sqrt(pow(b,2) - 4*a*c)) / (2*a)
+        ttc2 = (-b - sqrt(pow(b,2) - 4*a*c)) / (2*a)
+        if ttc1 >= 0 and ttc2 >= 0:
+            ttc = min(ttc1,ttc2)
+        else:
+            if ttc1 < 0:
+                ttc = ttc
+            if ttc2 < 0:
+                ttc = ttc1
+            if ttc1 < 0 and ttc2 < 0:
+                ttc = []
+    else:
+        ttc = []
+
+    return ttc