The present disclosure is generally related to an electric power circuit of automobile turn signals and more particularly to a system and a method for overcoming faulty indicator situation by blinking a position lamp corresponding to a faulty indicator in order to inform other vehicles about the intention of taking a turn or changing a lane, thereby reducing road accidents.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The turn indicator signals have an important safety function. They demonstrate deceleration and a change in direction of the vehicle. It is an effective way of communicating with other drivers and let the trailing drivers know of their intent to change lanes or take a turn. The use of the indicator is made mandatory by the transportation authority's worldwide.
[0003] The conventional turn indicators present in most of the vehicles are fully manual controlled indicators. They require the driver to move the turn switch in accordance with the direction of the required turn. Drivers generally face the issue when the turn indicator signal is burned out. In these cases, other respective turn indicators need to blink at a frequency other than normal frequency in order to alert the other vehicle about the fault occurs in the indicator signals but still there is no such method available to communicate with the other rider or the person on road to let them know that the rider is going to take the turn (in the area where the faulty indicator is located). One way is to wave their hand in the direction of the turn for alerting other drivers, but it compromises safety.

[0004] US4348655A discloses a Control circuit for vehicle turn-signal flasher systems. A control circuit for the turn-signal flasher system of an automotive vehicle. The flasher system includes a relay having switch contacts which are serially connected, together with a direction indicator switch, between the vehicle battery (DC Power supply for lights etc.) and the turn-signal lamps. A measuring or sampling resistor is connected between the battery (DC Power supply for lights etc.) and the relay contacts. First and second pulse generators are connected between a first voltage indicator and the relay coil, and are selectively gated to interrupt the relay during normal lamp load conditions. The first pulse generator provides a normal mark-to-space ratio whereas the second pulse generator provides a reduced mark-to-space ratio for use during night driving conditions. Third and fourth pulse generators are responsive to corresponding voltage indicators connected to the measuring resistor. The third and fourth generators function to respectively provide different mark-to-space ratios in response to, and indicative of, lamp outage or current-overload conditions.
[0005] Conventionally, there exist various methods and systems for helping a user(s) while driving. However, in order to achieve the objective, a control unit may be used for informing a driver about a faulty indicator in case of the indicator's lamp failure. [0006] In order to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks, there is a need to provide a system that is an enhancement to the normal vehicle and is capable of alerting a rider about a faulty indicator without using a control unit and overcome this situation by blinking a position lamp (or any other lamp/LED on the same side & area of faulty position lamp) at the same frequency as that of the faulty indicator lamps.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
[0007] The principal object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantage
of the prior art.
[0008] Another object of the present invention is reduction in number of components
used thus helping with cost and reliability.
[0009] Another object of the present invention is to provide a system that helps in
informing a rider about a faulty indicator and flashing a position lamp (or any other
lamp/LED on the same side & area of faulty position lamp) instead of the faulty
indicator in order to inform the trailing drivers about their intent to change lanes or take
a turn.
[0010] Another object of the present invention is to provide a system that helps in
avoiding road accidents by ensuring lane discipline even in an indicator's fault
detection situation.
[0011] Another object of the present invention is to provide a system that is quick and
responsive.
[0012] Another object of the present invention is to provide a scalable/versatile system
that may add multiple features/accessories with minimal changes in the system.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0013] The present invention relates to a multipurpose system installed in a vehicle for overcoming faulty indicator situations by blinking a position lamp (or any other lamp/LED on the same side & area of faulty position lamp) instead of a faulty indicator in case of failure of indicator's lamp, in order to inform the intend of the driver to the
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[0014] According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system for overcoming faulty indicator situation, comprising, a plurality of indicator lamps are fixed to a front and a rear part of a vehicle which is configured to be flashed synchronously at a certain frequency through a turn switch, a switching unit for receiving a signal coming from a first power line from the turning switch, a plurality of position lamps include a pair of left turn indicator lamps and a pair of right turn indicator lamps which flash synchronously through the turn switch when a user intends to turn to the left and right respectively, wherein the plurality of position lamps include a left front position lamp, a right front position lamp, a left front head lamp, a right front head lamp, a left rear stop lamp, and a right rear stop lamp, an electric switch (i.e. a relay switch) determines a faulty indicator in between the plurality of turn indicator lamps and said switching (i.e. a MOSFET) flashes at least one of the plurality of position lamps in place of the faulty indicator with the same frequency as that of the faulty indicator through a signal coming from a second power line, wherein the plurality of indicator lamps and position lamps is anyone of a plurality of LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamp, a xenon lamp, and a halogen lamp.
[0015] According to an another embodiment of the present invention, a method for overcoming faulty indicator situation, including, triggering on, a plurality of indicator lamps at a certain frequency by a turn switch which is activated either manually or automatically is anyone of an electronic power switch, a combination switch, and a multiway switch, determining a faulty indicator in between a plurality of indicators lamps by an electric switch (i.e. a relay switch) upon getting an output from a MOSFET
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wherein the switching unit receives a signal coming from a first power line through the turn switch, and flashing, by the MOSFET, at least one of a position lamp respective to the faulty indicator with the same frequency as that of the faulty indicator through the signal coming from a second power line.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0016] The accompanying drawings illustrate various embodiments of systems, methods, and embodiments of various other aspects of the disclosure. Any person with ordinary skills in the art will appreciate that the illustrated element boundaries (e.g. boxes, groups of boxes, or other shapes) in the figures represent one example of the boundaries. It may be that in some examples one element may be designed as multiple elements or that multiple elements may be designed as one element. In some examples, an element shown as an internal component of one element may be implemented as an external component in another, and vice versa. Furthermore, elements may not be drawn to scale. Non-limiting and non-exhaustive descriptions /are described with reference to the following drawings. The components in the figures are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating principles. [0017] Fig.l illustrates a schematic diagram of a system 100, according to an embodiment of a present invention;
[0018] Fig. 2 is a front elevation view showing a front portion of a vehicle 200 equipped with a plurality of indicator and position lamps of the present invention; and [0019] Fig 3 illustrates a flow chart depicting a method 300, according to an embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0020] Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings in which, like numerals represent like elements throughout the several figures, and in which example embodiments are shown. Embodiments of the claims may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. The examples set forth herein are non-limiting examples and are merely examples among other possible examples.
[0021] Some embodiments of this invention, illustrating all its features, will now be discussed in detail. The words "comprising," "having," "containing," and "including," and other forms thereof, are intended to be equivalent in meaning and be open ended in that an item or items following any one of these words is not meant to be an exhaustive listing of such item or items or meant to be limited to only the listed item or items.
[0022] It must also be noted that as used herein and in the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" include plural references unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Although any systems and methods similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of embodiments of the present invention, the preferred systems and methods are now described.
[0023] The present invention relates to a system and a method to overcome faulty indicator situation by recognizing a fault indicator during driving in order to avoids miscommunication between drivers. This system has automatic switching capability so

that it starts blinking a position lamp in place of a faulty indicator for indicating the driver's intention about a vehicle movement.
[0024] The vehicles have directional signal lamps that are blinked by the driver at the time of taking a turn or changing a lane. It is also used for indicating the intention of the driver to the trailing driver about the vehicle movement. The driver is aware of the flashing of the directional signal light. If the fault occurs in the indicator of the vehicle at the time of taking the turn, it does not start blinking at the right time or at all which can eventually cause a major accident. So, it is important to alert the driver about the faulty indicator and overcome this situation.
[0025] Fig.l illustrates a schematic diagram of a system 100, according to an embodiment of a present invention. The system 100 essentially includes a plurality of indicators lamps 112 associated with a turn switch 102. The plurality of indicator lamps 112 include a pair of left turn indicator lamps and a pair of right turn indicator lamps, wherein at least two of the plurality of indicators lamps 112 each of which are present on a front left and a rear left or a front right and a rear right flash synchronously to indicate that a vehicle 200 is turning left or right when a respective turn indication is initiated. The turn switch 102 is anyone of an electronic power switch, a combination switch, and a multiway switch. The switch 102 is activated either manually or automatically. The turn switch 102 is activated automatically by anyone or a combination of an accelerometer sensor, and an IR (Infrared) Sensor. [0026] The system includes a battery, which commonly is of 12 volts, which is a power source of the system. The batter has two terminals, I.e., a positive terminal, and a
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terminal is connected to a switching unit 106. The switching unit 106 is supplying power to a first power line 104, a second power line 114, and a third power line 118. The first power line 104 includes the switching unit 106 , the plurality of indicator lamps 112, an electric switch 110, and a fuse (Fl) 108 that can be used instead of the electric switch 110 according to the circuit requirements. The second 114 and third power line 118 includes the switching unit 106, the fuse (F2, F3) 108, and a plurality of position lamps 116. The switching unit 106 and electric switch 110 is a MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) and a relay respectively. [0027] The MOSFET (Ql) 106 includes resistors Rl, R2 bridging their contacts. The first power line 104 is connected to an input terminal of the turn switch 102. When the turn switch 102 is on, it sends a signal to the MOSFET (Ql) 106. The on signal comes from the first power line 104, switches on MOSFET (Ql) 106 and the signal travels through the fuse 108 through line 8 and switches on the relay 110 to switch on the LED of the plurality of indicator lamps 112 when the plurality of indicator lamps 112 are being not faulty. However, when the plurality of indicator lamps 112 being faulty, the relay 110 is not switched on, hence the signal gets fed back to the MOSFET (Ql) 106 through line 7, and then through the second power line 110 the MOSFET 106 switches on the fuse 2 108 to flash the plurality of position lamps 116 with the same frequency as a faulty indicator. When the turn switch 102 is on, the driver is free to use the plurality of position lamps 116 directly through the third power line 118. In this case, this signal passes to the Ql 106 and switches on the fuse 3 108 to switch on the plurality of position lamps 116.

[0028] Fig. 2 is a front elevation view showing a front portion of a vehicle 200 equipped with a plurality of indicator and position lamps of the present invention. The vehicle 200 includes the plurality of indicator lamps 112 placed at a left side and a right side of the front part 202 of the vehicle 200, configured to flash when the driver wants to take the turn or change the lane. The plurality of position lamps 116 placed corresponding to the plurality of indicator lamps 112 at the front 202 and rear part of the vehicle 200 communicably connected to the switching unit 106. The plurality of position lamps 116 blinks in place of the plurality of indicator lamps 112 when at least one of the indicator lamps 112 is being faulty. The plurality of position lamps 116 includes a left front position lamp, a right front position lamp, a left front headlamp, a right front headlamp, a left rear stop lamp, and a right rear stop lamp. The MOSFET 106 flashes the plurality of position lamps 116 at the same frequency as that of the faulty indicator lamps 112. The plurality of position lamps 116 and indicator lamps 112 is anyone of a plurality of LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamps, a xenon lamp, and a halogen lamp.
[0029] According to an another embodiment of the present invention, a method 300 to overcome the faulty indicator situation by blinking a plurality of position lamps 116 instead of the plurality of indicator lamps 112 in order to give the indication signal to the trailing driver. It is to be appreciated by a person having ordinary skill in the art that there may be additional steps involved within the method. The method including, a plurality of indicator lamps 112 that are activated by the turn switch 102 that is anyone of an electronic power switch, a combination switch, and a multiway switch. The turn
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with help of anyone or a combination of an accelerometer sensor, and an IR (Infrared) Sensor. An electric switch 110 is used for determining a faulty indicator in between the plurality of indicators lamps 112 upon getting an output from a MOSFET 106 (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) when the turn switch 102 is activated, wherein the electric witch 110 is a relay switch. The MOSFET 106 switches on through the signal coming from a first power line 104 through the turn switch 102 and flashing at least one of a position lamp 116 from a plurality of position lamps 116 respective to the faulty indicator with the same frequency as that of the faulty indicator through the signal coming from a second power line 114.
[0030] Fig. 3 illustrates the flowchart of the present invention. At block 302, the system 100 determines whether the turn indicator switch 102 is turned on or not. In case the turn indicator 102 is not turned on, the method 300 is stopped as shown by block 304. If the turn switch 102 is on, then the signal passes to the MOSFET (Ql) 106 from a first power line 104 and determining the relay switch 110 is on or not as shown in block 306. If a relay switch 110 is on, that means the current flows from the relay 110 to the plurality of indicator lamps 112 and mark it as not faulty, as shown in block 308. The relay 110 helps in blinking the corresponding indicator's lamp 112, as shown in block 310. If the relay switch is off, it means at least one of the indicator lamp LED 112 is faulty (as shown in block 312), then the current flows from the second power line 114 to blink the corresponding at least one of the position lamp 114 instead of the faulty indicator's lamp 114, at block 314. [0031] Moreover, although the present invention and its advantages have been
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alterations can be made herein without departing from the invention as defined by the appended claims. Moreover, the scope of the present application is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments of the process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, means, methods and steps described in the specification. As one will readily appreciate from the disclosure, processes, machines, manufacture, compositions of matter, means, methods, or steps, presently existing or later to be developed that perform substantially the same function or achieve substantially the same result as the corresponding embodiments described herein may be utilized. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to include within their scope such processes, machines, manufacture, compositions of matter, means, methods, or steps.

We Claim,
1. A system for overcoming faulty indicator situation, comprising;
a plurality of indicator lamps 112 configured to be flashed synchronously at a certain frequency through a turn switch 102, wherein said indicators lamps 112 are fixed to a front 202 and a rear part of a vehicle 200;
a switching unit 106, wherein said switching unit 106 receives a signal coming from a first power line 104 from said turn switch 102;
a plurality of position lamps 116 placed on said front 202 and said rear part of said vehicle 200 communicably connected to said switching unit 106; and
an electric switch 110 placed between said switching unit 106 and at least one of said indicator lamp 112, wherein said electric switch 110 determines a faulty indicator in between said plurality of turn indicator lamps 112, wherein said electric switch 110 is on for passing a signal to put said plurality of indicator lamps 112 on upon activation of said switching unit 106 if said plurality of indicator lamps 112 are being not faulty, otherwise said switching unit 106 flashes at least one of said position lamps 116 in place of said faulty indicator with the same frequency as that of said faulty indicator when said electric switch 110 is off, through signal coming from a second power line 114.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said turn switch 102 is anyone of an
electronic power switch, a combination switch, and a multiway switch, wherein said
switch is activated either manually or automatically by anyone or a combination of

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plurality of indicator lamps 112 include a pair of left turn indicator lamps and a pair of right turn indicator lamps which flash synchronously through said turn switch when a user intends to turn to the left and right respectively.
4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plurality of position lamps 116 include a left front position lamp, a right front position lamp, a left front headlamp, a right front headlamp, a left rear stop lamp, and a right rear stop lamp.
5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electric switch 110 is a relay switch and a fuse 108 may be used instead of said relay 110 as per said system 100 circuit requirements.
6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said switching unit 106 is a MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) which is turned on when said turn switch 102 is on.
7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plurality of indicator lamps 112 and position lamps 116 is anyone of a plurality of LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamp, a xenon lamp, and a halogen lamp.
8. A method for overcoming faulty indicator situation, comprising;

triggering on, a plurality of indicator lamps 112 at a certain frequency by a turn switch 102;
determining a faulty indicator in between a plurality of indicators lamps 112 by an electric switch 110 upon getting an output from a MOSFET 106 when said turn switch 102 is activated, wherein said switching unit 106 receives a signal coming from a first power line 104 through said turn switch 102; and
flashing, by said MOSFET 106 through signal coming from a second power line 114, at least one of a position lamp 116 from a plurality of position lamps 116 respective to the faulty indicator with the same frequency as that of said faulty indicator, if at least one of said indicator lamp 112 is being faulty, otherwise said electric switch 110 switches on said plurality of indicator lamps 112 on upon activation of said MOSFET 106.
9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein said turn switch 102 is anyone of an electronic power switch, a combination switch, and a multiway switch, said electric switch is a relay switch.
10. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein said plurality of indicator lamps 112 include a pair of left turn indicator lamps and a pair of right turn indicator lamps which flash synchronously through said turn switch when a user intends to turn to the left and right respectively.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein said plurality of position lamps 116 include a left front position lamp, a right front position lamp, a left front head lamp, a right front head lamp, a left rear stop lamp, and a right rear stop lamp.
12. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein said plurality of indicator lamps 112 and position lamps 116 is anyone of a plurality of LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamp, a xenon lamp, and a halogen lamp.