IP Library Patent Application 16959276
Patent Application
App. No. 16/959,276

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE

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16/959,276
Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle. An exemplary method includes: acquiring transportation demand information; acquiring driving status information of a vehicle in a vehicle formation; determining a target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information and the driving status information; and sending a dispatch instruction to the target vehicle, to cause the target vehicle to execute a transportation task indicated by the transportation demand information according to the dispatch instruction.

Claims (60)

1 . A method for controlling a vehicle, comprising the steps of:

acquiring transportation demand information;

acquiring driving status information of a vehicle in a vehicle formation;

determining a target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information and the driving status information; and

sending a dispatch instruction to the target vehicle, to cause the target vehicle to execute a transportation task indicated by the transportation demand information according to the dispatch instruction.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle in the vehicle formation travels on a driving route corresponding to the vehicle, and the driving route comprises a plurality of stations; and

the acquiring transportation demand information, comprises:

acquiring a number of to-be-transported objects at each station in the driving route, for the driving route corresponding to the vehicle in the vehicle formation;

determining the transportation demand information, based on the acquired number of to-be-transported objects.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the transportation demand information comprises the driving route, and the driving status information comprises a number of currently transported objects of the vehicle; and

the determining a target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information and the driving status information, comprises:

determining a vehicle whose number of currently transported objects in the vehicle formation being less than a first preset threshold as a pending vehicle;

determining whether a driving route corresponding to the pending vehicle matches the driving route in the transportation demand information; and

determining, in response to determining that the driving route corresponding to the pending vehicle matches the driving route in the transportation demand information, the target vehicle from the pending vehicle.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transportation demand information comprises a driving route, and the driving status information comprises location information; and

the determining a target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information and the driving status information, comprises:

determining, based on the driving route in the transportation demand information and the location information of the vehicle in the vehicle formation, at least one vehicle corresponding to the location information having a shortest distance to the driving route that is less than a second preset threshold; and

determining the target vehicle from the determined at least one vehicle.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring driving environment information of the vehicle in the vehicle formation; and

the determining a target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information and the driving status information, comprises:

determining the target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information, the driving status information, and the acquired driving environment information.

6 . An apparatus for controlling a vehicle, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

acquiring transportation demand information;

acquiring driving status information of a vehicle in a vehicle formation;

determining a target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information and the driving status information; and

sending a dispatch instruction to the target vehicle, to cause the target vehicle execute a transportation task indicated by the transportation demand information according to the dispatch instruction.

7 . The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the vehicle in the vehicle formation travels on a driving route corresponding to the vehicle, and the driving route comprises a plurality of stations; and

the acquiring transportation demand information, comprises:

acquiring a number of to-be-transported objects at each station in the driving route, for the driving route corresponding to the vehicle in the vehicle formation;

determining the transportation demand information, based on the acquired number of to-be-transported objects.

8 . The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the transportation demand information comprises the driving route, and the driving status information comprises a number of currently transported objects of the vehicle; and

the determining a target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information and the driving status information, comprises:

determining a vehicle whose number of currently transported objects in the vehicle formation being less than a first preset threshold as a pending vehicle;

determining whether a driving route corresponding to the pending vehicle matches the driving route in the transportation demand information; and

determining, in response to determining that the driving route corresponding to the pending vehicle matches the driving route in the transportation demand information, the target vehicle from the pending vehicle.

9 . The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the transportation demand information comprises a driving route, and the driving status information comprises location information; and

the determining a target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information and the driving status information, comprises:

determining, based on the driving route in the transportation demand information and the location information of the vehicle in the vehicle formation, at least one vehicle corresponding to the location information having a shortest distance to the driving route that is less than a second preset threshold; and

determining the target vehicle from the determined at least one vehicle.

10 . The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise:

acquiring driving environment information of the vehicle in the vehicle formation; and

the determining a target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information and the driving status information, comprises:

determining the target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information, the driving status information, and the acquired driving environment information.

11 . (canceled)

12 . A non-transitory computer readable medium, storing a computer program thereon, the program, when executed by a processor, implements the method according to claim 1 .

13 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring driving environment information of the vehicle in the vehicle formation; and

the determining a target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information and the driving status information, comprises:

determining the target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information, the driving status information, and the acquired driving environment information.

14 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring driving environment information of the vehicle in the vehicle formation; and

the determining a target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information and the driving status information, comprises:

determining the target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information, the driving status information, and the acquired driving environment information.

15 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring driving environment information of the vehicle in the vehicle formation; and

the determining a target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information and the driving status information, comprises:

determining the target vehicle from the vehicle formation based on the transportation demand information, the driving status information, and the acquired driving environment information.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2021
From: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058241/0248 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2021
From: WU, ZELIN
To: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056958/0839 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2021
From: MIN, RUIHAO
To: BAIDU.COM TIMES TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056959/0384 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2021
From: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056959/0584 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2021
From: BAIDU.COM TIMES TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056988/0701 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2021
From: WANG, YUE; XUE, JINGJING; LIU, YINGNAN; RAO, WENLONG; WANG, ZIJIE
To: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056263/0541 →