Method and apparatus for outting signal light information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022180743-A1
Application number	US-202117507639-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 21, 2021
Priority date	Dec 3, 2020
Publication date	Jun 9, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for outputting signal light information are provided. The method may include: acquiring guidance information and positioning information of a terminal, where the guidance information includes a turning information piece of a turning at a nearest intersection along a traveling direction of the terminal; acquiring information pieces of a signal light at the nearest intersection of the terminal; determining, in response to determining that the terminal satisfies a preset position condition based on the positioning information, from the signal light information pieces, a signal light information piece corresponding to the turning information piece in the guidance information, and using the signal light information piece as a target signal light information piece; and outputting the target signal light information piece.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for outputting signal light information, the method comprising:
acquiring guidance information and positioning information of a terminal, wherein the guidance information comprises a turning information piece of a turning at a nearest intersection along a traveling direction of the terminal; acquiring information pieces of a signal light at the nearest intersection, wherein the information pieces of the signal light comprise a plurality of signal light information pieces corresponding to a plurality of turning information pieces respectively; determining, in response to determining that the terminal satisfies a preset position condition based on the positioning information, from the plurality of the signal light information pieces, a signal light information piece corresponding to the turning information piece in the guidance information, and using the signal light information piece as a target signal light information piece; and outputting the target signal light information piece.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the preset position condition is that the terminal is within a fence range of the nearest intersection, and the fence range comprises a fence radius centered at a center of the intersection, and the positioning information comprises a current distance between the terminal and the center of the intersection; and
the determining that the terminal satisfies a preset position condition based on the positioning information, comprises: determining a magnitude relationship between the current distance and the fence radius; and determining that the terminal satisfies the preset position condition, in response to determining that the magnitude relationship is that the current distance is smaller than or equal to the fence radius.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method is applied in the terminal, the terminal runs a target SDK (software development kit), and the terminal performs the method by using the target SDK.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein a navigation application is installed in the terminal; and the method further comprises:
acquiring the guidance information and the positioning information in the navigation application; and the acquiring guidance information and positioning information of a terminal, comprises: receiving the guidance information and the positioning information output from the navigation application in the target SDK; and the outputting the target signal light information piece, comprises: outputting the target signal light information piece from the target SDK to the navigation application, and displaying the target signal light information piece in the navigation application.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, in response to determining that the terminal satisfies a preset position condition based on the positioning information, from the plurality of the signal light information pieces, a signal light information piece corresponding to the turning information piece in the guidance information, and using the signal light information piece as a target signal light information piece, comprises:
updating, in response to determining that the terminal satisfies the preset position condition based on the positioning information, a current direction information piece of the terminal with the turning information piece in the guidance information; and determining, from the plurality of the signal light information pieces, the signal light information piece corresponding to the updated current direction information piece as the target signal light information piece.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
updating, in response to determining that the terminal does not satisfy the preset position condition based on the positioning information, a current direction information piece of the terminal with an information piece indicating going straight; and determining, from the plurality of the signal light information pieces, a signal light information piece corresponding to the updated current direction information piece as the target signal light information piece.

7 . An electronic device, comprising:
one or more processors; and a storage apparatus for storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: acquiring guidance information and positioning information of a terminal, wherein the guidance information comprises a turning information piece of a turning at a nearest intersection along a traveling direction of the terminal; acquiring information pieces of a signal light at the nearest intersection, wherein the information pieces of the signal light comprise a plurality of signal light information pieces corresponding to a plurality of turning information pieces respectively; determining, in response to determining that the terminal satisfies a preset position condition based on the positioning information, from the plurality of the signal light information pieces, a signal light information piece corresponding to the turning information piece in the guidance information, and using the signal light information piece as a target signal light information piece; and outputting the target signal light information piece.

8 . The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the preset position condition is that the terminal is within a fence range of the nearest intersection, and the fence range comprises a fence radius centered at a center of the intersection, and the positioning information comprises a current distance between the terminal and the center of the intersection; and
the determining that the terminal satisfies a preset position condition based on the positioning information, comprises: determining a magnitude relationship between the current distance and the fence radius; and determining that the terminal satisfies the preset position condition, in response to determining that the magnitude relationship is that the current distance is smaller than or equal to the fence radius.

9 . The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the operations are applied in the terminal, the terminal runs a target SDK (software development kit), and the terminal performs the operations by using the target SDK.

10 . The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein a navigation application is installed in the terminal; and the operations further comprise:
acquiring the guidance information and the positioning information in the navigation application; and the acquiring guidance information and positioning information of a terminal, comprises: receiving the guidance information and the positioning information output from the navigation application in the target SDK; and the outputting the target signal light information piece, comprises: outputting the target signal light information piece from the target SDK to the navigation application, and displaying the target signal light information piece in the navigation application.

11 . The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the determining, in response to determining that the terminal satisfies a preset position condition based on the positioning information, from the plurality of the signal light information pieces, a signal light information piece corresponding to the turning information piece in the guidance information, and using the signal light information piece as a target signal light information piece, comprises:
updating, in response to determining that the terminal satisfies the preset pos

Assignees

• Apollo Intelligent Connectivity Beijing Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Qing

Classifications

• G08G1/127

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• G01C21/3626

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• G08G1/0141

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