Vehicular turning indicator
First Claim
1. A vehicular turning indicator for automatically showing a turning degree of a vehicle, comprising:
- a sensor sensing a turning angle of the vehicle;
a control device asserting a first control signal in response to an ON state of an indicator light switch and asserting a second control signal according to said turning angle; and
a plurality of lightening units in communication with said control device, selectively brightening to constitute a constant pattern in response to said first control signal, and selectively brightening to constitute a variable pattern in response to said second control signal.
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Abstract
A vehicular turning indicator is used for automatically showing a turning degree of a vehicle. The vehicular turning indicator includes a sensor sensing a turning angle of the vehicle; a control device asserting a control signal according to the turning direction, the turning angle and optionally the speed of the vehicle; and a plurality of lightening units in communication with the control device brightening to constitute a variable pattern in response to the control signal. The vehicular turning indicator can be implemented by currently existent vehicular lamps such as indicator light, brake light or head-up display, be incorporated into an existent vehicular accessory such as rearview mirror module or auxiliary brake light module, or independently mounted to the vehicle. Preferably, special flashing effects are performed to make the turning indication prominent.
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Citations
155 Claims
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1. A vehicular turning indicator for automatically showing a turning degree of a vehicle, comprising:
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a sensor sensing a turning angle of the vehicle; a control device asserting a first control signal in response to an ON state of an indicator light switch and asserting a second control signal according to said turning angle; and a plurality of lightening units in communication with said control device, selectively brightening to constitute a constant pattern in response to said first control signal, and selectively brightening to constitute a variable pattern in response to said second control signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A vehicular turning indicator for automatically showing a turning direction and a turning degree of a vehicle, comprising:
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a sensor sensing a turning angle of the vehicle; a control device asserting a first control signal in response to a brake operation and asserting a second control signal according to said turning angle; and a plurality of lightening units in communication with said control device, selectively brightening to constitute a constant pattern in response to said first control signal, and selectively brightening to constitute a variable pattern in response to said second control signal. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A vehicular turning indicator for automatically showing a turning degree of a vehicle, comprising:
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a sensor sensing a turning angle of the vehicle; a control device asserting a control signal according to said turning angle and a speed of said vehicle; and a plurality of lightening units in communication with said control device, integrated into a rearview mirror module and selectively brightening to constitute a variable pattern in response to said control signal; wherein a first pattern is shown in response to said control signal at a certain turning direction, a certain turning angle and a first speed of said vehicle, and a second pattern is shown in response to said control signal at said certain turning direction, said certain turning angle and a second speed of said vehicle, and an end lightening unit that brightens in said first pattern is closer to said turning direction than an end lightening unit that brightens in said second pattern is if said first speed is higher than said second speed. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A vehicular turning indicator for automatically showing a turning degree of a vehicle, comprising:
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a sensor sensing a turning angle of the vehicle; a control device asserting a control signal according to said turning angle and a speed of said vehicle; and a first series of lightening units in communication with said control device, integrated into an auxiliary brake light module including a second series of lightening units brightening in response to a brake operation, and selectively brightening to constitute a variable pattern in response to said control signal; wherein a first pattern is shown in response to said control signal at a certain turning direction, a certain turning angle and a first speed of said vehicle, and a second pattern is shown in response to said control signal at said certain turning direction, said certain turning angle and a second speed of said vehicle, and an end lightening unit in said first series that brightens in said first pattern is closer to said turning direction than an end lightening unit in said first series that brightens in said second pattern is if said first speed is higher than said second speed. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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91. A vehicular turning indicator for automatically showing a turning degree of a vehicle, comprising:
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a sensor sensing a turning angle of the vehicle and a speed of said vehicle; a control device asserting a control signal according to said turning angle; and a plurality of light emitting elements in communication with said control device, integrated into a head-up display module, and emitting light to constitute a variable pattern in response to said control signal; wherein a first pattern is shown in response to said control signal at a certain turning direction, a certain turning angle and a first speed of said vehicle, and a second pattern is shown in response to said control signal at said certain turning direction, said certain turning angle and a second speed of said vehicle, and an end light-emitting element that is actuated in said first pattern is closer to said turning direction than an end light-emitting element that is actuated in said second pattern is if said first speed is higher than said second speed. - View Dependent Claims (92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106)
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107. A vehicular turning indicator for automatically showing a turning degree of a vehicle, comprising:
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a sensor sensing a turning angle of the vehicle and a speed of said vehicle; a plurality of lightening units independently optionally brighten according to said turning angle of said vehicle; and a control device in communication with said sensor and said plurality of lightening units, designating a maximum number of said plurality of lightening units to brighten according to said turning angle, and controlling said designated lightening units to sequentially twinkle in a predetermined manner; wherein a first pattern is shown at a certain turning direction, a certain turning angle and a first speed of said vehicle, and a second pattern is shown at said certain turning direction, said certain turning angle and a second speed of said vehicle, and an end lightening unit that brightens in said first pattern is closer to said turning direction than an end lightening unit that brightens in said second pattern is if said first speed is higher than said second speed. - View Dependent Claims (108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130)
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131. A vehicular turning indicator for automatically showing a turning degree of a vehicle, comprising:
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a first sensor sensing a turning angle of the vehicle; a second sensor sensing a speed of said vehicle; a control device asserting a control signal according to said turning angle and said speed of said vehicle; and a plurality of lightening units in communication with said control device, selectively brightening to constitute a variable pattern in response to said control signal; wherein a first pattern is formed by turning on a first number of said lightening units in response to said control signal at a first speed of said vehicle, and a second pattern is formed by turning on a second number of said lightening units in response to said control signal at a second speed of said vehicle, and said first number is different from said second number if said first speed is different from said second speed. - View Dependent Claims (132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155)
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Specification