Automatic turn signaling device
AssigneeAgere Systems Inc.
InventorsAssaf Landschaft, Laurent Mauguee
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Abstract
Introduced is an automatic turn signaling device and method of using the same. In one embodiment the device provides for (1) a navigation module with a map information database for defining a route to a predetermined destination and determining a position of a vehicle; and (2) an associated control module for automatically activating the vehicle's turn signal based on its position.
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In a vehicle within a geographic region, said vehicle including a navigation module and a control module, a method of using an automatic turn signaling device, comprising:
- causing said navigation module to define a route to a predetermined destination based on data from a map information database, said navigation module determining a position of said vehicle relative to a turn on said route and transmitting said position to said control module;
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- causing said control module to activate a turn signal on said vehicle when said position of said vehicle relative to said turn is within a predefined distance, said predefined distance a function of said geographic region said vehicle is located.
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A vehicle within a geographic region, said vehicle including a navigation module, a control module, and an automatic turn signaling device, said automatic turn signaling device comprising:
- said navigation module with a map information database for defining a route to a predetermined destination and determining a position of said vehicle relative to a turn on said route and transmitting said position to said control module;
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- said control module associated with said navigation module for automatically activating said vehicle's turn signal based on when said position of said vehicle relative to said turn is within a predefined distance, said predefined distance a function of said geographic region said vehicle is located in.
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A digital storage medium in a vehicle within a geographic region, comprising;
- electronically readable control instructions for controlling an automatic turn signaling device in said vehicle, said automatic turn signaling device including:
- a navigation module with a map information database for defining a route to a predetermined destination and determining a position of said vehicle relative to a turn on said route;
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- a control module associated with said navigation module for automatically activating said vehicle's turn signal based on when said position of said vehicle relative to said turn is within a predefined distance, said predefined distance a function of said geographic region said vehicle is located in.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.