IP Library Granted Patent US 12,187,266
Granted Patent B2
US 12,187,266 · App. 17/957,980 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Autonomous driving method and apparatus

Inventors: Zheng Zhou (Beijing, CN); Mingchao Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
B60W30/06G08G1/096725G08G1/096783G08G1/146B60W2556/40
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Patent No.
US 12,187,266
App. No.
17/957,980
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An autonomous driving method, an autonomous driving apparatus, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product are provided. The method includes: receiving first driving-related information of a first road section ahead of a road on which a first vehicle currently drives and information about a parking waiting area that are sent by a network side device, where the parking waiting area is used to park the first vehicle before the first vehicle drives into the first road section (S 304 ); then determining, based on the first driving-related information, that the first road section does not meet an autonomous driving condition requirement of the first vehicle (S 305 ); finally, controlling the first vehicle to drive into the parking waiting area (S 306 ).

Claims (42)

1. An autonomous driving apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory storing program instructions, wherein the at least one processor is coupled to the at least one memory to execute the instructions to:

receive, from a network side device, first driving-related information of a first road section ahead of a road on which a first vehicle currently drives and information about a parking waiting area to park the first vehicle before the first vehicle drives into the first road section;

determine, based on the first driving-related information, that the first road section does not meet an autonomous driving condition requirement of the first vehicle; and

control, the first vehicle to drive into the parking waiting area.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the parking waiting area is comprised in dynamic layer information of a map.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is coupled to the at least one memory to execute the instructions to:

send, to the network side device, second driving-related information of the first vehicle.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is coupled to the at least one memory to execute the instructions to: determine that no qualified driver takes over the first vehicle.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is coupled to the at least one memory to execute the instructions to:

receive, from the network side device, third driving-related information of the first road section, wherein the third driving-related information is an update of the first driving-related information;

determine, based on the third driving-related information, that the first road section meets the autonomous driving condition requirement of the first vehicle; and

control, the first vehicle to drive through the first road section in an autonomous driving mode.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is coupled to the at least one memory to execute the instructions to: output request information to a user of the first vehicle to request the user to indicate any one of the following content: whether the first vehicle can drive out of the first road section through remote driving, whether the first vehicle can drive out of the first road section through guidance based on a route and a time planned by a server, or whether the first vehicle can follow another vehicle to drive out of the first road section.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the parking waiting area comprises: a lane number of the parking waiting area, a start location of the parking waiting area, a location of each parking space in the parking waiting area, or an occupation status of the parking space.

8. An autonomous driving apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory storing program instructions, wherein the at least one processor is coupled to the at least one memory to execute the instructions to:

receive, from at least one vehicle or a network side device, first driving-related information of a first road section;

send the first driving-related information and information about a parking waiting area to a first vehicle, wherein the first road section is located ahead of a road on which the first vehicle currently drives, and the parking waiting area is used to park the first vehicle before the first vehicle drives into the first road section.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the information about the parking waiting area is comprised in dynamic layer information of a map.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is coupled to the at least one memory to execute the instructions to:

receive, from the first vehicle, second driving-related information of the first vehicle; and

determine the parking waiting area based on the second driving-related information and the first driving-related information.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is coupled to the at least one memory to execute the instructions to:

send third driving-related information to the first vehicle, wherein the third driving-related information is an update of the first driving-related information.

12. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the information about the parking waiting area comprises: a lane number of the parking waiting area, a start location of the parking waiting area, a location of each parking space in the parking waiting area, or an occupation status of the parking space.

13. An autonomous driving method, comprising:

receiving, from a network side device, first driving-related information of a first road section ahead of a road on which a first vehicle currently drives and information about a parking waiting area to park the first vehicle before the first vehicle drives into the first road section;

determining, based on the first driving-related information, that the first road section does not meet an autonomous driving condition requirement of the first vehicle; and

controlling the first vehicle to drive into the parking waiting area.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the information about the parking waiting area is comprised in dynamic layer information of a map.

15. The method according to claim 13 , wherein before the receiving, from the network side device, first driving-related information of a first road section ahead of a road on which a first vehicle currently drives and information about a parking waiting area, the method further comprising:

sending, to the network side device, second driving-related information of the first vehicle.

16. The method according to claim 13 , wherein before the controlling the first vehicle to drive into the parking waiting area, the method further comprising: determining that no qualified driver takes over the first vehicle.

17. The method according to claim 13 , wherein after the controlling the first vehicle to drive into the parking waiting area, the method further comprising:

receiving, from the network side device, third driving-related information of the first road section, wherein the third driving-related information is an update of the first driving-related information;

determining, based on the third driving-related information, that the first road section meets the autonomous driving condition requirement of the first vehicle; and

controlling the first vehicle to drive through the first road section in an autonomous driving mode.

18. The method according to claim 13 , wherein after the controlling the first vehicle to drive into the parking waiting area, the method further comprising: outputting request information to a user of the first vehicle to request the user to indicate any one of: whether the first vehicle can drive out of the first road section through remote driving, whether the first vehicle can drive out of the first road section through guidance based on a route and a time planned by a server, or whether the first vehicle can follow another vehicle to drive out of the first road section.

19. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the information about the parking waiting area comprises: a lane number of the parking waiting area, a start location of the parking waiting area, a location of each parking space in the parking waiting area, or an occupation status of the parking space.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2026
From: SHENZHEN YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075485/0524 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2024
From: ZHOU, ZHENG; LI, MINGCHAO
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069287/0199 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2024
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: SHENZHEN YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069335/0967 →
Continuity (2)
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