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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2004
Aaron L. Mills, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gerald H. Engelman, Plymouth, MI (US);
Liwen Xu, Southfield, MI (US);
Samir Mohamad Beydoun, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Aaron L. Mills, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gerald H. Engelman, Plymouth, MI (US);
Liwen Xu, Southfield, MI (US);
Samir Mohamad Beydoun, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A turn signal system includes at least one sensor detecting road markers and generating therefrom road marker signals. A turn signal deactivates in response to a control command generated by a controller. The controller receives the road marker signals, and determines at least one of whether the system is undergoing a turning condition or has completed the turning condition from the road marker signals. The controller generates the control command when the system has completed the turning condition. A redundancy system verifies the control command.