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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING VEHICLE TURN SIGNAL SWITCHES

  • US 20110106376A1
  • Filed: 10/30/2009
  • Published: 05/05/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method to automatically control vehicle turn signals;

  • said vehicle equipped with a lane detection system;

    said method comprising;

    detecting a vehicle travel path;

    determining whether said vehicle is deviating from said travel path;

    determining whether to automatically activate a turn signal switch in said vehicle to indicate vehicle travel path deviation;

    automatically activating said vehicle turn signal switch indicative of change of direction vehicle is traveling;

    determining whether said vehicle has established a linear vehicle travel path after passage of a predetermined event; and

    deactivating said vehicle turn signal after passage of a predetermined event after said vehicle has assumed a travel path.

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