ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM FOR DRIVERLESS VEHICLE

• US 20170349139A1
• Filed: 09/30/2016
• Published: 12/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2016
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd (Baidu Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd (Baidu Incorporated)
• Inventors: ZHANG, Yifan
• Application Number:
  US15/282,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20170349139A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/01 operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/102 a signal being sent to a remote location, e.g. a radio signal being transmitted to a police station, a security company or the owner
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/30 Detection related to theft or to other events relevant to anti-theft systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/305 using a camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/33 of global position, e.g. by providing GPS coordinates
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0276 using signals provided by a source external to the vehicle involving a plurality of vehicles G05D1/0287; automatically controlling vehicle speed responsive to externally generated signals B60K31/0058

Abstract

Disclosed embodiments include an anti-theft system for a driverless vehicle. In some embodiments, the anti-theft system for a driverless vehicle includes an on-board device installed on the driverless vehicle, a server in communication with the on-board device, and a terminal in communication with the server: the terminal configured to send state information about states of the driverless vehicle to the server; the server configured to receive the state information sent by the terminal and to store the state information; and the on-board device configured to acquire the state information stored in the server, and execute a preset operation when the state of the driverless vehicle is determined to be the abnormal state according to the state information.

Claims

1. An anti-theft system for a driverless vehicle, comprising an on-board device installed on the driverless vehicle, a server in communication with the on-board device, and a terminal in communication with the server:

the terminal configured to send state information about states of the driverless vehicle to the server, the states of the driverless vehicle comprising a normal state and an abnormal state;

the server configured to receive the state information sent by the terminal and to store the state information; and

the on-board device configured to acquire the state information stored in the server, and execute a preset operation when the state of the driverless vehicle is determined to be the abnormal state according to the state information.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the abnormal state comprises a lost state, and wherein:

the on-board device is configured to send position information of the driverless vehicle and/or image information captured by an on-board camera of the driverless vehicle to the server when the acquired state is the lost state; and

the server is configured to send the position information of the driverless vehicle and/or the image information captured by the on-board camera of the driverless vehicle to the terminal.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the server is further configured to:

in response to receiving a retrieval instruction sent by the terminal, send information of a destination indicated by the retrieval instruction to the on-board device, so that the on-board device controls the driverless vehicle to start an automatic drive mode and drive to the destination; and

in response to receiving an alarm instruction sent by the terminal, send the position information of the driverless vehicle and/or the image information captured by the on-board camera of the driverless vehicle to a third-party alarm platform.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the abnormal state comprises a stolen state:

the on-board device is configured to send position information of the driverless vehicle and/or image information captured by an on-board camera of the driverless vehicle to the server when the acquired state is the stolen state; and

the server is configured to send the position information of the driverless vehicle and/or the image information captured by the on-board camera of the driverless vehicle to a third-party alarm platform.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the server is further configured to:

in response to receiving the retrieval instruction sent by the third-party alarm platform, send information of a destination indicated by the retrieval instruction to the on-board device, so that the on-board device controls the driverless vehicle to start an automatic drive mode and drive to the destination, the destination comprising a third-party organization near the driverless vehicle.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein when the driverless vehicle is initially started, the on-board device is further configured to acquire a first license plate number and first vehicle owner information input by a user, and send the first license plate information, the first vehicle owner information together with locally prestored vehicle information to the server, and wherein the first vehicle owner information comprises first vehicle owner identification information and a first vehicle owner contact information, and the vehicle information comprises at least one of a vehicle identifier, vehicle brand, model, and appearance information.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the terminal is further configured to acquire a second license plate number and second vehicle owner information input by the user, and send the second license plate information and the second vehicle owner information to the server, and wherein the second vehicle owner information comprises second vehicle owner identification and contact information.

8. The system according to claim 6, wherein the server is further configured to:

acquire the first license plate information, the first vehicle owner information, the second license plate information, and the second vehicle owner information;

determine whether the first license plate information is consistent with the second license plate information and whether the first vehicle owner information is consistent with the second vehicle owner information; and

if the first license plate information is determined to be consistent with the second license plate information and the first vehicle owner information is determined to be consistent with the second vehicle owner information, send the vehicle information to the terminal.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the terminal is further configured to log into an account, and the server is further configured to store a corresponding relationship of the account logged in by the terminal and the vehicle information.

10. The system according to claim 6, wherein the server is configured to:

send first verification information by using the first vehicle owner contact information when the state sent by the terminal is the abnormal state; and

store the abnormal state in response to receiving the second verification information sent by the terminal consistent with the first verification information.

11. An anti-theft method, comprising:

sending, by a terminal to a server, state information about states of a driverless vehicle, the states of the driverless vehicle comprising a normal state and an abnormal state;

receiving and storing, by the server, the state information; and

acquiring the state information, and executing a preset operation, by an on-board device installed on the driverless vehicle, when the state of the driverless vehicle is determined to be the abnormal state according to the state information.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the abnormal state comprises a lost state, and wherein acquiring the state information stored, and executing a preset operation, by the on-board device, when the state of the driverless vehicle is determined to be the abnormal state according to the state information comprises:

sending, by the on-board device, position information of the driverless vehicle and/or image information captured by an on-board camera of the driverless vehicle when the acquired state is the lost state; and

sending, by the server, the position information of the driverless vehicle and/or the image information captured by the on-board camera of the driverless vehicle to the terminal.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

in response to receiving a retrieval instruction sent by the terminal, sending information of a destination indicated by the retrieval instruction to control the driverless vehicle to start an automatic drive mode and drive to the destination; and

in response to receiving an alarm instruction sent by the terminal, sending the position information of the driverless vehicle and/or the image information captured by the on-board camera of the driverless vehicle to a third-party alarm platform.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the abnormal state comprises a stolen state, and wherein acquiring the state information, and executing a preset operation, by the on-board device, when the state of the driverless vehicle is determined to be the abnormal state according to the state information comprises:

sending position information of the driverless vehicle and/or image information captured by an on-board camera of the driverless vehicle when the acquired state is the stolen state; and

sending the position information of the driverless vehicle and/or the image information captured by the on-board camera of the driverless vehicle to a third-party alarm platform.

15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising:

in response to receiving the retrieval instruction sent by the third-party alarm platform, sending information of a destination indicated by the retrieval instruction to control the driverless vehicle to start an automatic drive mode and drive to the destination, the destination comprising a third-party organization near the driverless vehicle.

16. A non-transitory storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs when executed by an apparatus, causing the apparatus to perform a driverless vehicle control method, comprising:

sending, by a terminal to a server, state information about states of a driverless vehicle, the states of the driverless vehicle comprising a normal state and an abnormal state;

receiving and storing, by the server, the state information; and

acquiring the state information, and executing a preset operation, by an on-board device installed on the driverless vehicle, when the state of the driverless vehicle is determined to be the abnormal state according to the state information.