Claims:
1. A system for controlling a plurality of turn-signal indicators of a vehicle, the system comprising:
a navigation unit configured to determine location of the vehicle in real-time; and one or more processors coupled with a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to:
receive the determined location of the vehicle from the navigation unit that is operatively coupled to the one or more processors,
receive predefined data stored in a database that is operatively coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the predefined data is corresponding to a destination of the vehicle;
determine a route for the vehicle based on the received location of the vehicle and the predefined data; and
control any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators based on the determined route.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determined route is associated with any or a combination of lanes, turns, roundabouts, junctions and intersections corresponding to the determined route.
3. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the one or more processors are configured to activate any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators before the vehicle crosses a turn associated with the determined route and deactivate the corresponding turn-signal indicator of the plurality of turn-signal indicators after the vehicle crosses the turn.
4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the navigation unit is selected from a global-positioning system (GPS) and a global navigation satellite system (GLONASS).
5. A method for controlling a plurality of turn-signal indicators of a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
determining, by a navigation unit, location of the vehicle in real-time;
receiving, by one or more processors, the determined location of the vehicle from the navigation unit that is operatively coupled to the one or more processors;
receiving, by the one or more processors, predefined data stored in a database that is operatively coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the predefined data is corresponding to a destination of the vehicle;
determining, by the one or more processors, a route for the vehicle based on the received location of the vehicle and the predefined data; and
controlling, by the one or more processors, any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators based on the determined route.
6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the determined route is associated with any or a combination of lanes, turns, intersections, roundabouts and junctions corresponding to the determined route.
7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein at the step of controlling any of the turn-signal indicators, the one or more processors are configured to activate any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators before the vehicle crosses a turn associated with the determined route and deactivate the corresponding turn-signal indicator of the plurality of turn-signal indicators after the vehicle crosses the turn.
8. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the navigation unit is a global-positioning system (GPS) and a global navigation satellite system (GLONASS).
, Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of turn indicators in automobiles. In particular, the present disclosure pertains to an intelligent system and method to provide automatic control of turn indicators of the automobile/vehicle.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0002] Background description includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[0003] There are many people around the world who frequently drive the motor vehicles or automobiles and the population of the people using motor vehicles for daily commuting is increasing day-by-day. At present, the people around the world drive a few billions of vehicles and the number of vehicles on roads is increasing tremendously. Along with the growing population of people driving the vehicles, accidents are also increasing daily. There are number of causes for the occurrence of accidents out of which most of the accidents have happened due to the negligence of the drivers.
[0004] Drivers of vehicles should be very careful while driving near road junctions, roundabouts, intersections etc., where vehicles usually come from all the directions. Drivers should give proper and accurate signal indication while taking a turn or while changing from one lane to another. There are exterior turn signal or indication lights of a vehicle or an automobile that serve many important functions during operation of the vehicle. For example, activation of the vehicle’s exterior turn signal light informs pedestrian and/or other drivers that the driver of the vehicle is about to make a turn or wish to make a lane change. In addition, activation of the exterior turn signal light warns other drivers that one is making a lane change. This is particularly important when operating a vehicle in a highway or freeway.
[0005] Drivers of vehicles occasionally make lane changes and turns at intersections, but many of these drivers fail to use the exterior turn signal lights to inform other drivers regarding the lane change and turn manoeuvres. As the result, this increases the risk of causing an accident. Each year, approximately 50,000 people die and approximately three million people are injured as the result of traffic accidents. Traffic accidents cost insurance companies and automobile manufacturers over a hundred million dollars each year. Most of the times, drivers may unintentionally forget to turn the light indicators or signals of their vehicles while taking a turn, especially at junctions, road-ends, roundabouts, intersections etc. This may lead to the communication gap among the drivers of the vehicles and ultimately leads to the accidents and loss of several lives on roads.
[0006] The use of exterior turn signal lights while making lane change has the benefit of improving the awareness among drivers, and hence, allowing the drivers to make better judgment, such as to apply brakes or to change a direction of motion, in order to avoid an accident. Unfortunately, as mentioned previously, many drivers nowadays are becoming more lazy and reluctant to use the exterior turn signal lights, especially during a lane change situation.
[0007] Efforts have been made in the related art to control the turn signals or indicators of the vehicle automatically. However, there are many traditional systems and methods that implement a mechanism that is imbedded into the vehicle steering wheel. Initial activation of turn-signal indicators is provided by manual hand movement of the turn signal corresponding to the direction of intent. From that point, deactivation of turn-signal indicators is achieved via a ratchet or latch mechanism that is initiated with a physical turning of the steering wheel. When the steering wheel is turned past a designed-in arc angle in the direction of the intended turn, and subsequently returned, a mechanism is tripped to reset the turn signal to the deactivated position. This is the only means of control of the turn signal function that has reduced the burden on the driver. However, the above-mentioned mechanism is not fully automatic as it only takes inputs from the steering wheel.
[0008] There are problems in the traditional methods, as the turn signal of the vehicle remains active until either manually disabled by the driver or when the steering wheel is turned a predetermined amount and returned. The cancel feature responds to steering wheel rotation only, without considering any other vital vehicle information related to the execution of a turn. Such vital information can be the vehicle’s predicted or future route, destination, future intersections, live traffic, live location, accurate calculation of timing to take a lane or road turn etc. Due to the lack of vehicle’s vital information and intelligence deficiency, a turn signal left-on condition is likely and the driver may be unaware of this condition for an extended period while driving. Additionally, any degree of normal dither motion of the steering wheel to steer the vehicle through a turn and while the turn signal is on may cause an unintended deactivation of the turn signal prior to the actual completion of the intended turn. These conditions may create unnecessary situations while driving and that might be a nuisance or a danger to the driver. However, most of the traditional methods do not implement a prediction of vehicle turns beforehand and do not implement automatic turn signals or indicators control (i.e. on/off of side light indicators) based on the predicted turns in real-time. The traditional methods do not a solution to prevent causing distractions to drivers while driving.
[0009] There is, therefore, a need to provide an efficient, reliable, cost-effective and automatic system to activate and/or deactivate turn-signal indicators of the vehicle in real-time and in accurate manner without any human intervention in order to prevent traffic confusions, collision of vehicles and accidents on roads.
[0010] Further limitations and disadvantages of conventional and traditional approaches will become apparent to one of skill in the art through comparison of described systems with some aspects of the present disclosure, as set forth in the remainder of the present application and with reference to the drawings.
[0011] In some embodiments, the numbers expressing quantities or dimensions of items, and so forth, used to describe and claim certain embodiments of the invention are to be understood as being modified in some instances by the term “about.” Accordingly, in some embodiments, the numerical parameters set forth in the written description and attached claims are approximations that can vary depending upon the desired properties sought to be obtained by a particular embodiment. In some embodiments, the numerical parameters should be construed in light of the number of reported significant digits and by applying ordinary rounding techniques. Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges and parameters setting forth the broad scope of some embodiments of the invention are approximations, the numerical values set forth in the specific examples are reported as precisely as practicable. The numerical values presented in some embodiments of the invention may contain certain errors necessarily resulting from the standard deviation found in their respective testing measurements.
[0012] As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of “a,” “an,” and “the” includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein, the meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on” unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
[0013] The recitation of ranges of values herein is merely intended to serve as a shorthand method of referring individually to each separate value falling within the range. Unless otherwise indicated herein, each individual value is incorporated into the specification as if it were individually recited herein. All methods described herein can be performed in any suitable order unless otherwise indicated herein or otherwise clearly contradicted by context. The use of any and all examples, or exemplary language (e.g. “such as”) provided with respect to certain embodiments herein is intended merely to better illuminate the invention and does not pose a limitation on the scope of the invention otherwise claimed. No language in the specification should be construed as indicating any non-claimed element essential to the practice of the invention.
[0014] Groupings of alternative elements or embodiments of the invention disclosed herein are not to be construed as limitations. Each group member can be referred to and claimed individually or in any or a combination with other members of the group or other elements found herein. One or more members of a group can be included in, or deleted from, a group for reasons of convenience and/or patentability. When any such inclusion or deletion occurs, the specification is herein deemed to contain the group as modified thus fulfilling the written description of all groups used in the appended claims.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
[0015] A general object of the present disclosure is to provide an intelligent system to control turn-signal indicators of a vehicle.
[0016] An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method to control turn-signal indicators of the vehicle automatically without causing any distraction to the driver.
[0017] Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a system and method to activate and/or deactivate turn-signal indicators and notification lights of the vehicle in real-time.
[0018] Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a simple, cost-effective and reliable system to control turn-signal indicators of a vehicle.
[0019] Yet another object of the present disclosure is to provide a method to control turn-signal indicators of the vehicle in precise and accurate manner.
[0020] These and other objects of the present disclosure will become readily apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

SUMMARY
[0021] The present invention relates to the technical field of turn indicators in automobiles. In particular, the present disclosure pertains to an intelligent system and method to provide automatic control of turn indicators of the automobile.
[0022] An aspect of the present disclosure pertains to a system for controlling a plurality of turn-signal indicators of vehicle, the system including: a navigation unit that may be configured to determine real-time location of the vehicle; and one or more processors coupled with a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to: receive the determined real-time location of the vehicle from the navigation unit that may be operatively coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to receive predefined data stored in a database operatively coupled to the one or more processors, and the predefined data may be corresponding to a destination of the vehicle. The one or more processors may determine a route for the vehicle based on the received location of the vehicle and the predefined data; and control any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators based on the determined route.
[0023] In an aspect, the determined route may be associated with any or a combination of lanes, lane/road turns to be taken by the vehicle, roundabouts, junctions, intersections etc.
[0024] In an aspect, the one or more processors may be configured to activate any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators before the vehicle crosses a turn associated with the determined route.
[0025] In an aspect, the one or more processors may be configured to deactivate the corresponding turn-signal indicator of the plurality of turn-signal indicators after the vehicle crosses the turn associated with the determined route.
[0026] In another aspect, the navigation unit may be a satellite based navigation unit, radio based navigation unit etc. The satellite based navigation unit may be selected from global-positioning system (GPS), global navigation satellite system (GLONASS), BeiDou navigation satellite system (BDS) etc.
[0027] Another aspect of the present disclosure pertains to a method for controlling a plurality of turn-signal indicators of vehicle, the method including the steps of: determining, by a navigation unit, location of the vehicle in real-time; receiving, by one or more processors, the determined location of the vehicle from the navigation unit that can be operatively coupled to the one or more processors; receiving, by the one or more processors, predefined data stored in a database that can be operatively coupled to the one or more processors, and the predefined data may be corresponding to a destination of the vehicle; determining, by the one or more processors, a route for the vehicle based on the received location of the vehicle and the predefined data; and controlling, by the one or more processors, any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators based on the determined route.
[0028] In an aspect, the determined route may be associated with any or a combination of lanes, road/lane turns to be travelled by the vehicle, etc.
[0029] In an aspect, at the step of controlling any of the turn-signal indicators, the one or more processors may be configured to activate any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators before the vehicle crosses a turn that may be associated with the determined route, and the one or more processors may be configured to deactivate the corresponding turn-signal indicator of the plurality of turn-signal indicators after the vehicle crosses the turn.
[0030] In another aspect, the navigation unit may be a satellite based navigation unit, radio based navigation unit etc. The satellite based navigation unit may be selected from global-positioning system (GPS), global navigation satellite system (GLONASS), BeiDou navigation satellite system (BDS) etc.
[0031] Various objects, features, aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, along with the accompanying drawing figures in which like numerals represent like features.
[0032] Within the scope of this application it is expressly envisaged that the various aspects, embodiments, examples and alternatives set out in the preceding paragraphs, in the claims and/or in the following description and drawings, and in particular the individual features thereof, may be taken independently or in any or a combination . Features described in connection with one embodiment are applicable to all embodiments, unless such features are incompatible.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0033] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure.
[0034] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary modules diagram representation of the system for controlling a plurality of turn-signal indicators of the vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0035] FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary representation of the method for controlling plurality of turn-signal indicators of the vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0036] FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary representation of an automated GPS based turn-signal indication control system of the vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0037] FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary representation of various components for controlling turn-signal indicators of the vehicle, in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0038] FIG. 5 illustrates a computer system in which or with which embodiments of the present invention can be utilized in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0039] The following is a detailed description of embodiments of the disclosure depicted in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments are in such detail as to clearly communicate the disclosure. However, the amount of detail offered is not intended to limit the anticipated variations of embodiments; on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
[0040] In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that embodiments of the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details.
[0041] Embodiments of the present invention include various steps, which will be described below. The steps may be performed by hardware components or may be embodied in machine-executable instructions, which may be used to cause a general-purpose or special-purpose processor programmed with the instructions to perform the steps. Alternatively, steps may be performed by a combination of hardware, software, and firmware and/or by human operators.
[0042] Various methods described herein may be practiced by combining one or more machine-readable storage media containing the code according to the present invention with appropriate standard computer hardware to execute the code contained therein. An apparatus for practicing various embodiments of the present invention may involve one or more computers (or one or more processors within a single computer) and storage systems containing or having network access to computer program(s) coded in accordance with various methods described herein, and the method steps of the invention could be accomplished by modules, routines, subroutines, or subparts of a computer program product.
[0043] The ensuing description provides exemplary embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the scope, applicability, or configuration of the disclosure. Rather, the ensuing description of the exemplary embodiments will provide those skilled in the art with an enabling description for implementing an exemplary embodiment. It should be understood that various changes may be made in the function and arrangement of elements without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as set forth in the appended claims.
[0044] Specific details are given in the following description to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments. However, it will be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. For example, circuits, systems, networks, processes, and other components may be shown as components in block diagram form in order not to obscure the embodiments in unnecessary detail. In other instances, well-known circuits, processes, algorithms, structures, and techniques may be shown without unnecessary detail in order to avoid obscuring the embodiments.
[0045] Exemplary embodiments will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments are shown. These exemplary embodiments are provided only for illustrative purposes and so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those of ordinary skill in the art. The invention disclosed may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Various modifications will be readily apparent to persons skilled in the art. The general principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments and applications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Moreover, all statements herein reciting embodiments of the invention, as well as specific examples thereof, are intended to encompass both structural and functional equivalents thereof. Additionally, it is intended that such equivalents include both currently known equivalents as well as equivalents developed in the future (i.e., any elements developed that perform the same function, regardless of structure). Also, the terminology and phraseology used is for the purpose of describing exemplary embodiments and should not be considered limiting. Thus, the present invention is to be accorded the widest scope encompassing numerous alternatives, modifications and equivalents consistent with the principles and features disclosed. For purpose of clarity, details relating to technical material that is known in the technical fields related to the invention have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure the present invention.
[0046] Thus, for example, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that the diagrams, schematics, illustrations, and the like represent conceptual views or processes illustrating systems and methods embodying this invention. The functions of the various elements shown in the figures may be provided through the use of dedicated hardware as well as hardware capable of executing associated software. Similarly, any switches shown in the figures are conceptual only. Their function may be carried out through the operation of program logic, through dedicated logic, through the interaction of program control and dedicated logic, or even manually, the particular technique being selectable by the entity implementing this invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art further understand that the exemplary hardware, software, processes, methods, and/or operating systems described herein are for illustrative purposes and, thus, are not intended to be limited to any particular named element.
[0047] Embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a computer program product, which may include a machine-readable storage medium tangibly embodying thereon instructions, which may be used to program a computer (or other electronic devices) to perform a process. The term “machine-readable storage medium” or “computer-readable storage medium” includes, but is not limited to, fixed (hard) drives, magnetic tape, floppy diskettes, optical disks, compact disc read-only memories (CD-ROMs), and magneto-optical disks, semiconductor memories, such as ROMs, PROMs, random access memories (RAMs), programmable read-only memories (PROMs), erasable PROMs (EPROMs), electrically erasable PROMs (EEPROMs), flash memory, magnetic or optical cards, or other type of media/machine-readable medium suitable for storing electronic instructions (e.g., computer programming code, such as software or firmware).A machine-readable medium may include a non-transitory medium in which data may be stored and that does not include carrier waves and/or transitory electronic signals propagating wirelessly or over wired connections. Examples of a non-transitory medium may include, but are not limited to, a magnetic disk or tape, optical storage media such as compact disk (CD) or digital versatile disk (DVD), flash memory, memory or memory devices. A computer-program product may include code and/or machine-executable instructions that may represent a procedure, a function, a subprogram, a program, a routine, a subroutine, a module, a software package, a class, or any combination of instructions, data structures, or program statements. A code segment may be coupled to another code segment or a hardware circuit by passing and/or receiving information, data, arguments, parameters, or memory contents. Information, arguments, parameters, data, etc. may be passed, forwarded, or transmitted via any suitable means including memory sharing, message passing, token passing, network transmission, etc.
[0048] Furthermore, embodiments may be implemented by hardware, software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description languages, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, firmware, middleware or microcode, the program code or code segments to perform the necessary tasks (e.g., a computer-program product) may be stored in a machine-readable medium. A processor(s) may perform the necessary tasks.
[0049] Various terms as used herein are shown below. To the extent a term used in a claim is not defined below, it should be given the broadest definition persons in the pertinent art have given that term as reflected in printed publications and issued patents at the time of filing.
[0050] Embodiments explained herein relate to turn indicators in automobiles. In particular, the present disclosure pertains to an intelligent system and method to provide automatic control of turn indicators of the automobile.
[0051] In an aspect, the present disclosure pertains to a system for controlling a plurality of turn-signal indicators of vehicle, the system including: a navigation unit that can be configured to determine real-time location of the vehicle; and one or more processors coupled with a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to: receive the determined real-time location of the vehicle from the navigation unit that can be operatively coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more processors can be configured to receive predefined data stored in a database operatively coupled to the one or more processors, and the predefined data can be corresponding to a destination of the vehicle. The one or more processors can determine a route for the vehicle based on the received location of the vehicle and the predefined data; and control any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators based on the determined route.
[0052] In an embodiment, the determined route can be associated with any or a combination of lanes, road or lane turns to be taken by the vehicle, junctions, roundabouts, intersections etc.
[0053] In an embodiment, the one or more processors can be configured to activate any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators before the vehicle crosses a turn associated with the determined route.
[0054] In an embodiment, the one or more processors can be configured to deactivate the corresponding turn-signal indicator of the plurality of turn-signal indicators after the vehicle crosses the turn associated with the determined route.
[0055] In an embodiment, the navigation unit can be a satellite based navigation unit, a radio based navigation unit etc. The satellite based navigation unit can be selected from global-positioning system (GPS), global navigation satellite system (GLONASS), BeiDou navigation satellite system (BDS) etc.
[0056] In an aspect, the present disclosure pertains to a method for controlling a plurality of turn-signal indicators of a vehicle, the method including the steps of: determining, by a navigation unit, real-time location of the vehicle; receiving, by one or more processors, the determined location of the vehicle from the navigation unit that can be operatively coupled to the one or more processors; receiving, by the one or more processors, predefined data stored in a database that can be operatively coupled to the one or more processors, and the predefined data can be corresponding to a destination of the vehicle; determining, by the one or more processors, a route for the vehicle based on the received location of the vehicle and the predefined data; and controlling, by the one or more processors, any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators based on the determined route.
[0057] In an embodiment, the determined route can be associated with any or a combination of lanes, road or lane turns to be travelled by the vehicle, etc.
[0058] In an embodiment, at the step of controlling any of the turn-signal indicators, the one or more processors can be configured to activate any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators before the vehicle crosses a turn that can be associated with the determined route, and the one or more processors can be configured to deactivate the corresponding turn-signal indicator of the plurality of turn-signal indicators after the vehicle crosses the turn.
[0059] In an embodiment, the navigation unit can be a satellite based navigation unit, radio based navigation unit etc. The satellite based navigation unit can be selected from global-positioning system (GPS), global navigation satellite system (GLONASS), BeiDou navigation satellite system (BDS) etc.
[0060] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary modules diagram representation of the system for controlling a plurality of turn-signal indicators of the vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0061] According to an embodiment, the system 100 can include one or more processor(s) 102. The one or more processor(s) 102 can be implemented as one or more microprocessors, microcomputers, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, central processing units, logic circuitries, and/or any devices that manipulate data based on operational instructions. Among other capabilities, the one or more processor(s) 102 are configured to fetch and execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory 104 of the system 100. The memory 104 can store one or more computer-readable instructions or routines, which can be fetched and executed to create or share the data units over a network service. The memory 104 can include any non-transitory storage device including, for example, volatile memory such as RAM, or non-volatile memory such as EPROM, flash memory, and the like.
[0062] Various components /units of the proposed system 100 can be implemented as a combination of hardware and programming (for example, programmable instructions) to implement their one or more functionalities as elaborated further themselves or using one or more processors 102. In examples described herein, such combinations of hardware and programming may be implemented in several different ways. For example, the programming for the units may be processor executable instructions stored on a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium and the hardware for units may include a processing resource (for example, one or more processors), to execute such instructions. In the present examples, the machine-readable storage medium may store instructions that, when executed by the processing resource, implements the various units. In such examples, the system 100 may include the machine-readable storage medium storing the instructions and the processing resource to execute the instructions, or the machine-readable storage medium may be separate but accessible to system 100 and the processing resource. In other examples, the units may be implemented by electronic circuitry. Database 110 may include data that is either stored or generated as a result of functionalities implemented by any of the other components /units of the proposed system 100.
[0063] In an embodiment, the system 100 can implement artificial intelligence by using the one or more processors 102 that can be pre-programmed with the computer readable instructions. The system 100 is a smart system and can include various machine learning trained models, deep learning models, artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic control algorithms etc. The artificial intelligence implemented by the one or more processors 102 can dynamically update the computer readable instructions based on various learned and trained models.
[0064] In an embodiment, the system 100 can include a navigation unit 106 that can be configured to determine location of the vehicle in real-time.
[0065] In an embodiment, the system 100 can be operatively coupled with turn-signal indication control unit of the vehicle, a steering wheel of the vehicle, notification lights of the vehicle, sidelights and headlights of the vehicle etc. The vehicle can include a plurality of sensors coupled to the steering wheel and /or components of the vehicle.
[0066] In an embodiment, the one or more processors 102 coupled with the memory 104, the memory 104 storing instructions executable by the one or more processors 102 to receive the determined location of the vehicle from the navigation unit 106 that can be operatively coupled to the one or more processors 102.
[0067] In an embodiment, the one or more processors 102 can be configured to receive predefined data that can be stored in a database 110 and the database 110 can be operatively coupled to the one or more processors 102. In an embodiment, the predefined data can be corresponding to destination of the vehicle. The predefined data can also include paths, routes, lanes, turns etc. corresponding to the predetermined destination.
[0068] In an embodiment, the one or more processors 102 can receive the predefined data from the database 110 via internet using wired/wireless communication technologies. The wired technologies can include telephone networks, cable television or internet access, fiber-optic communication etc. The wireless technologies can be selected from optical wireless communication, satellite communication, broadcast radio, Microwave radio, mobile or cellular communication technologies like 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G standards etc., Bluetooth, Zigbee, 802.11 wireless technologies like WLAN, WMAN, WPAN, Wi-Fi etc.
[0069] In an embodiment, the one or more processors 102 can be configured to determine a route for the vehicle based on the received location of the vehicle and the predefined data. The one or more processors 102 can determine a plurality of upcoming routes and select an optimal route with less traffic from the plurality of upcoming routes.
[0070] In an embodiment, the system 100 can include a control unit 108 that can be operatively coupled to the one or more processors 102. The control unit 108 can control the one or more processors 102 to control i.e. to activate and/or deactivate any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators based on the determined route that can be travelled by the vehicle.
[0071] In an embodiment, the determined route can be associated with any or a combination of lanes, paths, road or lane turns, junctions, roundabouts, cross-intersections, T-intersections etc.
[0072] In an embodiment, the one or more processors 102 can be configured to determine the accurate timings of the upcoming turns, roundabouts, intersections, junctions and other places that the vehicle can take to reach those particular upcoming turns, roundabouts, intersections, junctions and other places respectively. The determination of accurate timings can be based on live traffic data, weather data etc.
[0073] In an embodiment, the control unit 108 can control the one or more processors 102 to activate any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators before the vehicle crosses a turn associated with the determined route for the vehicle.
[0074] In an embodiment, the control unit 108 can control the one or more processors 102 to deactivate any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators after the vehicle crosses the turn associated with the determined route for the vehicle.
[0075] In an embodiment, the control unit 108 can control the one or more processors 102 to activate and/or deactivate the plurality of turn-signal indicators using electro-mechanical control switches that can be operatively coupled to the turn-signal indicators of the vehicle and the control unit 108.
[0076] In an exemplary embodiment, the control unit 108 can control the one or more processors 102 to activate and/or deactivate the plurality of turn-signal indicators using electronic switches, mechanical switches or any other switches.
[0077] In an embodiment, the plurality of sensors can be configured to detect whether the vehicle has crossed a particular turn or lane and provide input reference signals regarding the determined information to the control unit 108. This can improve accuracy and effectiveness of the system 100.
[0078] In an embodiment, the control unit 108 can take input reference signals from the plurality of sensors to identify and/or control on/off status of turn-signal indicators and notification lights of the vehicle.
[0079] In an embodiment, the navigation unit 106 can be a satellite based navigation unit, radio navigation unit etc. The satellite based navigation unit can be selected from global-positioning system (GPS), global navigation satellite system (GLONASS), BeiDou navigation satellite system (BDS) etc.
[0080] In an embodiment, the one or more processors 102 can be configured to control the notification lights displayed in front of the driver, based on the determined route information and live traffic data that can be captured using navigation unit 106.
[0081] It would be appreciated that although the proposed system 100 has been elaborated as above to include all the main units, it is conceivable that actual implementations are well within the scope of the present disclosure, which can include without any limitation, only a part of the proposed units or a combination of those or a division of those into sub-units in various combinations across multiple devices that can be operatively coupled with each other, including in the cloud. Further, the units can be configured in any sequence to achieve objectives elaborated. Also, it can be appreciated that proposed system 100 can be configured in a computing device or across a plurality of computing devices operatively connected with each other, wherein the computing devices can be any of a computer, a laptop, a smart phone, an Internet enabled mobile device and the like. Therefore, all possible modifications, implementations and embodiments of where and how the proposed system 100 is configured are well within the scope of the present invention.
[0082] FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary flow diagram representation of the method for controlling plurality of turn-signal indicators of the vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0083] According to an embodiment, the method 200 can include the steps of: at a step 202, determining, by a navigation unit, location of the vehicle in real-time; at a step 204, receiving, by one or more processors, the determined location of the vehicle from the navigation unit that can be operatively coupled to the one or more processors; and at a step 206, receiving, by the one or more processors, predefined data stored in a database that can be operatively coupled to the one or more processors, and the predefined data can be corresponding to a destination of the vehicle.
[0084] In an embodiment, the method 200 can include at a step 208, determining, by the one or more processors, a route for the vehicle based on the received location of the vehicle and the predefined data.
[0085] In an embodiment, the method 200 can include at a step 210, controlling, by the one or more processors, any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators based on the determined route.
[0086] In an embodiment, the determined route can be associated with any or a combination of lanes, road or lane turns to be taken by the vehicle, road traffic, roundabouts, junctions, intersections etc. information.
[0087] In an embodiment, at the step 210, the one or more processors can be configured to activate any of the plurality of turn-signal indicators before the vehicle crosses a road turn associated with the determined route.
[0088] In an embodiment, at the step 210, the one or more processors can be further configured to deactivate the corresponding turn-indicator of the plurality of turn-signal indicators after the vehicle crosses the road turn.
[0089] In an embodiment, the navigation unit can be a satellite based navigation unit, radio navigation unit etc. The satellite based navigation unit can be selected from global-positioning system (GPS), global navigation satellite system (GLONASS), BeiDou navigation satellite system (BDS) etc.
[0090] FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary representation of an automated GPS based turn-signal indication control system of the vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0091] In an embodiment, the automated system can be operatively coupled to turn-signal indication control system of the vehicle, steering wheel of the vehicle, notification lights of the vehicle, sidelights and headlights of the vehicle etc. The automated system can include a plurality of sensors coupled to the steering wheel and/or any other components of the vehicle.
[0092] In an embodiment, the automated system can collect the predetermined location data of the vehicle using online route maps. The predetermined location data can include predetermined destinations that the vehicle needs to travel, and the predetermined location data can be provided manually in a database that can be operatively coupled to the automated system locally/remotely. The predetermined location data can also include paths, routes corresponding to the predetermined destination.
[0093] In an embodiment, the automated system can be operatively coupled to GPS to collect the live location data corresponding to the vehicle that can be determined by GPS.
[0094] In an exemplary embodiment, the system can collect the live location data and the predetermined location data through internet, using any wired or wireless technology, from GPS and the database respectively.
[0095] In an embodiment, the automated system can implement artificial intelligence (AI) by using one or more processors that can be pre-programmed with the computer readable instructions. The compute readable instructions can be stored in a memory coupled to the one or more processors.
[0096] In an embodiment, the AI implemented one or more processors can determine the upcoming route information along with future or upcoming road turns, lanes, paths, junctions, roundabouts, cross-intersections, T-intersections etc. based on the collected live location data and the predetermined location data. The one or more processors can also determine the accurate timings of the upcoming turns, lanes etc. based on the live traffic information and weather information to enable control (activating/deactivating) of turn-signal indicators.
[0097] In an embodiment, the one or more processors can control the turn-signal indicators based on the determined upcoming route information.
[0098] In an embodiment, the AI implemented one or more processors can activate the left or right turn-signal indicator/light in real-time when the vehicle is about to take a left or right turn respectively.
[0099] In an embodiment, the AI implemented one or more processors can deactivate the left or right turn-signal indicator/light in real-time after the vehicle has taken the left or right turn respectively.
[00100] In an embodiment, the one or more processors can be configured to control the notification lights of the vehicle based on the determined upcoming route information and live traffic data that can be captured by GPS.
[00101] In an embodiment, the plurality of sensors can be configured to detect whether the vehicle has crossed a particular turn or lane and provide input reference signals regarding the determined information to the one or more processors. This can improve accuracy and effectiveness of the automated system.
[00102] In an embodiment, the one or more processors can receive input reference signals from the plurality of sensors coupled to the steering wheel and/or other components of the vehicle in order to check and/or control on/off status of the left or right turn-signal indicators and notification lights of the vehicle.
[00103] FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary representation of various components for controlling turn-signal indicators of the vehicle, in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.
[00104] In an embodiment, the vehicle can include a GPS transceiver to receive live location of the vehicle that can be determined by the GPS system that can be operatively coupled to the GPS transceiver.
[00105] In an embodiment, the GPS system can communicate with the satellites of the earth via satellite communication to determine and update live location of the vehicle. The GPS can also provide location data from online maps for the required location of the destination provided by the user. The online maps can be navigation maps like google maps etc.
[00106] In an embodiment, artificial intelligence (AI) can be implemented in one or more processors operatively coupled to the GPS system and the GPS transceiver of the vehicle.
[00107] In an embodiment, the AI implemented one or more processors can receive live-location data and predetermined destination provided by the user or driver manually. The one or more processors can determine the route to reach the destination based on the received live location and predetermined destination location. The one or more processors can also determine upcoming turns, lanes etc. of the determined route.
[00108] In an embodiment, the AI implemented one or more processors can control (i.e. activate and/or deactivate) the left and/or right turn-signal indicators based on the determined route using electro-mechanical control switches present in the vehicle.
[00109] FIG. 5 illustrates a computer system in which or with which embodiments of the present invention can be utilized in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.
[00110] As shown in FIG. 5, computer system includes an external storage device 510, a bus 520, a main memory 530, a read only memory 540, a mass storage device 550, communication port 560, and a processor 570. A person skilled in the art will appreciate that computer system may include more than one processor and communication ports. Examples of processor 570 include, but are not limited to, an Intel® Itanium® or Itanium 2 processor(s), or AMD® Opteron® or Athlon MP® processor(s), Motorola® lines of processors, FortiSOC™ system on a chip processors or other future processors. Processor 570 may include various modules associated with embodiments of the present invention. Communication port 560 can be any of an RS-232 port for use with a modem-based dialup connection, a 10/100 Ethernet port, a Gigabit or 10 Gigabit port using copper or fibre, a serial port, a parallel port, or other existing or future ports. Communication port 560 may be chosen depending on a network, such a Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), or any network to which computer system connects.
[00111] Memory 530 can be Random Access Memory (RAM), or any other dynamic storage device commonly known in the art. Read only memory 540 can be any static storage device(s) e.g., but not limited to, a Programmable Read Only Memory (PROM) chips for storing static information e.g., start-up or BIOS instructions for processor 570. Mass storage 550 may be any current or future mass storage solution, which can be used to store information and/or instructions. Exemplary mass storage solutions include, but are not limited to, Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment (PATA) or Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) hard disk drives or solid-state drives (internal or external, e.g., having Universal Serial Bus (USB) and/or Firewire interfaces), e.g. those available from Seagate (e.g., the Seagate Barracuda 7200 family) or Hitachi (e.g., the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000), one or more optical discs, Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) storage, e.g. an array of disks (e.g., SATA arrays), available from various vendors including Dot Hill Systems Corp., LaCie, Nexsan Technologies, Inc. and Enhance Technology, Inc.
[00112] Bus 520 communicatively couples processor(s) 570 with the other memory, storage and communication blocks. Bus 520 can be, e.g. a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) / PCI Extended (PCI-X) bus, Small Computer System Interface (SCSI), USB or the like, for connecting expansion cards, drives and other subsystems as well as other buses, such a front side bus (FSB), which connects processor 570 to software system.
[00113] Optionally, operator and administrative interfaces, e.g. a display, keyboard, and a cursor control device, may also be coupled to bus 520 to support direct operator interaction with computer system. Other operator and administrative interfaces can be provided through network connections connected through communication port 560. External storage device 510 can be any kind of external hard-drives, floppy drives, IOMEGA® Zip Drives, Compact Disc - Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), Compact Disc - Re-Writable (CD-RW), Digital Video Disk - Read Only Memory (DVD-ROM). Components described above are meant only to exemplify various possibilities. In no way should the aforementioned exemplary computer system limit the scope of the present disclosure.
[00114] It is noted that the embodiment of the proposed system described herein in detail for exemplary purposes is of course subject to many different variations in structure, design, application and methodology. Because many varying and different embodiments may be made within the scope of the inventive concept(s) herein taught, and because many modifications may be made in the embodiment herein detailed in accordance with the descriptive requirements of the law, it is to be understood that the details herein are to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
[00115] The various illustrative logical blocks, modules, circuits, and algorithm steps described herein may be implemented or performed as electronic hardware, software, or combinations of both. To clearly illustrate this interchange-ability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. It is noted that the configurations may be described as a process that is depicted as a flowchart, a flow diagram, a structure diagram, or a block diagram. Although a flowchart may describe the operations as a sequential process, many of the operations can be performed in parallel or concurrently. In addition, the order of the operations may be re-arranged. A process is terminated when its operations are completed. A process may correspond to a method, a function, a procedure, a subroutine, a subprogram, etc. When a process corresponds to a function, its termination corresponds to a return of the function to the calling function or the main function.
[00116] When implemented in hardware, various examples may employ a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array signal (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core or any other such configuration.
[00117] When implemented in software, various examples may employ firmware, middleware or microcode. The program code or code segments to perform the necessary tasks may be stored in a computer-readable medium or processor-readable medium such as a storage medium or other storage(s). A processor may perform the necessary tasks. A code segment may represent a procedure, a function, a subprogram, a program, a routine, a subroutine, a module, a software package, a class, or any combination of instructions, data structures, or program statements. A code segment may be coupled to another code segment or a hardware circuit by passing and/or receiving information, data, arguments, parameters, or memory contents. Information, arguments, parameters, data, etc. may be passed, forwarded, or transmitted via any suitable means including memory sharing, message passing, token passing, network transmission, etc.
[00118] As used in this application, the terms "component," "module," "system," and the like are intended to refer to a computer-related entity, either hardware, firmware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. For example, a component may be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, and/or a computer. By way of illustration, both an application running on a computing device and the computing device can be a component. One or more components can reside within a process and/or thread of execution and a component may be localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or more computers. In addition, these components can execute from various computer readable media having various data structures stored thereon. The components may communicate by way of local and/or remote processes such as in accordance with a signal having one or more data packets (e.g., data from one component interacting with another component in a local system, distributed system, and/or across a network such as the Internet with other systems by way of the signal).
[00119] In one or more examples herein, the functions described may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium or processor-readable medium. A processor- readable media and/or computer-readable media include both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer- readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer. Also, any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium or processor-readable medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of medium. Disk and disc, as used herein, includes compact disc (CD), laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk and blue-ray disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media. Software may comprise a single instruction, or many instructions, and may be distributed over several different code segments, among different programs and across multiple storage media. An exemplary storage medium may be coupled to a processor such that the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integral to the processor.
[00120] One or more of the components, steps, and/or functions illustrated in the Figures may be rearranged and/or combined into a single component, step, or function or embodied in several components, steps, or functions. Additional elements, components, steps, and/or functions may also be added without departing from the invention. The novel algorithms described herein may be efficiently implemented in software and/or embedded hardware.
[00121] The above specific embodiments of the present invention only but are not intended to limit the present invention, any modifications within the principle of the present invention, equivalent substitutions and improvements should be included in the scope of the present invention within.
[00122] In the above, the present invention has been shown and described with respect to certain preferred embodiments. However, the present invention can vary as many without departing from the subject matter of the technical features of the present invention described in the claims below Those of ordinary skill in the belonging to the present is not limited to the above-described embodiment invention art It will be able to change performed.
[00123] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are intended to illustrate the present invention, not to limit the scope of the present invention, although the preferred embodiments are described in detail with reference to the description of the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art should be understood, may be made to the present invention modifications or equivalent replacements without departing from the scope of the technical solutions of the present invention.
[00124] The foregoing object, features and advantages will be able to easily carry out self-technical features of the present invention one of ordinary skill in the art are described later in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, accordingly. If the detailed description of the known art related to the invention In the following description of the present invention that are determined to unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, and detailed description thereof will not be given. It will be described in the following, a preferred embodiment according to the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, for example, in detail. Like reference numerals in the drawings, it is used to refer to same or similar elements.
[00125] It should be apparent to those skilled in the art that many more modifications besides those already described are possible without departing from the inventive concepts herein. The inventive subject matter, therefore, is not to be restricted except in the scope of the appended claims. Moreover, in interpreting both the specification and the claims, all terms should be interpreted in the broadest possible manner consistent with the context. In particular, the terms “comprises” and “comprising” should be interpreted as referring to elements, components, or steps in a non-exclusive manner, indicating that the referenced elements, components, or steps may be present, or utilized, or combined with other elements, components, or steps that are not expressly referenced. Where the specification claims refers to at least one of something selected from the group consisting of A, B, C ….and N, the text should be interpreted as requiring only one element from the group, not A plus N, or B plus N, etc. The foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so fully reveal the general nature of the embodiments herein that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments without departing from the generic concept, and, therefore, such adaptations and modifications should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments. It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. Therefore, while the embodiments herein have been described in terms of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments herein can be practiced with modification within the scope of the appended claims.
[00126] While the foregoing describes various embodiments of the invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof. The scope of the invention is determined by the claims that follow. The invention is not limited to the described embodiments, versions or examples, which are included to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention when combined with information and knowledge available to the person having ordinary skill in the art.
[00127] In the description of the present specification, reference to the term "one embodiment," "an embodiments", "an example", "an instance", or "some examples" and the description is meant in connection with the embodiment or example described The particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic included in the present invention, at least one embodiment or example. In the present specification, the term of the above schematic representation is not necessarily for the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features structures, materials, or characteristics described in any one or more embodiments or examples in proper manner. Moreover, those skilled in the art can be described in the specification of different embodiments or examples are joined and combinations thereof.
[00128] All of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), and/or all of the steps of any method or process so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except combinations where at least some of such features and/or steps are mutually exclusive.
[00129] Each feature disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise. Thus, unless expressly stated otherwise, each feature disclosed is one example only of a generic series of equivalent or similar features.
[00130] The invention is not restricted to the details of the foregoing embodiment(s). The invention extends to any novel one, or any novel combination, of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), or to any novel one, or any novel combination, of the steps of any method or process so disclosed.
[00131] While the foregoing describes various embodiments of the invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof. The scope of the invention is determined by the claims that follow. The invention is not limited to the described embodiments, versions or examples, which are included to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention when combined with information and knowledge available to the person having ordinary skill in the art.

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[00132] The present disclosure provides an intelligent system to control turn-signal indicators of a vehicle.
[00133] The present disclosure provides a method to control turn-signal indicators of the vehicle automatically without causing any distraction to the driver.
[00134] The present disclosure provides a system and method to activate and/or deactivate turn-signal indicators and notification lights of the vehicle in real-time.
[00135] The present disclosure provides a simple, cost-effective and reliable system to control turn-signal indicators of a vehicle.
[00136] The present disclosure provides a method to control turn-signal indicators of the vehicle in precise and accurate manner.