VEHICLE CONTROL BASED ON CROWDSOURCING DATA

• US 20160229404A1
• Filed: 07/13/2015
• Published: 08/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jung H. Byun
• Original Assignee: Jung H. Byun
• Inventors: BYUN, Jung H.
• Granted Patent: US 9,849,882 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2555/60 Traffic rules, e.g. speed limits or right of way
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2756/10 Involving external transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0088 characterized by the autonomous decision making process, e.g. artificial intelligence, predefined behaviours using knowledge based models G06N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to a method for controlling a vehicle based on crowdsourcing data. According to the method, the vehicle transmits a route request to a server, receive navigation information in response to the route request, controls an operation of the vehicle based on the transmitted navigation information, collects vehicle driving data, during driving according to the transmitted navigation information, transmits the collected data to the server, receives generated crowdsourcing data, updates the transmitted navigation information based on the received crowdsourcing data, and controls the operation of the vehicle based on the updated navigation information.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a vehicle based on crowdsourcing data, the method comprising:

transmitting, by the vehicle, a request to a server, the request comprises a route to a destination;

retrieving, by the server, navigation information for the request, the navigation information is autonomous navigation information;

transmitting, by the server, the retrieved navigation information to the vehicle;

controlling, by the vehicle, an operation of the vehicle based on the transmitted navigation information;

collecting, by the vehicle, vehicle driving data, during driving according to the transmitted navigation information;

transmitting, by the vehicle, the collected data to the server;

generating, by the server, crowdsourcing data based on the collected data transmitted from a plurality of vehicles;

receiving, by the vehicle, the generated crowdsourcing data from the server;

updating, by the vehicle, the transmitted navigation information based on the received crowdsourcing data; and

controlling, by the vehicle, the operation of the vehicle based on the updated navigation information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle driving data comprises driving data comprising information on at least one of a steering rotation, accelerating and breaking.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the request comprises:

receiving, by the vehicle, an input from a driver for the destination.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the request comprises:

determining, by the vehicle, the destination based on a travel log stored in the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the collected data comprises:

transmitting, by the vehicle, the collected data to the server in accordance with a predetermined cycle.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the collected data comprises:

transmitting, by the vehicle, the collected data to the server when the vehicle detects an event during the driving to the destination.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the collecting comprising:

collecting the data, during driving to the destination, in accordance with a predetermined cycle.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the collecting comprising:

collecting the data, during driving to the destination, when the vehicle detects an event during the driving to the destination.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the collecting comprising:

transmitting, by the vehicle, the collected data to the server;

receiving, by the server, the collected data from a plurality of vehicles;

updating, by the server, the retrieved navigation information based on the received crowdsourcing data;

re-transmitting, by the server, the updated navigation information to the vehicle; and

applying, by the vehicle, the re-transmitted navigation information to control of the vehicle.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the collecting comprising:

generating, by the vehicle, sensing data by using a plurality of sensors of the vehicle;

collecting, by a driving control unit of the vehicle, the generated sensing data;

generating, by the driving control unit of the vehicle, the collected data based on the collected sensing data.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors detects a traffic light during driving of the vehicle, and a stop of the vehicle at a red right of the detected traffic light.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling the operation of the vehicle comprises:

controlling at least one of a speed of the vehicle and a steering angle of the vehicle.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the crowdsourcing data comprises:

receiving, by the server, first collected data from a first vehicle;

receiving, by the server, second collected data from a second vehicle;

generating, by the server, the crowdsourcing data by overlapping the first collected data and the second collected data; and

receiving, by the vehicle, the crowdsourcing data from the server;

14. The method of claim 13,

wherein the collected data includes information regarding a driving section in which the collected data is generated, and

wherein the generating the crowdsourcing data comprises:

determining an overlapped section which is a part of the route to the destination and is included in each of the driving section of the first collected data and the driving section of the second collected data.

extracting third collected data regarding the overlapped section, from the first collected data;

extracting fourth collected data regarding the overlapped section, from the second collected data; and

generating the crowdsourcing data by combining the third and fourth collected data.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the updating the transmitted navigation information comprises:

combining the received crowdsourcing data and the driving data; and

updating the transmitted navigation information based on the combined data.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by the vehicle, a current location of the vehicle; and

when an amount of the crowdsourcing data regarding the detected current location is lesser than a threshold amount, navigating the vehicle to a different location of which an amount of the crowdsourcing is greater than the threshold amount.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by the vehicle, a current location of the vehicle; and

when a distance between the detected current location and a location of which an amount of the crowdsourcing data is less than a threshold amount, is less than a threshold distance, outputting, by the vehicle, a notification.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the vehicle detects a preset unusual event, changing a driving mode of the vehicle to a driver-control mode.

19. A vehicle, comprising:

a communication unit configured to

transmit a request for a route to a destination to a server, and

receive navigation information retrieved according to the request from the server;

a sensor configured to generate sending data; and

a control unit configured to

control an operation of the vehicle based on the received navigation information,

collect, by the sensor, the sensing data during driving according to the received navigation information,

generate driving data based on the collected sensor data,

transmit the generated driving data to the server,

receive crowdsourcing data from the server,

update the received navigation information based on the received crowdsourcing data, and

control the operation of the vehicle based on the updated navigation information.

20. A server, comprising:

a communication unit configured to receive a request for a route to a destination, from a vehicle;

a storage unit configured to store route information; and

a control unit configured to

retrieve navigation information according to the received request,

transmit the retrieved navigation information to the vehicle,

receive collected data from a plurality of vehicles including the vehicle,

combine the received data from each of the plurality of vehicles,

extract a route-based data corresponding to the route of the vehicle,

generate crowdsourcing data by using the extracted route-based data, and

transmit the generated crowdsourcing data to the vehicle.