IP Library Granted Patent US 12,302,200
Granted Patent B2
US 12,302,200 · App. 17/543,355 · Granted May 13, 2025

Method and apparatus for indicating, obtaining, and sending automated driving information

Inventors: Hang Liu (Beijing, CN); Mingchao Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W4/40B60W60/001
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Patent No.
US 12,302,200
App. No.
17/543,355
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for indicating, obtaining, and sending automated driving information includes: starting, by a first vehicle, an automated driving function application, or receiving, by a first vehicle, an instruction used to instruct the first vehicle to start an automated driving function application; and indicating, by the first vehicle by using first indication information, that a driving status of the first vehicle is an automated driving state. A vehicle having an automated driving function sends the automated driving information to a surrounding traffic participant, especially to a surrounding vehicle or a pedestrian, so that the surrounding traffic participant identifies the automated driving vehicle, to improve traffic safety of an entire road.

Claims (23)

1. A method for indicating automated driving information, comprising: starting, by a first vehicle, an automated driving function application, or receiving, by the first vehicle, an instruction used to instruct the first vehicle to start the automated driving function application; and indicating, by the first vehicle using first indication information, to an information obtaining object external to the first vehicle, that a driving status of the first vehicle is an automated driving state, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of the following: an identifier disposed on a body of the first vehicle, a preset sound signal sent by the first vehicle, a preset light signal sent by the first vehicle, or a preset light color signal sent by the first vehicle; wherein the method further comprises: indicating, by the first vehicle using second indication information, a fallback-ready user status corresponding to the first vehicle, wherein the fallback-ready user status includes one or both of a takeover capability and a response time of a fallback-ready user; and indicating, by the first vehicle using fourth indication information, a type of the automated driving function application to be executed or being executed, wherein the type includes a parking function or a cruise function.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first indication information further indicates a driving automation level of the automated driving function application.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

indicating, by the first vehicle using third indication information, a capability of the first vehicle.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

indicating, by the first vehicle using fifth indication information, operational design domain conditions corresponding to the automated driving function application.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first indication information comprises a preset electromagnetic wave signal sent by the first vehicle.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein light signals of different colors are used to indicate different driving automation levels.

7. An apparatus in a first vehicle for indicating automated driving information, the apparatus comprising a processor, configured to invoke a program stored in a memory, wherein the program, when executed by the processor, causes the apparatus to: start an automated driving function application, or receive an instruction used to instruct the first vehicle to start an automated driving function application; and indicate using first indication information, to an information obtaining object external to the first vehicle, that a driving status of the first vehicle is an automated driving state, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of the following: an identifier disposed on a body of the first vehicle, a preset sound signal sent by the first vehicle, a preset light signal sent by the first vehicle, or a preset light color signal sent by the first vehicle; wherein the program, when executed by the processor, further causes the apparatus to: indicate using second indication information, a fallback-ready user status corresponding to the first vehicle, wherein the fallback-ready user status includes one or both of a takeover capability and a response time of a fallback-ready user; and indicate using fourth indication information, a type of the automated driving function application to be executed or being executed, wherein the type includes a parking function or a cruise function.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the first indication information further indicates a driving automation level of the automated driving function application.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the program, when executed by the processor, further causes the apparatus to:

indicate using third indication information, a capability of the first vehicle.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the program, when executed by the processor, further causes the apparatus to:

indicate using fifth indication information, operational design domain conditions corresponding to the automated driving function application.

11. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein

the first indication information comprises a preset electromagnetic wave signal sent by the first vehicle.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein light signals of different colors are used to indicate different driving automation levels.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising a program, wherein when executed by a processor, the following steps are performed: starting, an automated driving function application of a first vehicle, or receiving, by the first vehicle, an instruction used to instruct the first vehicle to start an automated driving function application;

and indicating, using first indication information, to an information obtaining object external to the first vehicle, that a driving status of the first vehicle is an automated driving state, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of the following: an identifier disposed on a body of the first vehicle, a preset sound signal sent by the first vehicle, a preset light signal sent by the first vehicle, or a preset light color signal sent by the first vehicle; wherein the steps further comprise: indicating, by the first vehicle using second indication information, a fallback-ready user status corresponding to the first vehicle, wherein the fallback-ready user status includes one or both of a takeover capability and a response time of a fallback-ready user; and indicating, by the first vehicle using fourth indication information, a type of the automated driving function application to be executed or being executed, wherein the type includes a parking function or a cruise function.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein when the program is executed by the processor, the following steps are further performed:

indicating, using third indication information, a capability of the first vehicle.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information obtaining object external to the first vehicle includes one or more of a pedestrian, a second vehicle, a roadside device, or a network communication device.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 1, 2026
From: SHENZHEN YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075316/0074 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2025
From: LIU, HANG; LI, MINGCHAO
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070169/0568 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2024
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: SHENZHEN YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069335/0897 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910488363.7 · Jun 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020091736 · May 22, 2020
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