Vehicle-based communication method, system, and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10659280-B2
Application number	US-201816040235-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2018
Priority date	Apr 13, 2016
Publication date	May 19, 2020
Grant date	May 19, 2020

Abstract

A vehicle-based communication method is provided. A server receives, from a first communication device of a first vehicle, license plate information of a second vehicle and a device identifier of the first communication device. The server determines a communication account of a second communication device corresponding to the second vehicle according to the license plate information of the second vehicle, and sends the communication account of the second communication device to the first communication device. The first communication device receives the communication account of the second communication device, and communicates with the second communication device according to the communication account of the second communication device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle-based communication method, comprising:
receiving, by a server from a first communication device corresponding to a first vehicle, second license plate information of a second vehicle and a first device identifier of the first communication device, wherein the first communication device includes a first driving-data recorder and a first shortcut key installed onto the first vehicle, the first shortcut key is reachable by a first driver while driving the first vehicle to reduce likelihood of distraction to the first driver in operating the first shortcut key, and the second license plate information is obtained upon an activation of the first shortcut key by the first driver;
determining, by the server, a second communication account of a second communication device corresponding to the second vehicle according to the second license plate information of the second vehicle; and
sending, by the server, the second communication account of the second communication device to the first communication device, the second communication account of the second communication device being used for communicating with the second communication device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein: the server includes a driving-data recorder server, the second communication device includes a second driving-data recorder, and the second communication account of the second communication device includes a second device identifier of the second driving-data recorder; and the determining, by the server, the second communication account of the second communication device corresponding to the second vehicle includes:
when the second license plate information of the second vehicle includes a second license plate image captured by the first driving-data recorder, parsing out, by the driving-data recorder server, a second license plate number of the second vehicle from the second license plate image of the second vehicle, and determining the second device identifier of the second driving-data recorder corresponding to the second license plate number of the second vehicle according to a preset mapping relationship, the preset mapping relationship recording a correspondence between the second license plate number of the second vehicle and the second device identifier of the second driving-data recorder;
when the second license plate information of the second vehicle includes the second license plate number of the second vehicle, determining, by the driving-data recorder server, the second device identifier of the second driving-data recorder corresponding to the second license plate number of the second vehicle according to the preset mapping relationship; and
sending, by the driving-data recorder server, the second device identifier of the second driving-data recorder to the first driving-data recorder.

3. The method according to claim 2 , before determining, by the server, the second communication account of the second communication device corresponding to the second vehicle according to the second license plate information of the second vehicle, further comprising:
receiving, by the driving-data recorder server, the second license plate information of the second vehicle and the second device identifier of the second driving-data recorder obtained and sent by the second driving-data recorder;
when the second license plate information of the second vehicle includes the second license plate image of the second vehicle, parsing out, by the driving-data recorder server, the second license plate number of the second vehicle from the second license plate image, and establishing the preset mapping relationship among the second license plate number of the second vehicle and the second device identifier of the second driving-data recorder; and
when the second license plate information of the second vehicle includes the second license plate number of the second vehicle, establishing, by the driving-data recorder server, the preset mapping relationship between the second license plate number of the second vehicle and the second device identifier of the second driving-data recorder.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the server includes a social-network server, the first communication device includes a first social-network-client, the second communication device includes a second social-network-client, a first communication account of the first communication device includes a first social-network account, and the second communication account of the second communication device includes a second social-network account and wherein the determining, by the server, the second communication account of the second communication device corresponding to the second vehicle includes:
when the second license plate information of the second vehicle includes a second license plate image of the second vehicle, parsing out, by the social-network server, a second license plate number of the second vehicle from the second license plate image, and determining the second social-network account corresponding to the second license plate number of the second vehicle according to a preset mapping relationship;
when the second license plate information of the second vehicle is includes the second license plate number, determining, by the social-network server, the second social-network account corresponding to the second license plate number of the second vehicle according to the preset mapping relationship, the preset mapping relationship recording a correspondence among the first and second license plate numbers, the first and second social-network accounts, and the first and second device identifiers respectively of the first and second driving-data recorders;
determining, by the social-network server, the first social-network account corresponding to the first device identifier of the first driving-data recorder according to the preset mapping relationship; and
sending, by the social-network server, the second social-network account to the first social-network-client on which the first social-network account is logged into.

5. The method according to claim 4 , before determining, by the server, the second communication account of the second communication device corresponding to the second vehicle according to the second license plate information of the second vehicle, further comprising:
receiving, by the server, a second device identifier of a second driving-data recorder, the second license plate information of the second vehicle, and the second social-network account obtained and sent by the second communication device corresponding to the second vehicle; and
when the second license plate information includes the second license plate image of the second vehicle, parsing out, by the server, the second license plate number of the second vehicle from the second license plate image of the second vehicle, and establishing the preset mapping relationship among the second device identifier of the second driving-data recorder, the second license plate number of the second vehicle, and the second social-network account;
when the second license plate information includes the second license plate number of the second vehicle, establishing, by the server, the preset mapping relationship among the second device identifier of the second driving-data recorder, the second license plate number of the second vehicle, and the second social-network account.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second communication device includes a second driving-data recorder installed onto the second vehicle, and the server includes a driving-data recorder server, the method further comprising:
sending to and receiving from the second driving-data recorder, by the first driving-data recorder, via the driver-data recorder server, a text

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Dafeng

Classifications

• H04W76/00

  Connection management · CPC title

• G07C5/0841

  Registering performance data (recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B) · CPC title

• H04L67/146 Primary

  Markers for unambiguous identification of a particular session, e.g. session cookie or URL-encoding · CPC title

• H04W4/46

  for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V] · CPC title

• G08G1/017

  identifying vehicles (G08G1/015, G08G1/054 take precedence) · CPC title