Method and Device for Indicating of the Turn-Intention of a Vehicle

• US 20130201014A1
• Filed: 12/09/2012
• Published: 08/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alexander Luchinskiy
• Original Assignee: Alexander Luchinskiy
• Inventors: Luchinskiy, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US13/709,012
• Publication Number:
  US 20130201014A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/475
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/0035 relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/26 the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/2611 Indicating devices mounted on the roof of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/302 mounted in the vicinity, e.g. in the middle, of a rear window
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/326 on or for wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/381 with several light sources activated in sequence, e.g. to create a sweep effect
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/44 for indicating braking action or preparation for braking, e.g. by detection of the foot approaching the brake pedal
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2400/50 Projected symbol or information, e.g. onto the road or car body

Abstract

Invention provides a more clear recognisable indicating of the maneuvering-intentions of a vehicle to improve the safety of traffic. More appropriate for human eyes way to recognise the turn- and stop-intention signals are provided. It makes it possible to estimate the current traffic situation certain and quickly, in spite of the usual technical obstacles to recognise the signal- and vehicle position (as, for example, in the darkness, a dazzling light of the head lamps of the vehicles which are moving in the opposite direction, or, in the day time, a bright surrounding under the shining sun, or a limited view from the driver seat, etc.).

Claims

1. Method of indicating of turn-intention of a vehicle, where, on a vehicle body, additionally to the permanently (not blinking) shining head lamp or additionally to the back lights, a left- or right-placed light is switched on, shortly for turn-maneuvering,

where a left- or right-orientated arrow-kind lighting structure is formed, which structure consists of at least two lighting lines (or strips or bands, named in the future as “

lightlines”

or “

lighting lines”

), where the end points of these lightlines are separated one from another at the one side of these lightlines, and they are placed, among others, approximately (nearly) at the central axis line of symmetry of a car body, or near it; and

the end points of these lightlines of the other sides of these lightlines are placed in one point, or nearby one to another, or the both lightlines are adjoin by their left or right end points correspondently to the left or right head lamp (or correspondently to one other kind of a left or right permanently (not blinking) shining lamps, among others, back lights), whereby these lightlines are blinking periodically, among others also synchron with the usual turn-indicating blinking lamps (Blinker) together (simultaneously).

2. Method according to claim 1, whereby a turn-intention of a vehicle is indicated by a lighting line, which one lays outside a had lamp (or outside a head lamp transparent cover), where the both ends of these lighting lines lay nearly (approximately) at the axis of symmetry of the front view (or back view) of this vehicle, and besides, this lighting line embraces (contains) the external contour (outline, profile) of this vehicle from that side of the axis of symmetry, whereto the turn intention is intended and indicated;

and whereby a.o. can this lighting line embrace an external contour (outline, profile) of only one or several separate parts of this car body (as for example radiator grill (Kü

hlerdeckungsgitter), head window (backwindow), motor hood (Motorhaube), laggage hood, etc.), also from that side of the axis of symmetry, whereto the turn-intention is supposed and indicated, whereby can these lighting lines be also discontinuous.

3. Method according to claim 1, where a turn-intention of a vehicle is indicated by an arrow-kind lighting structure, which one is orientated on-left or on-right, where this arrow-kind structure consists from two parts, which parts will be in the future named as a “

head-part” and

“

foot-part”

, where the head-part contains among others (a.o.) the lighting lines, which are lighting (also blinking lighting) from that side of the plane of symmetry of a vehicle, whereto the turn-intention of the vehicle is intended and indicated; and

besides, contains the foot-part a.o.

     1) a permanent (not-blinking) lighting “

foot”

of the arrow-kind lighting structure, i.e. a head lamp, (or also other permanent (not blinking) lighting light sources), which are lighting permanent (not blinking) on the car body on the opposite side of the above mentioned plane of symmetry; and

     2) a dark gap between the a.m. “

foot” and

the axis of symmetry of a vehicle on the front view (back view) of the vehicle.

4. Device for executing of a method according to claim 1, where the device contains an arrow-kind lighting structure, which structure consists of two head lamps or two back light-lamps and at least one pare of lightlines, where the left or, correspondently, the right endpoints of the both lightlines adjoin correspondently to the left or right head lamp (or correspondently to the any other kind of left or right lights, a.o. back lights;

or correspondently to the left or right contour (outline) of a vehicle;

or correspondently to the left or right contour (outline) of a part of a vehicle), where the each of the a.m. lightlines adjoin itself with its other (i.e. right or left endpoint correspondently) in some point to the axis of symmetry of a vehicle.

8. Device according to claim 4, where the turn-lights are generated by a laser.

9. Method according to claim 1, where a maneuver lighting is switched on at the back part of the vehicle body shortly for the maneuvering, where the a.m. lightlines are switched on simultaneously on the both sides of the vehicle body (i.e. symmetrically in respect to the axis of symmetry of the vehicle) to indicate the stop-intention, where the a.m. lightlines are lighting during the stop-maneuvering a.o. in the permanent, i.e. not-blinking regime.

5. Device for indicating of a turn-intention of a vehicle, which one contains at least one pare of the blinking turn-lights, where either one or other from them is blinking by a turn-manoeuvre, and this way indicates the correspondent turn-intention, whereby the turn-lights are made in the form of a flashing (sparkling) light (lamp), a.o. also oftly (flashing) sparking light (lamp), with the possibility to light up (illuminate) the part of surface of the road, which one is under the vehicle, as well as also with the possibility to light up the vehicles wheels, in particular the internal sides of these wheels, where these a.m. turn-lights are placed under the vehicle, or on edges of a vehicle, or on/in the wheels, where the beams of this turn-light is focused either on the left or on the right (dependently on the turn-intention direction) part of the above mentioned part of the surface of the road or directed thereto, or these beams are formed as parallel-formed beams, besides these a.m. turn-lights are produced a.o. as the point-lights or stripe-lights.

6. Device according to claim 5, where the flashing (sparkling) light on claim 5 is electrically switched on such way, that every future series of the quick-flashes (quick-sparks) is interrupted with a still-pause (i.e. no-lightbeaming), where the time period of a flash-series is the same as the time period of the lighting state of an usual turn-lamp indicator, and the time-period of an a.m. calm-pause of an a.m. flash-lamp is the same as the time-period of a calm-pause of an usual blinking turn-intention lamp, and besides, the a.m. flash-lamp beamer and the usual turn-intention lamp of the same vehicle are switched on and switched off synchron and simultaneously.

7. Device according to claim 5, where the turn-lights are generated by a laser.

10. Device according to claim 5, where a maneuver lighting is switched on at the back part of the vehicle body shortly for the maneuvering, where the a.m. flash (spark)-lights are switched on simultaneously on the both sides of the vehicle body (i.e. symmetrically in respect to the axis of symmetry of the vehicle) to indicate the stop-intention, where the a.m. lightlines are lighting during the stop-maneuvering a.o. in the calm-pause-less regime.

11. Device for investigating (scouting) of the turn-intentions, stop-intentions, maneuvering of the vehicles, which are outside of the direct vision sector of the vehicle driver as well for scouting the position of the vehicles, situation on the road outside the direct vision of the vehicle driver for the determination of the maneuvering, a.o. overtaking possibilities, which device (vehicles periscope) contains

Videocamera (videocameras)

adjustable, a.o. sliding, a.o. telescopic, support for videocamera (videocameras), which support can put the videocamera in position above the vehicle body so high, that positions of other vehicles ahead or back of the vehicles on the road are visible;

mechanism (motor) to adjust (sliding) the a.m. support;

device to control the a.m. mechanism;

device to fix, a.o. to fix removably, the a.m. mechanism for support adjusting, electronic device to process the videosignal from camera and present it on the display of the vehicle;

electronic device to process and remove the image oscillations (swing, deviations) from the camera &

display system as a consequence of the camera oscillations (swing, deviations) on the a.m. support;

12. Device according to claim 11, where at least two devices on claim 11 are used to determine precisely the position of other vehicles on the road.

13. Device according to claim 11, where an a.m. adjustable support for videocamera is placed either in the upper part of a vehicle body (a.o. on the level of the laggage splints), or in the middle part of the vehicle body (a.o. on the level of a back-view mirror), or inside the carrier for a back-view mirror (inside the back-view mirror).