Method, and apparatus, and system for generating driving behavior guiding information

• US 9,776,639 B2
• Filed: 01/15/2015
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Launch Tech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Launch Tech Company Limited
• Inventors: Liu, Jun, Chen, Qichao
• Primary Examiner(s): Amin, Bhavesh V
• Application Number:
  US14/774,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20160207540A1
• Time in Patent Office: 992 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/00 Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehicles; Arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanks; Tyre cooling arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/143 Alarm means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/28 Wheel speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/18 Steering angle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2552/00 Input parameters relating to infrastructure
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2552/15 Road slope, i.e. the inclination of a road segment in the longitudinal direction
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2552/30 Road curve radius
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2555/20 Ambient conditions, e.g. wind or rain
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/072 Curvature of the road
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/13 Receivers

Abstract

The present invention is applicable to the field of vehicle, and provides a method and apparatus and system for generating vehicle guiding information. The method for generating vehicle guiding information comprises: receiving operating information of a vehicle, position information of a vehicle and road condition information which are sent from a vehicle client-side; generating driving behavior guiding information according to the operating information of the vehicle, the position information of the vehicle and the road condition information; transmitting the driving behavior guiding information to the vehicle client-side designated by the driver of the vehicle. In the present invention, a server can generate the driving behavior guiding information according to the vehicle operating information, the vehicle position information, and the road surface condition information sent from the vehicle client-side; the driving behavior guiding information provides vehicle drivers with instant prompt and help, and can assist the vehicle drivers in making reasonable judgments and amend their personal driving behaviors.

Claims

1. A method for generating driving behavior guiding information in a server that communicates with a vehicular terminal and a terminal device bound with a vehicle to generate driving behavior guiding information, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by the server, operating information of the vehicle, position information of the vehicle, and road condition information sent from the vehicular terminal, the vehicular terminal including;

a vehicle operating information obtaining module connected to a vehicle-mounted self-diagnostic system of the vehicle, the vehicle operating information obtaining module including a controller area network (CAN) bus sub-module and a diagnosis sub-module that are connected to an on-board diagnostic (OBD) system of the vehicle to monitor CAN data of the vehicle and obtain the operating information of the vehicle, the operating information of the vehicle including a current vehicle speed, a current steering angle of a steering wheel of the vehicle, and current revolving speeds of tires of the vehicle

a global position system (GPS) module that collects vehicle position information,

a gravity sensor that collects road condition information, and

a 3G module that transmits the operating information of the vehicle, the position information of the vehicle, and the road condition information to the server;

generating, by the server, driving behavior guiding information according to the operating information of the vehicle, the position information of the vehicle, and the road condition information as received from the vehicular terminal; and

transmitting, by the server, the driving behavior guiding information to the terminal device bound with the vehicle;

wherein generating the driving behavior guiding information according to the operating information of the vehicle, the position information of the vehicle, and the road condition information as received from the vehicular terminal includes;

obtaining local weather conditions of several continuous days according to the vehicle position information received from the GPS module;

confirming a damping coefficient of a road surface via the local weather conditions received from the GPS module and the road condition information received from the gravity sensor;

obtaining pressure values and revolving speeds of the tires of the vehicle when the vehicle travels in a normal condition according to the current vehicle speed;

calculating current pressure values of the tires according to the revolving speeds of the tires working in the normal condition, the damping coefficient of the road surface, the pressure values of the tires working in the normal condition, the current steering angle of the steering wheel of the vehicle, a predetermined correcting parameter, and current revolving speeds of the tires, the calculating the current pressure values of the tires including;

if the current pressure values of the tires exceed the pressure values of the tires in the normal condition, generating, by the server, the driving behavior guiding information for providing vehicle drivers with guidance to drive within a limited speed;

or

if the current pressure values of the tires are less than the pressure values of the tires in the normal condition, generating, by the server, the driving behavior guiding information for providing vehicle drivers with guidance to inflate the tires.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle operating information includes the current vehicle speed, the road condition information includes turning information of road surface;

generating the driving behavior guiding information according to the operating information of the vehicle, the position information of the vehicle and the road condition information further comprises;

judging whether the vehicle is driven into a sharp turn position of the road surface according to the vehicle position information received from the GPS module;

if the vehicle is driven into the sharp turn position of the road surface, judging whether the vehicle is able to pass through the sharp turn position safely according to the current vehicle speed and the position information of the vehicle, and warning the driver of the vehicle to decrease drive speed when it is judged that the vehicle is unable to pass through the sharp turn.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle operating information includes the current vehicle speed and a current revolving speed of the engine of the vehicle, the road condition information includes a gradient information of a road surface, generating of the driving behavior guiding information according to the operating information of the vehicle, the position information of the vehicle and the road condition information comprises:

judging whether the vehicle is driven into steep gradient position of road surface according to the gradient information of road surface from the GPS module;

if the vehicle is driven into the steep gradient position of the road surface, judging whether the vehicle is able to pass through the steep gradient position according to the current vehicle speed, the current revolving speed of the engine of the vehicle and the position information of the vehicle, and warning the driver of the vehicle to accelerate drive speed when it is judged that the vehicle is unable to pass through the steep gradient position.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

pre-establishing a binding relationship between the vehicle and the terminal device bound with the vehicle.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

modifying personal driving behaviors according to the current driving behavior guiding information and historical driving behavior guiding information of the vehicle.