A method for indicating the travel direction of a motor vehicle includes: sensing that a travel-direction indicating device of the motor vehicle is actuated, wherein the travel-direction indicating device, when actuated, causes the output of a first acoustic signal at a first volume in order to accordingly inform an occupant of the motor vehicle, such as, in particular, the driver of the motor vehicle. For the user-friendly provision of a less distracting method for indicating the travel direction of a motor vehicle, the method includes: sensing, by way of a vehicle-movement sensing device, that the motor vehicle has come to a standstill from a moving state, more particularly a rolling state, and, during the standstill of the motor vehicle, the travel-direction indicating device causes a second acoustic signal to be output instead of the first acoustic signal, the second acoustic signal differing from the first acoustic signal by virtue of the lower volume.
Indicating the Travel Direction of a Motor Vehicle
2024-05-09
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | 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 / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion |
DIRECTION INDICATING DEVICE AND DIRECTION INDICATING METHOD
European Patent Office | 2024
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