1. Method for detecting a clear path of travel for a vehicle utilizing analysis of a plurality of images generated by a camera device located upon the vehicle, the method comprising: monitoring the images, each image comprising a plurality of pixels; utilizing a texture-less processing scheme to analyze the images comprising in each image, filtering the image to separate portions of the image indicating a clear surface upon which a potential road surface can be estimated from other portions of the image that do not indicate a potential road surface; and determining a clear path based upon the clear surface.