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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Applicants:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Kaushik Raghu, Redwood City, CA (US);
Premkumar Natarajan, Belmont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG and Audi AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/346 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/26 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); G06K 9/00818 (2013.01); H04N 5/2251 (2013.01); B60R 2300/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for early detection of turning intent and automatic actuation of a turn signal in a vehicle is provided. The system has an image recognition system and turn determination unit for identifying turn predictors and processing them to determine if a turn is about to happen. In response, a corresponding turn signal is automatically initiated for a predetermined period of time, and further vehicle systems can be updated.