There is provided herein a navigational device for augmenting navigational instructions. The navigational device comprises a high intensity light source that points out/indicates navigational landmarks along a route in advance of the vehicle, such as signposts, offramps and the like such that the driver need not take eyes off the road. The navigational device may comprise a gimbal for the directional control of the high-intensity light source which may control the direction of the high-intensity light source for various navigational waypoint instructions along a route. The navigational device may employ text recognition of various road signs so as to control the respective direction of the high-intensity light source.
A navigational device
2020-11-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS / B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein |
European Patent Office | 2021
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