IP Library Granted Patent US 12701389
Granted Patent B2
US 12701389 · App. 18/764,572 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Vehicle control method and device, vehicle, adapter, terminal, and medium

Inventor: Hao Chen (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: XIAOMI EV TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
H04W4/48G06F13/4282H04L67/12G06F2213/0042
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Patent No.
US 12701389
App. No.
18/764,572
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle control method, an adapter interface, apparatus and computer readable medium for improving in vehicle connectivity. The in-vehicle connectivity is improved by: in response to determining that a mobile terminal accesses the cockpit domain controller through the adapter interface, universal serial communication connection between the mobile terminal and a terminal interface of an adapter and between a vehicle interface of the adapter and the adapter interface is established; a vehicle control instruction forwarded by the adapter is received, and the vehicle control instruction is generated by the mobile terminal in response to a user operation and transmitted to the adapter; and vehicle control corresponding to the vehicle control instruction is executed using the cockpit domain controller.

Claims (71)

1 . A vehicle control method, performed by a vehicle, comprising:

establishing a communication connection between an adapter and a cockpit domain controller via a universal serial bus in response to determining that a mobile terminal accesses the cockpit domain controller using an adapter interface, wherein a universal serial communication connection is established between the mobile terminal and a terminal interface of the adapter and between a vehicle interface of the adapter and the adapter interface;

receiving a vehicle control instruction of a universal serial bus protocol type transmitted by the adapter, wherein the vehicle control instruction is generated by the mobile terminal in response to a user operation and transmitted to the adapter; and

executing vehicle control corresponding to the vehicle control instruction using the cockpit domain controller;

wherein a plurality of adapter interfaces are provided, and the vehicle control method further comprises:

determining a master adapter interface and a slave adapter interface from the plurality of adapter interfaces;

wherein determining the master adapter interface and the slave adapter interface from the plurality of adapter interfaces comprises:

determining, after the vehicle is started, a corresponding adapter interface first in the communication connection as the master adapter interface, and determining adapter interfaces other than the master adapter interface as the slave adapter interface.

2 . The vehicle control method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving streaming media data that is transmitted by a first target mobile terminal connected to the master adapter interface using the universal serial bus, wherein the first target mobile terminal is connected to the master adapter interface using the adapter, and the streaming media data is generated by the first target mobile terminal according to played audio and video in response to a projection operation;

performing projection display on a multimedia display screen of the vehicle according to the streaming media data; and

transmitting, for a second target mobile terminal accessing the cockpit domain controller using the slave adapter interface, a transmission prohibition instruction to the second target mobile terminal using the universal serial bus, wherein the transmission prohibition instruction is configured to prohibit the second target mobile terminal from transmitting the streaming media data to the cockpit domain controller.

3 . The vehicle control method according to claim 2 , wherein determining the master adapter interface and the slave adapter interface from the plurality of adapter interfaces comprises:

displaying an interface selection option on the multimedia display screen in response to a communication disconnection of a current master adapter interface from a corresponding first target mobile terminal, wherein the interface selection option is configured to display a respective adapter interface currently in the communication connection; and

determining a selected interface corresponding to a selected interface selection option as the master adapter interface, and determining the adapter interfaces other than the master adapter interface as the slave adapter interface.

4 . The vehicle control method according to claim 2 , wherein executing the vehicle control corresponding to the vehicle control instruction using the cockpit domain controller comprises:

executing, in response to determining that the vehicle control instruction from the first target mobile terminal corresponding to the master adapter interface and the vehicle control instruction from the second target mobile terminal corresponding to the slave adapter interface indicate same vehicle control, vehicle control corresponding to the vehicle control instruction transmitted by the first target mobile terminal using the cockpit domain controller, and invalidating the vehicle control instruction transmitted by the second target mobile terminal.

5 . The vehicle control method according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle control instruction comprises at least one of:

an air conditioning adjustment instruction;

a window control instruction;

a seat adjustment instruction;

an interior ambient lamp control instruction; or

a sunshade control instruction.

6 . The vehicle control method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

supplying power to the adapter via the adapter interface, wherein the adapter supplies the power as charging power to the mobile terminal that accesses the cockpit domain controller.

7 . A vehicle, comprising:

one or more first processors; and

a first memory configured to store instructions;

wherein

the instructions, when collectively executed by the one or more first processors, cause the vehicle to perform the vehicle control method according to claim 1 .

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer program instructions, wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to collectively perform the vehicle control method according to claim 1 .

9 . The vehicle control method according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of adapter interfaces are provided; different adapter interfaces are provided in different control areas of the vehicle; and the different control areas are divided according to seat distribution in the vehicle.

10 . A vehicle control method, performed by an adapter, comprising:

establishing a universal serial communication connection between a mobile terminal and a terminal interface of the adapter and between a vehicle interface of the adapter and an adapter interface in response to determining that the mobile terminal accesses a cockpit domain controller of a vehicle using the adapter connected to a universal serial bus;

receiving a vehicle control instruction of a universal serial bus protocol type transmitted by the mobile terminal, wherein the vehicle control instruction is generated by the mobile terminal in response to a user operation and transmitted to the adapter; and

forwarding the vehicle control instruction to the cockpit domain controller using the universal serial bus to enable the cockpit domain controller to execute vehicle control corresponding to the vehicle control instruction;

wherein a plurality of adapter interfaces are provided, and the plurality of adapter interfaces comprise a master adapter interface and a slave adapter interface; and

wherein a corresponding adapter interface first in the communication connection after the vehicle is started is determined as the master adapter interface, and adapter interfaces other than the master adapter interface are determined as the slave adapter interface.

11 . The vehicle control method according to claim 10 , wherein the vehicle control instruction comprises at least one of:

an air conditioning adjustment instruction;

a window control instruction;

a seat adjustment instruction;

an interior ambient lamp control instruction; or

a sunshade control instruction.

12 . The vehicle control method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

supplying power supplied by the cockpit domain controller to the adapter through via the adapter interface to the mobile terminal that accesses the cockpit domain controller as charging power.

13 . The adapter, comprising:

one or more second processors; and

a second memory configured to store instructions;

wherein the instructions, when collectively executed by the one or more second processors, cause the adapter to perform the vehicle control method according to claim 10 .

14 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer program instructions, wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to collectively perform the vehicle control method according to claim 10 .

15 . A vehicle control method, performed by a mobile terminal, comprising:

establishing, in response to determining that the mobile terminal accesses a cockpit domain controller of a vehicle using an adapter, a universal serial communication connection between the mobile terminal and the adapter using a universal serial bus;

generating a vehicle control instruction of universal serial bus protocol type in response to a user operation; and

transmitting the vehicle control instruction to the adapter using the universal serial bus, wherein the adapter forwards the vehicle control instruction to the cockpit domain controller, and the cockpit domain controller executes vehicle control corresponding to the vehicle control instruction;

wherein a plurality of adapter interfaces are provided, and the plurality of adapter interfaces comprise a master adapter interface and a slave adapter interface; and

wherein a corresponding adapter interface first in the communication connection after the vehicle is started is determined as the master adapter interface, and adapter interfaces other than the master adapter interface are determined as the slave adapter interface.

16 . The vehicle control method according to claim 15 , further comprising:

receiving a transmission prohibition instruction transmitted by the cockpit domain controller, wherein the transmission prohibition instruction is transmitted by the vehicle when it is determined that the adapter interface connected to the mobile terminal is a slave adapter interface; and

stopping a streaming media data transmitting function of the mobile terminal according to the transmission prohibition instruction.

17 . The vehicle control method according to claim 15 , wherein the vehicle control instruction comprises at least one of:

an air conditioning adjustment instruction;

a window control instruction;

a seat adjustment instruction;

an interior ambient lamp control instruction; or

a sunshade control instruction.

18 . The mobile terminal, comprising:

one or more third processors; and

a third memory configured to store instructions;

wherein the instructions, when collectively executed by the one or more third processors, cause the mobile terminal to perform the vehicle control method according to claim 15 .

19 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer program instructions, wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to collectively perform the vehicle control method according to claim 15 .