Communication method and apparatus for enabling an on-board function for a vehicle
View Patent ↗This disclosure relates to a communication method and an apparatus, applied to an internet of vehicles, for example, V2X, LTE-V, and V2V. An in-vehicle apparatus triggers an on-board function for a first vehicle. The first vehicle carries the in-vehicle apparatus. The in-vehicle apparatus checks whether the first vehicle is allowed to use the on-board function on a first road. When the first vehicle is on the first road, the in-vehicle apparatus enables or disables the on-board function based on a check result. In the embodiments of this disclosure, whether to enable a corresponding on-board function may be controlled, so that the on-board function is enabled without depending on a human requirement. In this way, the corresponding on-board function may be controlled to be applied to an appropriate road, to reduce a vehicle accident risk, and a danger to social security.
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by an in-vehicle apparatus, an on-board function for a first vehicle;
determining, by the in-vehicle apparatus, whether the first vehicle is allowed to use the on-board function on a first road based on a mapping relationship between information about the first road and the on-board function, the mapping relationship being part of a mapping table between a plurality of on-board functions and a plurality of road types; and
when the first vehicle is on the first road, enabling, by the in-vehicle apparatus, the on-board function when the first vehicle has been determined to be allowed to use the on-board function on the first road;
determining, by the in-vehicle apparatus, whether the first vehicle is allowed to use the on-board function on a second road; and
when the first vehicle is on the second road, disabling, by the in-vehicle apparatus, the on-board function when the first vehicle has been determined to be not allowed to use the on-board function on the second road, the disabling including preventing manually enabling the on-board function.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining the on-board function is based on the information about the first road.
3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
obtaining, by the in-vehicle apparatus, the mapping relationship between information about the first road and the on-board function, wherein the determining the on-board function based on information about the first road comprises:
determining the on-board function based on the information about the first road and the mapping relationship.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the obtaining of the mapping relationship comprises one of:
receiving the mapping relationship from a roadside apparatus; or
obtaining the mapping relationship from the in-vehicle apparatus, the mapping relationship being pre-configured with at least one relationship between road information and the on-board function; or
receiving, from a server, a map that includes the mapping relationship.
5. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving the information about the first road from a roadside apparatus; or
receiving, from a server, a map that includes the information about the first road.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the in-vehicle apparatus, whether the first vehicle is allowed to use the on-board function on the first road comprises:
determining, by the in-vehicle apparatus, a first check sequence to obtain a check result, wherein:
when the check result indicates that a check on the first check sequence succeeds, the first vehicle is allowed to use the on-board function on the first road; and
when the check result indicates that a check on the first check sequence fails, the first vehicle is not allowed to use the on-board function on the first road, the first check sequence corresponding to the on-board function.
7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
determining, by the in-vehicle apparatus, based on the information about the first road, the on-board function that is allowed to be used by the first vehicle on the first road, and obtaining the first check sequence corresponding to the on-board function; or
determining, by the in-vehicle apparatus, the on-board function supported by the first vehicle, and obtaining the first check sequence corresponding to the on-board function.
8. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the information about the first road comprises at least one of:
a type of the first road;
a geographical range of the first road;
track information of the first road;
an identifier of the first road;
an identity of a lane on the first road; or
an effective time period associated with the first road, wherein use of the on-board function is permitted within the effective time period.
9. An in-vehicle apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor and a memory, the memory being configured to store program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the in-vehicle apparatus to perform operations including:
determining an on-board function for a first vehicle;
determining whether the first vehicle is allowed to use the on-board function on a first road based on a mapping relationship between information about the first road and the on-board function, the mapping relationship being part of a mapping table between a plurality of on-board functions and a plurality of road types;
when the first vehicle is on the first road, enabling the on-board function when the first vehicle has been determined to be allowed to use the on-board function on the first road;
determining whether the first vehicle is allowed to use the on-board function on a second road; and
when the first vehicle is on the second road, disabling the on-board function when the first vehicle has been determined to be not allowed to use the on-board function on the second road, the disabling including preventing manually enabling the on-board function.
10. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the determining the on-board function is based on the information about the first road.
11. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 10 the operations further comprising:
obtaining the mapping relationship between information about the first road and the on-board function, wherein the determining the on-board function based on information about the first road comprises:
determining the on-board function based on the information about the first road and the mapping relationship.
12. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 11 , the obtaining of the mapping relationship comprises one of:
receiving the mapping relationship from a roadside apparatus; or
obtaining the mapping relationship from the in-vehicle apparatus, the mapping relationship being pre-configured with at least one relationship between road information and the on-board function; or
receiving, from a server, a map that includes the mapping relationship.
13. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 10 , the operations further comprising:
receiving the information about the first road from a roadside apparatus; or
receiving, from a server, a map that includes the information about the first road.
14. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the determining whether the first vehicle is allowed to use the on-board function on the first road comprises:
determining a first check sequence to obtain a check result, wherein:
when the check result indicates that a check on the first check sequence succeeds, the first vehicle is allowed to use the on-board function on the first road; and
when the check result indicates that a check on the first check sequence fails, the first vehicle is not allowed to use the on-board function on the first road, the first check sequence corresponding to the on-board function.
15. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 14 , the operations further comprising:
determining, based on the information about the first road, the on-board function that is allowed to be used by the first vehicle on the first road, and obtaining the first check sequence corresponding to the on-board function; or
determining, the on-board function supported by the first vehicle, and obtaining the first check sequence corresponding to the on-board function.
16. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the information about the first road comprises at least one of:
a type of the first road;
a geographical range of the first road;
track information of the first road;
an identifier of the first road;
an identity of a lane on the first road; or
an effective time period associated with the first road, use of the on-board function being permitted within the effective time period.
17. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause an in-vehicle apparatus to perform the following:
determining an on-board function for a first vehicle;
determining whether the first vehicle is allowed to use the on-board function on a first road based on a mapping relationship between information about the first road and the on-board function, the mapping relationship being part of a mapping table between a plurality of on-board functions and a plurality of road types;
when the first vehicle is on the first road, enabling the on-board function when the first vehicle has been determined to be allowed to use the on-board function on the first road;
determining whether the first vehicle is allowed to use the on-board function on a second road; and
when the first vehicle is on the second road, disabling the on-board function when the first vehicle has been determined to be not allowed to use the on-board function on the second road, the disabling including preventing manually enabling the on-board function.
18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17 , wherein the determining the on-board function is based on the information about the first road.
19. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 18 , further comprising:
obtaining the mapping relationship between information about the first road and the on-board function, wherein the determining the on-board function based on information about the first road comprises:
determining the on-board function based on the information about the first road and the mapping relationship.
20. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 19 , the obtaining of the mapping relationship comprises one of:
receiving the mapping relationship from a roadside apparatus;
obtaining the mapping relationship from the in-vehicle apparatus, the mapping relationship being pre-configured with at least one relationship between road information and vehicle information; or
receiving, from a server, a map that includes the mapping relationship.
21. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 18 , further comprising:
receiving the information about the first road from a roadside apparatus; or
receiving, from a server, a map that includes information about the first road.
22. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17 , wherein the determining whether the first vehicle is allowed to use the on-board function on the first road comprises:
determining a first check sequence to obtain a check result, wherein:
when the check result indicates that a check on the first check sequence succeeds, the first vehicle is allowed to use the on-board function on the first road; and
when the check result indicates that a check on the first check sequence fails, the first vehicle is not allowed to use the on-board function on the first road,
the first check sequence corresponding to the on-board function.
23. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 22 , further comprising:
determining based on the information about the first road, the on-board function that is allowed to be used by the first vehicle on the first road, and obtaining the first check sequence corresponding to the on-board function; or
determining the on-board function supported by the first vehicle, and obtaining the first check sequence corresponding to the on-board function.
24. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 18 , the information about the first road comprises at least one of:
a type of the first road;
a geographical range of the first road;
track information of the first road;
an identifier of the first road;
an identity of a lane on the first road; or
an effective time period associated with the first road, use of the on-board function being permitted within the effective time period.
25. A roadside apparatus, comprising:
one or more processors and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store program instructions that, when executed by the one or more processor, cause the roadside apparatus to perform operations including:
receiving an identifier of an on-board function from an in-vehicle apparatus;
determining whether a vehicle is allowed to use the on-board function on a first road based on a mapping relationship between information about the first road and the on-board function, the mapping relationship being part of a mapping table between a plurality of on-board functions and a plurality of road types;
sending first information to the in-vehicle apparatus;
determining whether the vehicle is allowed to use the on-board function on a second road;
sending second information to the in-vehicle apparatus; and
when the vehicle is on the second road, disabling the on-board function when the vehicle has been determined to be not allowed to use the on-board function on the second road, the disabling including preventing manually enabling the on-board function.
26. The roadside apparatus according to claim 25 , wherein the determining whether the vehicle is allowed to use the on-board function on the first road comprises:
obtaining a first check sequence corresponding to the on-board function; and
sending the first check sequence to the in-vehicle apparatus.
27. The roadside apparatus according to claim 26 , wherein the obtaining the first check sequence comprises one of:
calculate the first check sequence based on the identifier of the on-board function;
calculate the first check sequence based on the identifier of the on-board function and a random sequence;
calculate the first check sequence based on the identifier of the on-board function and an identifier of the roadside apparatus; or
calculate the first check sequence based on the identifier of the on-board function, the random sequence, and the identifier of the roadside apparatus.
28. The roadside apparatus according to claim 25 , the operations further comprising:
sending indication information to the in-vehicle apparatus, wherein the indication information indicates a request failure or a reason why the vehicle is not allowed to use the on-board function on the first road.
29. The roadside apparatus according to claim 25 , the operations further comprising:
sending information about the first road to the in-vehicle apparatus, the determining the on-board function that is allowed to be used by the vehicle on the first road being based on the information about the first road.