METHOD, AND APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING DRIVING BEHAVIOR GUIDING INFORMATION

• US 20160207540A1
• Filed: 01/15/2015
• Published: 07/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Launch Tech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Launch Tech Company Limited
• Inventors: CHEN, Qichao, LIU, Jun
• Granted Patent: US 9,776,639 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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, wherein the method comprises:

receiving operating information of a vehicle, position information of a vehicle and road condition information sent from a vehicle client-side;

generating a 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 another client-side designated by a driver of the vehicle.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle operating information includes a current vehicle speed, a current steering angle of the steering wheel of the vehicle, a current revolving speeds of tires of the vehicle;

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 comprises;

obtaining local weather conditions of several continuous days;

confirming a damping coefficient of a road surface via the local weather conditions and the road surface condition information;

obtaining pressure values and revolving speeds of the tires of the vehicle under the circumstance that 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 normal condition, the damping coefficient of road surface, the pressure values of the tires working in normal condition, the current steering angle of the steering wheel of the vehicle, a predetermined correcting parameter and the current revolving speeds of the tires;

if the current pressure values of the tires exceed or are less than the pressure values of the tires working in normal condition, generating the driving behavior guiding information for providing vehicle drivers with guidance of driving within a limited speed or inflating the tires of the vehicle immediately.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle operating information includes a 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 comprises;

judging whether the vehicle is driven into a sharp turn position of the road surface;

if yes, 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 slow down and drive with a slow speed.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle operating information includes a current vehicle speed and a current revolving speed of the engine of the vehicle, the road surface condition information includes a gradient information of 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;

if yes, 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 or slow down and drive with a slow speed.

5. An apparatus for generating driving behavior guiding information, wherein the apparatus comprises:

an information receiving unit configured for receiving operating information of a vehicle, position information of a vehicle and road condition information sent from a vehicle client-side;

a guiding information generating unit configured for generating a driving behavior guiding information according to the operating information of the vehicle, the position information of the vehicle and the road condition information;

a guiding information transmitting unit configured for transmitting the driving behavior guiding information to another client-side designated by a driver of the vehicle.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the operating information of the vehicle includes a current vehicle speed, a current steering angle of the steering wheel of the vehicle, current revolving speeds of the tires of the vehicle, the guiding information generating unit comprises:

a weather condition obtaining module configured for obtaining local weather conditions of several continuous days;

a damping coefficient obtaining unit configured for confirming a damping coefficient of a road surface via the local weather conditions and the road condition information;

a normal pressure value and revolving speed obtaining module configured for obtaining pressure values and revolving speeds of the tires of the vehicle under the circumstance that the vehicle travels in normal condition according to the current vehicle speed;

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

a tire steering guiding information generating module configured for generating the driving behavior guiding information for providing vehicle drivers with guidance of driving within a limited speed or inflating the tires of the vehicle immediately if the pressure values of the tires of the vehicle exceed or are less than the pressure values of tires working in normal condition.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the operating information of the vehicle includes a current vehicle speed, the road condition information includes turning information of a road surface, the guiding information generating unit comprises:

a sharp turn judging module configured for judging whether the vehicle is moving into a sharp turn position of the road surface;

a sharp turn driving guiding module configured for 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 slow down and drive with a slow speed when the vehicle moves into the sharp turn position of the road surface.

8. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the operating information of the vehicle includes a current vehicle speed and a current revolving speed of the engine of the vehicle, the road surface condition information includes a gradient information of the road surface, the guiding information generating unit comprises:

a gradient judging unit configured for judging whether the vehicle is moving into a steep gradient position of the road surface according to the gradient information of road surface;

a gradient driving guiding module, is configured for 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 or slow down and drive with a slow speed when the vehicle is moving into the steep gradient position of the road surface.

9. A system for generating driving behavior guiding information, wherein the system comprises a vehicle client-side, a server and another client-side designated by a driver of the vehicle, the vehicle client-side is configured for obtaining the operating information of the vehicle, the position information of the vehicle and the road surface condition information, and transmitting the operating information of the vehicle, the position information of the vehicle and the road surface condition information obtained to the server, a driving behavior guiding information is generated by the server according to the operating information of the vehicle, the position information of the vehicle and the road surface condition information, and the driving behavior guiding information is transmitted from the server to the client-side designated by the driver of the vehicle, wherein, the server comprises the apparatus for generating driving behavior guiding information claimed in claim 5.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the vehicle client-side comprises:

a vehicle operating information obtaining module connected to a vehicle-mounted self-diagnostic system of the vehicle and configured for obtaining the operating information of the vehicle;

a global position system module configured for obtaining the position information of the vehicle;

a gravity sensor configured for obtaining the road surface condition information;

an information transmitting module configured for transmitting the operating information of the vehicle, the position information of the vehicle and the road surface condition information to the server.