DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND CAR USING THE SAME

• US 20130158811A1
• Filed: 08/30/2012
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: FU, CHIEN-CHUN
• Application Number:
  US13/598,632
• Publication Number:
  US 20130158811A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/49
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/12 due to steering position
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/143 combined with another condition, e.g. using vehicle recognition from camera images or activation of wipers
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2300/32 Road surface or travel path
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2300/324 Road inclination, e.g. uphill or downhill

Abstract

A car includes a driving assistance device and two auxiliary lights, capable of being rotated, arranged at a front side of the car. The processor of the driving assistance device obtains real-time geographical position of the car according to data from the geographical information obtaining module of the driving assistance device, and when the car reaches one of the one or more left turn points or right turn points, the processor turns on the light and controls the rotary auxiliary lights to point to the left or to point to the right.

Claims

1. A car comprising:

a driving assistance device comprising;

a processor;

a geographical information obtaining module to obtain geographical information of the car, and to determine a geographical position of the car; and

a route planning module to plan one or more routes in response to a user input, and to determine one or more left turn points or right turn points of one route selected from the one or more routes by a user; and

two rotary auxiliary lights arranged at a front side of the car, wherein the processor obtains real-time geographical position of the car according to data from the geographical information obtaining module, and when the car travels to one of the one or more left turn points or right turn points, the processor turns on the light and controls the rotary auxiliary lights to turn left or turn right.

2. The car according to claim 1, wherein each auxiliary light comprises a motor, a transmission member connected to the motor and a light connected to the transmission member, the light is rotatable with the transmission member when the motor rotates.

3. The car according to claim 1, wherein the geographical information obtaining module obtain geographical information of the car from global positioning system (GPS) satellites.

4. The car according to claim 1, wherein after the car has passed the one of the one or more left turn points or right turn points, the processor turns off the lights and controls the rotary auxiliary lights to rotate to an original position thereof.

5. A driving assistance device for use with a car that comprises two rotary auxiliary lights arranged at a front side of the car, the driving assistance device comprising:

a processor;

a geographical information obtaining module to obtain geographical information of the car, and to determine a geographical position of the car; and

a route planning module to plan one or more routes in response to a user input, and to determine one or more left turn points or right turn points of one route selected from the one or more routes by a user;

wherein the processor obtains real-time geography position of the car according to data from the geographical information obtaining module, and when the car travels to one of the one or more left turn points or right turn points, the processor turns on the light and controls the rotary auxiliary lights to turn left or turn right.

6. The driving assistance device according to claim 5, wherein each auxiliary light comprises a motor, a transmission member connected to the motor and a light connected to the transmission member, the light is rotatable with the transmission member when the motor rotates.

7. The driving assistance device according to claim 5, wherein the geographical information obtaining module obtain geographical information of the car from global positioning system (GPS) satellites.

8. The driving assistance device according to claim 5, wherein after the car has passed the one of the one or more left turn points or right turn points, the processor turns off the lights and controls the rotary auxiliary lights to rotate to an original position thereof.