IP Library Granted Patent US 10,971,007
Granted Patent B2
US 10,971,007 · App. 15/954,028 · Granted Apr 6, 2021

Road condition information sharing method

Inventors: Huimin Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Kangmin Huang (Shenzhen, CN); Heng Liao (Shenzhen, CN); Rongdao Yu (Shenzhen, CN); Shanxi Chen (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
G08G1/096791G06K9/00791G08G1/00G08G1/0175
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Patent No.
US 10,971,007
App. No.
15/954,028
Granted
Apr 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a road condition information sharing method. The method includes: receiving, by a server, a road condition information request sent by a first terminal, where the road condition information request carries a road condition position of concern; determining, by the server, a second terminal according to the road condition position of concern, where the second terminal has a road condition recording capability, and a distance between the second terminal and the road condition position of concern is less than a preset threshold; and sending, by the server, a road condition sharing request to the second terminal, so that the second terminal shares a road condition according to the road condition position of concern.

Claims (61)

1. A road condition information sharing method comprising:

receiving, by a server, a road condition information request sent by a first terminal, wherein the road condition information request carries: a road condition position of concern, and a time point of concern, and wherein the server manages device information of a plurality of second terminals including:

position information reported to, and obtained in advance by, the server at specific time points from the plurality of second terminals, and

road condition recording capability information indicative of road condition recording capabilities of the plurality of second terminals, the road condition recording capabilities being determined according to credit information of the plurality of second terminals, the credit information of each of the plurality of second terminals indicating a number of times for which road condition information collected by the second terminal was adopted historically;

determining, by the server, a second terminal of the plurality of second terminals according to: the road condition position of concern, the time point of concern, and the road condition recording capability information, wherein determining the second terminal comprises searching the position information and the road condition recording capability information to obtain the second terminal having a road condition recording capability that meets a preset criterion and located at a distance from the road condition position of concern that is less than a preset distance threshold at the time point of concern, and wherein the second terminal has a road condition recording capability; and

sending, by the server, a road condition sharing request to the second terminal, the road condition sharing request including a terminal identifier of the first terminal, to enable the second terminal to share road condition information according to: the road condition position of concern, the time point of concern, and the road condition recording capability information, directly with the first terminal according to the terminal identifier of the first terminal, wherein the road condition information includes a photograph of or near the road condition position of concern.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the road condition information corresponding to the road condition position of concern comprises a road condition photographing position; and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the server, the road condition information corresponding to the road condition position of concern and submitted by the second terminal according to the road condition sharing request;

identifying, by the server, a driving accident image from the road condition information corresponding to the road condition position of concern; and

sending, by the server, road condition information corresponding to the driving accident image to the first terminal when a photographing position corresponding to the driving accident image matches the road condition position of concern.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein:

the road condition information corresponding to the road condition position of concern further comprises a road condition photographing time; wherein the method further comprises:

identifying, by the server, a driving accident image from the road condition information corresponding to the road condition position of concern, and

sending, by the server, road condition information corresponding to the driving accident image to the first terminal when the photographing position corresponding to the driving accident image matches the road condition position of concern and a photographing time corresponding to the driving accident image matches the time point of concern.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the server, a second terminal according to the road condition position of concern further comprises:

obtaining position information reported to the server by the plurality of second terminals within a preset time period;

screening the reported position information to determine one or more third terminals, wherein distances between the one or more third terminals and the road condition position of concern are less than the preset distance threshold;

determining road condition recording capabilities of the one or more third terminals; and

determining a third terminal of the one or more third terminals having a road condition recording capability that satisfies a preset criterion as the second terminal.

5. A road condition information sharing method, comprising:

sending, by a first terminal, a condition information request to a server, wherein the server manages device information of a plurality of second terminals including:

position information reported to, and obtained in advance by, the server at specific time points from the plurality of second terminals, and

road condition recording capability information indicative of road condition recording capabilities of the plurality of second terminals, the road condition recording capabilities being determined according to credit information of the plurality of second terminals, the credit information of each of the plurality of second terminals indicating a number of times for which road condition information collected by the second terminal was adopted historically;

wherein the road condition information request carries: a road condition road position of concern, and a time point of concern, to enable the server to:

determine a second terminal of the plurality of second terminals according to: the road condition position of concern, the time point of concern, and the road condition recording capability information, wherein the server determines the second terminal by searching the position information and the road condition recording capability information to obtain the second terminal having a road condition recording capability that meets a preset criterion and located at a distance from the road condition position of concern that is less than a preset distance threshold at the time point of concern; and

send a road condition sharing request to the second terminal, wherein the second terminal has a road condition recording capability; and

receiving, by the first terminal, directly from the second terminal, road condition information corresponding to: the road condition position of concern, the time point of concern, and the road condition recording capability information, and sent by the second terminal responsive to the road condition sharing request.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the method further comprises:

performing, by the first terminal according to a spatial relationship of road condition recording positions of one or more second terminals, image compositing on road condition

information corresponding to the road condition position of concern and sent by at least one of the one or more second terminals; and

displaying, by the first terminal, the road condition information corresponding to the road condition position of concern and on which image compositing is performed.

7. A server, comprising a processor and a memory having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, the processor-executable instructions including a plurality of executable modules, the modules including:

a road condition request receiving module, configured to receive a road condition information request sent by a first terminal, wherein the road condition information request carries: a road condition position of concern, and a time point of concern, and wherein the server manages device information of a plurality of second terminals including:

position information reported to, and obtained in advance by, the server at specific time points from the plurality of second terminals, and

road condition recording capability information indicative of road condition recording capabilities of the plurality of second terminals, the road condition recording capabilities being determined according to credit information of the plurality of second terminals, the credit information of each of the plurality of second terminals indicating a number of times for which road condition information collected by the second terminal was adopted historically;

a terminal searching module, configured to determine a second terminal of the plurality of second terminals according to: the road condition position of concern, the time point of concern, and the road condition recording capability information, wherein the terminal searching module is further configured to determine the second terminal by searching the position information and the road condition recording capability information to obtain the second terminal having a road condition recording capability that meets a preset criterion and located at a distance from the road condition position of concern that is less than a preset distance threshold at the time point of concern, and wherein the second terminal has a road condition recording capability; and

a sharing request sending module, configured to send a road condition sharing request to the second terminal, the road condition sharing request including a terminal identifier of the first terminal, to enable the second terminal to share road condition information according to: the road condition position of concern, the time point of concern, and the road condition recording

capability information, directly with the first terminal according to the terminal identifier of the first terminal, wherein the road condition information includes a photograph of or near the road condition position of concern.

8. The server according to claim 7 , wherein the road condition information corresponding to the road condition position of concern comprises a road condition photographing position; and

the modules further comprises:

an accident image identification module, configured to identify a driving accident image from the road condition information corresponding to the road condition position of concern; wherein

the road condition information sending module is configured to send road condition information corresponding to the driving accident image to the first terminal when a photographing position corresponding to the driving accident image matches the road condition position of concern.

9. The server according to claim 8 , wherein:

the road condition information corresponding to the road condition position of concern further comprises a road condition photographing time; and

the road condition information sending module is configured to send the road condition information corresponding to the driving accident image to the first terminal when the photographing position corresponding to the driving accident image matches the road condition position of concern and a photographing time corresponding to the driving accident image matches the time point of concern.

10. The server according to claim 7 , wherein the terminal searching module comprises:

a terminal position obtaining unit, configured to obtain position information reported to the server by the plurality of second terminals within a preset time period;

a terminal screening unit, configured to screen the reported position information to determine one or more third terminals, wherein distances between the one or more third terminals and the road condition position of concern are less than the preset distance threshold;

a recording capability obtaining unit, configured to determine road condition recording capabilities of the one or more third terminals; and

a terminal determining unit, configured to determine one of the one or more third terminals having a road condition recording capability that meets a preset criterion as the second terminal.

11. A terminal, comprising a processor and a memory having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, the processor-executable instructions including a plurality of executable modules, the modules including:

a road condition request module, configured to send a road condition information request to a server, wherein the server manages device information of a plurality of second terminals including:

position information reported to, and obtained in advance by, the server at specific time points from the plurality of second terminals,

road condition recording capability information indicative of road condition recording capabilities of the plurality of second terminals, the road condition recording capabilities being determined according to credit information of the plurality of second terminals, the credit information of each of the plurality of second terminals indicating a number of times for which road condition information collected by the second terminal was adopted historically; and

wherein the road condition information request carries: a road condition position of concern, and a time point of concern, to enable the server to:

determine a second terminal of the plurality of second terminals according to: the road condition position of concern, the time point of concern, and the road condition recording capability information, wherein the server determines the second terminal by searching the position information and the road condition recording capability information to obtain the second terminal having a road condition recording capability that meets a preset criterion and located at a distance from the road condition position of concern that is less than a preset distance threshold at the time point of concern; and

send a road condition sharing request to the second terminal, wherein the second terminal has a road condition recording capability; and

a road condition receiving module, configured to receive, directly from the second terminal, road condition information corresponding to: the road condition position of concern, the time point of concern, and the road condition recording capability information, and sent by the second terminal responsive to the road condition sharing request.

12. The terminal according to claim 11 , the modules further comprising:

an image compositing module, configured to perform, according to a spatial relationship of road condition recording positions of one or more second terminals, image compositing on road condition information corresponding to the road condition position of concern and sent by at least one of the one or more second terminals; and

a road condition displaying module, configured to display the road condition information corresponding to the road condition position of concern and on which image compositing is performed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2018
From: ZHANG, HUIMIN; HUANG, KANGMIN; LIAO, HENG; YU, RONGDAO; CHEN, SHANXI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2015092135 · Oct 16, 2015
Related Publication 20180233042A1 · Aug 16, 2018