US 12,302,200 B2
Method and apparatus for indicating, obtaining, and sending automated driving information
Hang Liu, Beijing (CN); and Mingchao Li, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/543,355.
Application 17/543,355 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/091736, filed on May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910488363.7 (CN), filed on Jun. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0095086 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/40 (2018.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC H04W 4/40 (2018.02) [B60W 60/001 (2020.02)] 15 Claims
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1. A method for indicating automated driving information, comprising: starting, by a first vehicle, an automated driving function application, or receiving, by the first vehicle, an instruction used to instruct the first vehicle to start the automated driving function application; and indicating, by the first vehicle using first indication information, to an information obtaining object external to the first vehicle, that a driving status of the first vehicle is an automated driving state, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of the following: an identifier disposed on a body of the first vehicle, a preset sound signal sent by the first vehicle, a preset light signal sent by the first vehicle, or a preset light color signal sent by the first vehicle; wherein the method further comprises: indicating, by the first vehicle using second indication information, a fallback-ready user status corresponding to the first vehicle, wherein the fallback-ready user status includes one or both of a takeover capability and a response time of a fallback-ready user; and indicating, by the first vehicle using fourth indication information, a type of the automated driving function application to be executed or being executed, wherein the type includes a parking function or a cruise function.