Granted Patent B2

US 12,202,492 · App. 17/656,412 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Inventors: Yi Wang (San Diego, CA); Lindong Sun (San Diego, CA); Liu Liu (San Diego, CA); Xiaoling Han (San Diego, CA); Ruiliang Zhang (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.

B60W50/02B60W30/08B60W30/181G05D1/0055G05D1/0088G07C5/0816

Abstract

Claims (40)

1. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

periodically transmit monitoring signals to a remote monitoring center in communication with a vehicle;

select, based on a classification of a data set of driver behavior by the at least one processor with the at least one memory, at least one of a set of driving actions wherein the classification is based on a clustering algorithm trained, using the data set of driver behavior, to identify at least one of the set of driving actions;

transmit, to the vehicle over a secure communication channel secured by a cryptographic protocol, the at least one of the set of driving actions;

periodically transmit, to the remote monitoring center, a location of the vehicle where an emergency situation has been detected; and

transmit over the secure communication channel, to the vehicle, based on the at least one of the set of driving actions, instructions used to safely operate the vehicle,

wherein a period of the transmitting of the location of the vehicle is shorter than a period of the transmitting of the monitoring signals.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the set of driving actions comprises one or more of parking the vehicle, moving from a predetermined origin to a predetermined destination, and moving to a refueling location.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the set of driving actions is enumerated based on the classification.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the clustering algorithm comprises one or more of a hierarchical clustering algorithm, a centroid based clustering algorithm, and a distribution based clustering algorithm.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the secure communication channel comprises an operational channel that is secured using an internet layer cryptographic protocol.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the secure communication channel comprises an emergency channel secured by a low latency application layer cryptographic protocol.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to:

receive an emergency signal from the vehicle over the emergency channel secured by the low latency application layer cryptographic protocol.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the emergency signal includes a vehicle location and a vehicle status indicator, wherein the vehicle status indicator comprises one of an OK status, a warning status, an error status, and a fatal status.

9. A method, comprising:

periodically transmitting monitoring signals to a remote monitoring center in communication with a vehicle;

selecting, by a processor with a memory, based on a classification of a data set of driver behavior, at least one of a set of driving actions, wherein the memory includes computer program code, wherein the classification is based on a clustering algorithm trained, using the data set of driver behavior, to identify at least one of the set of driving actions;

transmitting, to the vehicle over a secure communication channel secured by a cryptographic protocol, the at least one of the set of driving actions;

periodically transmitting, to the remote monitoring center, a location of the vehicle where an emergency situation has been detected; and

transmitting over the secure communication channel, to the vehicle, based on the at least one of the set of driving actions, instructions used to safely operate the vehicle,

wherein a period of the transmitting of the location of the vehicle is shorter than a period of the transmitting of the monitoring signals.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the set of driving actions comprises one or more of parking the vehicle, moving from a predetermined origin to a predetermined destination, and moving to a refueling location.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the set of driving actions is enumerated based on the classification.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the clustering algorithm comprises one or more of a hierarchical clustering algorithm, a centroid based clustering algorithm, and a distribution based clustering algorithm.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the secure communication channel comprises an operational channel that is secured using an internet layer cryptographic protocol.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the secure communication channel comprises an emergency channel secured by a low latency application layer cryptographic protocol.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving an emergency signal from the vehicle over the emergency channel secured by the low latency application layer cryptographic protocol.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the emergency signal includes a vehicle location and a vehicle status indicator, wherein the vehicle status indicator comprises one of an OK status, a warning status, an error status, and a fatal status.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereupon, the instructions, when executed by at least one processor with at least one memory including computer program code, causing the at least one processor with the at least one memory to perform operations comprising:

periodically transmitting monitoring signals to a remote monitoring center in communication with a vehicle;

selecting, by the at least one processor with the at least one memory based on a classification of a data set of driver behavior, at least one of a set of driving actions, wherein the classification is based on a clustering algorithm trained, using the data set of driver behavior, to identify at least one of the set of driving actions;

transmitting, to the vehicle over a secure communication channel secured by a cryptographic protocol, the at least one of the set of driving actions;

periodically transmitting, to the remote monitoring center, a location of the vehicle where an emergency situation has been detected; and

transmitting over the secure communication channel, to the vehicle, based on the at least one of the set of driving actions, instructions used to safely operate the vehicle,

wherein a period of the transmitting of the location of the vehicle is shorter than a period of the transmitting of the monitoring signals.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the set of driving actions comprises one or more of parking the vehicle, moving from a predetermined origin to a predetermined destination, and moving to a refueling location.

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