IP Library Granted Patent US 12,328,272
Granted Patent B2
US 12,328,272 · App. 17/576,618 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Communication method and apparatus

Inventors: Zheng Zhou (Beijing, CN); Sha Ma (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04L5/0037B60R16/0231H04L5/0055
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Patent No.
US 12,328,272
App. No.
17/576,618
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication method and an apparatus are provided, to improve transmission resource utilization. The communication method and the apparatus relate to the field of automatic driving or smart driving technologies. The method includes: obtaining first data and second data; and sending the first data to a second apparatus based on a first period, and sending the second data to the second apparatus based on a second period, where the first period is a sending period of the first data, the second period is a sending period of the second data, and the first period and the second period are different.

Claims (42)

1. A communication method, implemented by a first apparatus, on a sensor side, comprising a hardware processor, the method comprising:

receiving indication information from a second apparatus,

wherein the indication information comprises information for configuring first and second sending periods for sending data of different types to the second apparatus or information acknowledging receipt of the configuration information sent to the second apparatus from the first apparatus, and

wherein the information for configuring first and second sending periods includes frequencies of the first and second sending periods;

obtaining first data and second data of different types, wherein the types of data are based on different frequencies of collection periods by sources of the first and second data;

sending the first data to the second apparatus during the first sending period whose period is according to the information for configuring the first sending period; and

sending the second data to the second apparatus during the second sending period whose period is according to the information for configuring the second sending period,

wherein the frequency of the first sending period is determined based on a first collection period of the first data,

wherein the frequency of the second sending period is determined based on a second collection period of the second data,

wherein the frequency of each of the first and second collection periods is based on a period of time for collecting the first or second data by a sensor or a period of time for changing the data, and

wherein frequencies of the first sending period and the second sending period are different.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a frequency of the second sending period is N times a frequency of the first sending period, and N is a natural number greater than 1.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising suspending sending the second data to the second apparatus in the second period based on a driving scenario.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising sending third data to the second apparatus based on a third sending period.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein a frequency of the third sending period is N times the frequency of the first sending period, and N is a natural number greater than 1.

6. A communication method, applied to a second apparatus for vehicle-control comprising a hardware processor, the method comprising:

sending indication information to a first apparatus,

wherein the indication information comprises information for configuring first and second sending periods for receiving data of different types from the first apparatus or receiving information acknowledging receipt of the configuration information sent from the first apparatus, and

wherein the information for configuring first and second sending periods includes frequencies of the first and second sending periods;

receiving first data from the first apparatus during the first sending period whose period is according to the information for configuring the first sending period; and

receiving second data from the first apparatus during the second sending period whose period is according to the information for configuring the second sending period,

wherein the types of the first and second data are based on different frequencies of collection periods by sources of the first and second data,

wherein the frequency of the first sending period is determined based on a first collection period of the first data,

wherein the frequency of the second sending period is determined based on a second collection period of the second data,

wherein the frequency of each of the first and second collection periods is based on a period of time for collecting the first or second data by a sensor or a period of time for changing the data, and

wherein frequencies of the first sending period and the second sending period are different.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein a frequency of the second sending period is N times a frequency of the first sending period, and N is a natural number greater than 1.

8. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising receiving third data from the first apparatus, wherein a sending period of the third data is a third sending period.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein a frequency of the third sending period is N times the frequency of the first sending period, and N is a natural number greater than 1.

10. A first apparatus comprising:

one or more processors, and

a non-transitory storage medium in communication with the one or more processors, wherein the non-transitory storage medium is configured to store program instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to perform:

receiving indication information from a second apparatus,

wherein the indication information comprises information for configuring first and second sending periods for sending data of different types to the second apparatus or information acknowledging receipt of the configuration information sent to the second apparatus from the first apparatus, and

wherein the information for configuring first and second sending periods includes frequencies of the first and second sending periods;

obtaining first data and second data of different types, wherein the types of data are based on different frequencies of collection periods by sources of the first and second data;

sending the first data to the second apparatus during the first sending period whose period is according to the information for configuring the first sending period; and

sending the second data to the second apparatus during the second sending period whose period is according to the information for configuring the second sending period,

wherein the frequency of the first sending period is determined based on a first collection period of the first data,

wherein the frequency of the second sending period is determined based on a second collection period of the second data,

wherein the frequency of each of the first and second collection periods is based on a period of time for collecting the first or second data by a sensor or a period of time for changing the data, and

wherein frequencies of the first sending period and the second sending period are different.

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 Nov 12, 2024
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: SHENZHEN YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069335/0872 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2023
From: ZHOU, ZHENG; MA, SHA
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065974/0962 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910639922.X · Jul 16, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020101660 · Jul 13, 2020
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