Disclosure of Invention
The invention solves the technical problem of providing a control system which can integrate the functions of 360-degree panoramic viewing, video acquisition, a streaming media rearview mirror, an intelligent gateway and the like.
The technical problem to be solved by the invention is realized by adopting the following technical scheme:
A control system comprising: the system comprises a main controller, a sub-controller, a communication module, a video acquisition camera, a streaming media rear-view module, an intelligent gateway module and a 360-degree panoramic all-around view module; the main controller is respectively and electrically connected with the sub-controller, the communication module, the video acquisition camera, the streaming media rear-view module and the 360-degree panoramic all-around view module; and the secondary controller is electrically connected with the communication module and the intelligent gateway module respectively.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first interactive interface of the main controller is connected to the first asynchronous communication interface of the sub-controller, the second interactive interface of the main controller is connected to the first communication interface of the communication module, the first data input interface of the main controller is connected to the video capture camera, the second asynchronous communication interface of the sub-controller is connected to the second communication interface of the communication module, and the third asynchronous communication interface of the sub-controller is connected to the audio module.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the streaming media rearview module includes a rearview camera and an interior rearview mirror display screen, the second data input interface of the main controller is connected to the rearview camera, and the first output interface of the main controller is connected to the interior rearview mirror display screen.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the 360-degree panoramic looking-around module includes a camera switch and a plurality of cameras; the number of input interfaces of the camera switch is the same as that of the cameras, and the input interfaces of the camera switch are correspondingly connected with the cameras one by one; and the output interface of the camera switch is connected with the third input interface of the main controller.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the number of the cameras is at least four, and the four cameras are respectively: preceding camera, back camera, left camera and right camera.
in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a CAN controller is disposed in the secondary controller, the intelligent gateway module includes a CAN transceiver, the CAN transceiver is provided with a serial asynchronous communication interface and an INH port, and both the serial asynchronous communication interface and the INH port in the CAN transceiver are connected to the CAN controller in the secondary controller.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the secondary controller further includes a primary RGMII/SGMII port and a primary SPI port; the intelligent gateway module further comprises an Ethernet switch, wherein the Ethernet switch is provided with a first RGMII/SGMII port and a first SPI port, the first RGMII/SGMII port is connected with the main RGMII/SGMII port, and the first SPI port is connected with the main SPI port.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the control system further includes a power supply, and the power supply is connected to the power input interface of the sub-controller to output a working voltage to the sub-controller.
in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the communication module is a 4G communication module or a 5G communication module.
The invention further provides an automobile comprising the control system.
The technical effect achieved by adopting the technical scheme is as follows: the system controller integrates the functions of video acquisition, 360-degree look around, an intelligent gateway, a streaming media rearview mirror and the like together to form a system controller which has the functions of video acquisition and uploading to the cloud for analysis to provide a data base for the training of automatic driving, 360-degree look around and panoramic parking, real-time showing the situation behind the vehicle, expanding the visual field of the rearview, reducing the blind area of the rearview to improve the driving safety, sharing the bus information of the whole vehicle and the like, fully utilizes resources, reduces the occupied space, improves the interaction efficiency and reliability of the system, greatly reduces the overall cost and the like.
The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and in order to make the technical means of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention may be implemented in accordance with the content of the description, and in order to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the following preferred embodiments are specifically described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Detailed Description
To further illustrate the technical measures and effects taken by the present invention to achieve the intended objects, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. While the present invention has been described in connection with the preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but is intended to cover various modifications, equivalent arrangements, and specific embodiments thereof.
referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a structural diagram of a control system according to a first embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 1, in the control system provided in this embodiment, a Main controller 11 (MPU), a sub-controller 12 (MCU), a communication module 13, a video capture camera 14, a streaming media rearview module 15, a 360 panoramic view module 16, and an intelligent gateway module 17 are connected to each other, so as to integrate functions of an intelligent gateway, a forward view video capture upload, a 360 panoramic view, and a streaming media rearview mirror, and thus core devices such as the Main controller 11, the sub-controller 12, and the communication module 13, and peripheral circuits, cameras, and wire harnesses and other devices with overlapping functions can be omitted, thereby greatly reducing the cost and effectively improving the interaction efficiency and reliability of the system.
Specifically, the control system provided in this embodiment includes: the system comprises a main controller 11, a sub-controller 12, a communication module 13, a video acquisition camera 14, a streaming media rear view module 15, a 360-degree panoramic all-around view module 16, an intelligent gateway module 17 and a power supply 18. The main controller 11 is respectively connected with the sub-controller 12, the communication module 13, the streaming media rear-view module 15, the video acquisition camera 14 and the 360-degree panoramic all-around module 16; the sub-controller 12 is connected to the main controller 11, and also connected to the communication module 13, the intelligent gateway module 17, and the power supply 18.
Specifically, in one embodiment, the master controller 11 may include, but is not limited to, a first interactive interface, a second interactive interface, a first data input interface, and a first data output interface; the sub-controller 12 may include, but is not limited to, a first asynchronous communication interface, a second asynchronous communication interface, and a power input interface; the communication module 13 may include, but is not limited to, a first communication interface, a second communication interface, and a third communication interface.
Specifically, in this embodiment, a first interactive interface of the main controller 11 is connected to a first asynchronous communication interface of the sub-controller 12, a second interactive interface of the main controller 11 is connected to a first communication interface of the communication module 13, a first data input interface of the main controller 11 is connected to the video capture camera 14, and a first data output interface of the main controller 11 is connected to the car machine 20; a second asynchronous communication interface of the sub-controller 12 is connected with a second communication interface of the communication module 13, and a power input interface of the sub-controller 12 is connected with the power supply 18; and the third communication interface of the communication module 13 is connected with the car machine 20.
Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a circuit structure diagram of the control system in fig. 1. As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the video capture camera 14 is configured to capture first video information around the vehicle and transmit the captured first video information to the main controller 11, and the main controller 11 may, but is not limited to, send the received first video information to a cloud server (not shown) through the communication module 13 to be stored in the cloud server. Specifically, the main controller 11 may also store the first video information collected by the video capture camera 14 in the memory card 103; specifically, the main controller 11 may further transmit the first video information collected by the video collecting camera 14 to the car machine 20, so as to display the road condition information in front of the car on the display screen of the car machine 20 in real time.
Specifically, in one embodiment, the streaming media rearview module 15 includes an interior rearview mirror display screen 151 and a rearview camera 152 mounted on an interior rearview mirror of an automobile. The inside rear view mirror display 151 is connected to a second data output interface of the main controller 11, and the rear view camera 152 is connected to a second data input interface of the main controller 11. The rearview camera 152 is used for collecting video information behind the automobile, the collected video information is transmitted to the main controller 11, and the main controller 11 can but is not limited to transmit the video information collected by the rearview camera 152 to the inside rearview mirror display screen 151 so as to display road condition information behind the automobile on the inside rearview mirror display screen 151 in real time. Specifically, the main controller 11 may further send the received video information to a cloud server (not shown) for storage in the cloud server; or the main controller 11 may also store the video information collected by the rear-view camera 152 in the memory card 103.
Specifically, in one embodiment, the 360 panorama module 16 comprises a camera switch 161 and a plurality of cameras. The output end of the camera switch 161 is connected to the third data input interface of the main controller 11, and a plurality of input ends of the camera switch 161 are respectively connected to the plurality of cameras. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the number of the cameras is at least four, and the four cameras may be, but are not limited to, a front camera 162, a left camera 163, a right camera 164, and a rear camera 165. Specifically, in one embodiment, the front camera 162 and the video capture camera 14 may be, but are not limited to being, the same camera, and the rear camera 165 and the rear-view camera 152 may be, but are not limited to being, the same camera. The plurality of cameras are used for collecting video information around the automobile and transmitting the collected video information around the automobile to the camera exchanger 161, the camera exchanger 161 transmits the received video information to the main controller 11, and the main controller 11 can but is not limited to transmit the received video information to the car machine 20 after integrating the received video information, so that road condition information of 360 degrees around the automobile is displayed on a display screen of the car machine 20 in real time. Specifically, the main controller 11 may further send the received video information to a cloud server (not shown) for storage in the cloud server; or the main controller 11 may also store the received video information in the memory card 103.
Specifically, in one embodiment, the sub-controller 12 further includes an ignition signal port for receiving an ignition signal ACC of the vehicle.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the sub-controller 12 outputs a camera start control signal to the main controller 11 after receiving the ignition signal ACC of the automobile, and the main controller 11 transmits the received camera start control signal to the video capture camera 14 or/and the rear view camera 152 or/and the plurality of cameras to start the video capture camera 14 or/and the rear view camera 152 or/and the plurality of cameras.
Specifically, an ignition signal port in the sub-controller 12 is electrically connected to the engine of the automobile to receive an ignition signal ACC of the engine. Specifically, after receiving the ignition signal ACC, the sub-controller 12 processes the ignition signal ACC to obtain start control signals of the video capture camera 14, the rear view camera 152, or the cameras, and outputs the start control signals to the main controller 11. The main controller 11 sends the start control signal to the cameras corresponding to the signal after receiving the start control signal, so as to control the start of the video capture cameras or the rear view cameras or the plurality of cameras, and capture the video information around the automobile.
Specifically, in an embodiment, the communication module 13 may be, but is not limited to, communicatively connected to a cloud server (not shown) through a network, so that the communication module 13 uploads the received data information to the cloud server or receives data from the cloud server. Further, the cloud server may also send an instruction or the like to the car machine 20 through the communication module 13.
Specifically, in one embodiment, the communication module 13 is a 4G communication module or a 5G communication module. In the present embodiment, the communication module 13 is described by taking a 4G communication module as an example, and the 4G communication module is also electrically connected to an antenna provided in an automobile. Specifically, the control system may implement a high-speed network service through an eSIM card and an eMMC installed in the 4G communication module, but is not limited thereto, and for example, the control system may also implement a network service through a wireless network module (WiFi).
specifically, in this embodiment, the main controller 11 encodes the video data collected by the camera, and the main controller 11 encodes the video data collected by the camera and transmits the encoded video data to the 4G communication module. The 4G communication module compresses the received encoded video data to obtain a video compression file corresponding to the video information collected by the camera, and uploads the obtained video compression file to the cloud server through flow.
Specifically, in this embodiment, the 4G communication module may be but not limited to automatically compress the received encoded video data in real time and then send the compressed video data to the cloud server, so that the cloud server can receive the real-time video information of the current position of the vehicle in real time, and further can analyze and process the real-time first video information.
Specifically, in this embodiment, the cloud server is configured to decode the received video compression file to obtain original video data, analyze the original video data to determine road condition information of a road segment corresponding to the original video data, and store the road condition information in a road condition information list. Further, the cloud server may further determine whether the road condition information of the road section is stored in the road condition information list, and if so, update and store the road condition information of the road section in the road condition information list, for example, update and store a part of the road condition information in the road section, where the road condition information is different, so as to accelerate the storage speed. And if not, storing the road condition information of the road section into a road condition information list. The cloud server stores the road condition information of the road section through which the automobile passes into the road condition information list so as to realize the acquisition of the road condition information of each road, and further can provide basic data for the cloud analysis of the automatic driving automobile so as to provide a training data basis for the training of the automatic driving automobile.
Specifically, in one embodiment, the control system may be electrically connected to a plurality of onboard electrical devices (not shown) on the vehicle body at the same time to enrich and enhance the interaction function between the electrical device modules of the vehicle body. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the plurality of vehicle-mounted electrical appliances may include, but are not limited to, a plurality of first vehicle-mounted electrical appliances (not shown) and a plurality of second vehicle-mounted electrical appliances (not shown), and specifically, the first vehicle-mounted electrical appliance may be, but is not limited to, communicatively connected with the CAN controller, so as to enable the plurality of first vehicle-mounted electrical appliances to interact through the CAN. The second electrical component may be, but is not limited to being, communicatively coupled to an ethernet gateway to enable a plurality of second electrical components to interact via ethernet. Furthermore, the first vehicle-mounted electrical appliance and the second vehicle-mounted electrical appliance can also realize rapid data interaction through the control system so as to enrich and enhance the interaction function among the electrical appliance modules of the vehicle body.
Specifically, in this embodiment, a CAN Controller (CAN Controller) is disposed in the secondary Controller 12, and the intelligent gateway module 17 includes a CAN Transceiver (CAN Transceiver)171 and an ethernet switch 172, so as to integrate functions of forward-looking video acquisition and uploading, 360-degree look-around, an intelligent gateway and a streaming media rearview mirror together to form a control system.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the CAN transceiver 171 is provided with a serial asynchronous communication interface (UART) and an INH port, and both the serial asynchronous communication interface and the INH port in the CAN transceiver 171 are connected to the CAN controller in the sub-controller 12. Specifically, in this embodiment, the CAN transceiver 171 further includes an external output interface of the CAN controller, and the external output interface of the CAN controller in the CAN transceiver 171 is connected to the first vehicle-mounted electrical appliance.
Specifically, in one embodiment, the number of CAN controllers in the sub-controller 12 is the same as the number of CAN transceivers 171. Specifically, the CAN transceivers 171 are connected to the CAN controllers in a one-to-one correspondence manner to form an external output interface of the CAN controllers, and each external output interface of the CAN controllers may be connected to a corresponding first vehicle-mounted electrical device to implement a plurality of external network function interfaces.
specifically, in the present embodiment, the CAN controller is a short-term CAN lan controller, which is a serial data communication bus developed for solving data exchange among a plurality of measurement control components in a modern automobile, and the CAN transceiver 171 implements physical layer transmission of the CAN bus. The UART is a general purpose serial data bus used for asynchronous communications. The bus is in bidirectional communication, full duplex transmission and reception can be achieved, and the INH port represents high level awakening.
In specific connection, the serial asynchronous communication interface and the INH port in each CAN transceiver 171 are connected to the corresponding CAN controller, and the external output interface of the CAN controller in each CAN transceiver 171 is connected to the first vehicle-mounted electrical appliance.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the secondary controller 12 further includes a primary RGMII/SGMII port and a primary SPI port. Specifically, in this embodiment, the ethernet switch 172 is provided with a first RGMII/SGMII port and a first SPI port, the first RGMII/SGMII port is connected to the main RGMII/SGMII port, and the first SPI port is connected to the main SPI port.
It should be noted that only one PHY interface is shown in fig. 2, but the present invention is not limited thereto, for example, in an embodiment, the ethernet switch 172 includes at least four PHY interfaces, each of which is connected to one second vehicle-mounted electrical appliance, and specifically, the PHY interfaces are connected to the second vehicle-mounted electrical appliance by a bridge (bridge, BR). In other words, the present embodiment can realize the external network function of a total of four PHY interfaces.
Further, the ethernet switch 172 is further provided with a second RGMII/SGMII port, and the second RGMII/SGMII port is externally connected to an ethernet PHY (ethernet PHY) to implement an external PHY interface function. By externally connecting an ethernet PHY, the present embodiment further implements an external network function with a total of five PHY interfaces.
It should be noted that the ethernet switch 172 is further provided with an SGMII port, and the SGMII port of the ethernet switch 172 is externally connected with an ethernet PHY to implement an external PHY interface function. In summary, the present embodiment implements the external network function of six PHY interfaces in total, but is not limited thereto, for example, in other embodiments, the external network function may also be implemented by using a plurality of ethernet switches 172 to perform an extended cascade, in which two ethernet switches 172 perform an extended cascade, a first RGMII/SGMII port in one ethernet switch 172 is connected to a main RGMII/SGMII port, a first SPI port is connected to the main SPI port, a first RGMII/SGMII port in another ethernet switch (not shown) is connected to an SGMII port of the ethernet switch 172, and an SPI port (not shown) in another ethernet switch is connected to the main SPI port, so as to implement an extended cascade of the two ethernet switches. By the method, more external network function interfaces are well expanded.
Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a block diagram of an automobile 100 according to a second embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 3, the automobile 100 provided in this embodiment includes a control system 110, and specifically, the specific structure of the control system 110 may refer to the control system in the embodiment shown in fig. 1 to fig. 2, which is not described herein again.
Specifically, the automobile provided by the embodiment integrates the video acquisition function, the streaming media rearview mirror function, the intelligent gateway and the 360-degree panoramic view function together to form a control system with the functions of uploading the video acquisition function, 360-degree panoramic view function, panoramic parking function, real-time presenting of the automobile rear situation, expanding of the rear view field, reduction of the rear view blind area, improvement of driving safety, whole automobile bus information sharing function, automobile internal network management function, fault diagnosis function and the like, repeated use of the same parts in different functional modules is avoided, resources can be fully utilized, occupied space is reduced, connecting harnesses among the functional modules are reduced, overall cost is reduced, and system interaction efficiency and reliability are effectively improved.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, the above embodiments are exemplary, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention, and various simple modifications can be made to the technical solution of the present invention within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention, and these simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.