US 12,269,403 B2
Main driver information acquisition-based vehicle control system and method, and vehicle
Min Wang, Guangdong (CN); Guizhong Deng, Guangdong (CN); Guangwei Ran, Guangdong (CN); Weiliang Luo, Guangdong (CN); Liang Li, Guangdong (CN); and Pengxiang Chen, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Appl. No. 17/925,863
Filed by GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
PCT Filed May 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/096710
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/012184, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202010676625.5 (CN), filed on Jul. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192020 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 16/037 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/0373 (2013.01) [B60R 11/0247 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A main driver information acquisition-based vehicle control system, comprising:
a first electronic control unit being an in-vehicle electronic control unit;
an in-vehicle battery;
a second electronic control unit, connected to the first electronic control unit and the in-vehicle battery; and
a microphone, connected to the second electronic control unit;
wherein the microphone is embedded in a door handle on a side of a driver seat, and is configured to obtain voiceprint information of a person about to enter the driver seat, and send the voiceprint information to the second electronic control unit;
the second electronic control unit is configured to compare the voiceprint information with a pre-recorded voiceprint sample of a main driver, determine whether the voiceprint information belongs to the main driver, and monitor an electronic starting state of the vehicle when the voiceprint information belongs to the main driver;
the second electronic control unit is further configured to notify the first electronic control unit to control a device corresponding to preference information of the main driver according to the preference information of the main driver, when the vehicle enters an accessory power supply state or an engine start state; and
the first electronic control unit is configured to control the device corresponding to the preference information of the main driver according to the preference information of the main driver;
wherein a microphone placement cavity is arranged in the door handle, and the microphone is arranged in the microphone placement cavity, an axis of which is arranged obliquely downward, at an angle of 15 degrees to a horizontal plane, and
wherein an opening is provided outside the door handle for the microphone placement cavity, and a waterproof grid plate is provided at the opening, which is inclined downward in a direction from an outside of the vehicle to an inside of the vehicle;
wherein the first electronic control unit is further configured to obtain a door unlocking instruction of an electronic vehicle key, and send the vehicle door unlocking instruction to the second electronic control unit, and
the second electronic control unit is further configured to trigger and wake up the microphone according to the door unlocking instruction.