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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2015
Conti Temic Microelectronic Gmbh, Nürnberg, DE;
Günter Anton Fendt, Schrobenhausen, DE;
Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH, Nürnberg, DE;
Abstract
A method for automatically controlling a direction of travel indicator of a vehicle having the following steps: receiving a signal for the chronologically limited activation of the direction of travel indicator, chronologically limited activation of the direction of travel indicator after reception of the signal for the chronologically limited activation of the direction of travel indicator, starting a timer for a measurement interval after reception of the signal for the chronologically limited activation of the direction of travel indicator, checking a steering angle measurement signal during the measurement interval, and deactivation of the direction of travel indicator as a function of the checking of the steering angle measurement signal.