IP Library Granted Patent US 11,029,696
Granted Patent B2
US 11,029,696 · App. 16/035,663 · Granted Jun 8, 2021

Method, system and related device of implementing vehicle automatically weighing

Inventor: Nan Wu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
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Patent No.
US 11,029,696
App. No.
16/035,663
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The application discloses a method, system and related device of implementing vehicle automatically weighing, so as to achieve the automatically weighing of the unmanned vehicle. The method includes: controlling, by a vehicle controller, a vehicle to drive automatically and stop at a weighing position; weighing, by a weighbridge sensor, the vehicle when sensing the vehicle stopping at the weighing position, and sending weighing end information to the vehicle controller; and controlling, by the vehicle controller, the vehicle to start and leave the weighing position when receiving the weighing end information.

Claims (29)

1. A vehicle controller comprising:

a communication unit configured to receive and send information; and

a control unit comprising a processor and at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory stores at least one machine executable instruction, which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:

control the vehicle to drive automatically and stop at a weighing position;

control the vehicle to leave the weighing position in response to receiving weighing end information, wherein the weighing end information contains indication information indicating the vehicle to drive to the payment position;

control the vehicle to drive from the weighing position to a payment position;

control an on-board camera of the vehicle to scan a two-dimensional code corresponding to a payment terminal corresponding to the payment position;

pay a payment amount automatically in response to the receiving, through the communication unit, the payment amount sent from the payment terminal; and control the vehicle to leave the payment position in response to receiving, through the communication unit, leaving indication information sent from the payment terminal;

wherein the vehicle controller invokes a third-party payment software to pay the payment amount.

2. The vehicle controller according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one machine executable instruction, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to send, through the communication unit, vehicle identification information to a weighbridge sensor.

3. The vehicle controller according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one machine executable instruction, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:

cause the vehicle to interact with the payment terminal to accomplish an automatic payment.

4. The vehicle controller according to claim 3 , wherein the payment amount is determined using a weighing result, provided by a weighbridge sensor, and a driving mileage of the vehicle.

5. The vehicle controller according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one machine executable instruction to send, through the communication unit, vehicle identification information to the payment terminal.

6. The vehicle controller according to claim 1 , wherein the weighing end information is provided by a weighbridge sensor.

7. A method of controlling a vehicle, comprising:

controlling a vehicle to drive automatically and stop at a weighing position using a control unit of a vehicle controller of the vehicle, wherein the control unit comprises a processor and a memory, and wherein the memory stores at least one machine executable instruction and the processor is configured to execute the at least one machine executable instruction; and the processor is performing the steps of:

controlling the vehicle to leave the weighing position in response to receiving weighing end information through a communication unit of the vehicle controller of the vehicle, wherein the communication unit is configured to receive and send information, wherein the weighing end information contains indication information indicating the vehicle to drive to the payment position;

controlling the vehicle to drive from the weighing position to a payment position; and

controlling an on-board camera of the vehicle to scan a two-dimensional code corresponding to a payment terminal corresponding to the payment position;

paying a payment amount automatically in response to the receiving, through the communication unit, the payment amount sent from the payment terminal; and

controlling the vehicle to leave the payment position in response to receiving, through the communication unit, leaving indication information sent from the payment terminal;

wherein the vehicle controller invokes a third-party payment software to pay the payment amount.

8. The method according to claim 7 , comprising sending, through the communication unit, vehicle identification information to a weighbridge sensor.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one machine executable instruction to

cause the vehicle to interact with the payment terminal to accomplish an automatic payment.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the payment amount is determined using a weighing result, provided by a weighbridge sensor, and a driving mileage of the vehicle.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one machine executable instruction to send, through the communication unit, vehicle identification information to the payment terminal.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the weighing end information is provided by a weighbridge sensor.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 9, 2025
From: TUSIMPLE, INC.
To: CREATEAI, INC.
Reel/Frame 073158/0715 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 9, 2025
From: BEIJING TUSEN ZHITU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING OCGEN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073916/0416 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2022
From: TUSIMPLE, INC.
To: BEIJING TUSEN ZHITU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058779/0374 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 30, 2020
From: TUSIMPLE
To: TUSIMPLE, INC.
Reel/Frame 051757/0470 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2018
From: WU, NAN
To: TUSIMPLE
Reel/Frame 047579/0130 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710600461.6 · Jul 21, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190025844A1 · Jan 24, 2019
Cited By (1)
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