US 2006/0187016 A1 · Direction indicator

Abstract

If a turn signal switch is operated and a right-turn signal or a left-turn signal is input, a turn signal controller outputs a turn signal lamp lighting signal to a relay so as to make the turn signal lamp flash. Detection signals of an operating amount and an operating direction of a joy stick are input to a main controller, and the main controller detects a steering angle of the vehicle on the basis of the input detection signals, and outputs the steering angle to the turn signal controller. The turn signal controller determines that a course change is finished in a case the input steering angle becomes smaller than a second steering angle after becoming larger than a first steering angle, and stops a turn signal lamp lighting signal on an output state so as to turn off a flashing turn signal lamp.

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Dependent claims

A direction indicator arranged in a vehicle steered by a joy stick, comprising:

a turn signal switch making a turn signal lamp flash;
a joy stick operation detector detecting an operation amount and an operation direction of the joy stick;
and
a turn signal controller executing a control on the basis of a steering angle of the vehicle, the steering angle detected by a detection signal from said joy stick operation detector,
wherein the control on the basis of the steering angle is executed so as to automatically turn off the flashing turn signal lamp in a case that the steering angle of the vehicle becomes equal to or more than a predetermined first steering angle and thereafter becomes equal to or less than a predetermined second steering angle smaller than the first steering angle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Direction indicator

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Abstract

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