Patent ID: 8710975

Claim:
An automated method for providing an indication of a vehicle being in the process of leaving a parking space, comprising: (a) detecting whether an executed driving maneuver of the vehicle is a part of a maneuver to pull out of the parking space; (b) indicating the maneuver to pull out of the parking space by activating the turn signal indicator; and (c) automatically maintaining the turn signal indicator activated until the maneuver to pull out of the parking space has been concluded; wherein a driving maneuver is determined as a maneuver to pull out of the parking space when distance sensors detect at least one object at least one of in front of the vehicle and behind the vehicle; wherein a driving maneuver is determined as a maneuver to pull out of the parking space if (i) a first vehicle movement in a first direction is followed by a second vehicle movement in a second direction opposite the first direction, and (ii) a steering movement takes place during at least one of the first and second vehicle movements.