Detailed Description
In order to make the technical solutions of the present disclosure better understood by those of ordinary skill in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present disclosure and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the disclosure described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.
Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a vehicle lamp control method according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, including the steps of:
in step 11, lamp control information for a specified vehicle is acquired; wherein the vehicle light control information includes at least one of: vehicle state information, vehicle environment information, route navigation information, road information, traffic information, user vehicle light demand information, weather information.
In step 12, a brightness control method for the lamp of the designated vehicle is determined based on the lamp control information.
In step 13, the brightness control mode is transmitted to the designated vehicle so that the designated vehicle controls the brightness of the vehicle lights according to the brightness control mode.
In one embodiment illustrated by the present disclosure, the executing body may first acquire lamp control information for a specific vehicle when controlling the brightness of the lamps of the specific vehicle.
In one embodiment, the execution agent may be a cloud server.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of an application scenario of a vehicle lamp control method according to an exemplary embodiment. As can be seen from fig. 2, the cloud server may communicate with the lamp control information upload terminal, and may acquire the lamp control information for the specific vehicle from the lamp control information upload terminal. In addition, the cloud server can also communicate with the light controller of the designated vehicle, and can send a brightness control mode for controlling the brightness of the vehicle lamp to the light controller of the designated vehicle, so that the light controller of the designated vehicle can control the brightness of the lamp terminal of the designated vehicle, such as the vehicle lamp, according to the received brightness control mode.
In one embodiment, the vehicle lamp control information for the specific vehicle acquired by the cloud server may include at least one of: vehicle state information, vehicle environment information, route navigation information, road information, traffic information, user vehicle light demand information, weather information.
In one example, the lamp control information may include vehicle state information, and the lamp control information upload terminal may be a car zone controller of a specific vehicle. The cloud server may obtain vehicle state information obtained by a first vehicle-mounted sensor of the specified vehicle and uploaded by a domain controller of the specified vehicle when obtaining the vehicle lamp control information for the specified vehicle, where the first vehicle-mounted sensor may include at least one of: camera, radar, automobile body attitude sensor, angle sensor, infrared night vision sensor.
In this example, the cloud server may communicate with a car domain controller of the designated vehicle, which may communicate with a first on-board sensor of the designated vehicle. The first on-board sensor of the designated vehicle can monitor the current state of the designated vehicle, such as the driving state, and transmit the monitored first monitoring data for representing the current state of the designated vehicle to the domain controller. After receiving the first monitoring data, the automobile domain control may send the monitoring data to the cloud server.
In another example, the lamp control information may include vehicle environment information, and the lamp control information upload terminal may be a car zone controller of a specific vehicle. The cloud server may acquire vehicle environment information acquired by a second vehicle-mounted sensor of the designated vehicle and uploaded by a domain controller of the designated vehicle when acquiring the lamp control information for the designated vehicle, wherein the second vehicle-mounted sensor may include at least one of: camera, radar, automobile body attitude sensor, angle sensor, infrared night vision sensor.
In this example, the cloud server may communicate with a car domain controller of the designated vehicle, which may communicate with a second on-board sensor of the designated vehicle. The second on-board sensors of the designated vehicle may monitor the current in-vehicle environment of the designated vehicle and transmit second monitored data indicative of the current in-vehicle environment of the designated vehicle to the auto domain controller. After receiving the second monitoring data, the automobile domain control may send the second monitoring data to the cloud server.
Certainly, in this embodiment, the vehicle lamp control information may include vehicle state information and vehicle environment information at the same time, and when the cloud server communicates with the specified vehicle domain controller, the cloud server may acquire first monitoring data, which is uploaded by the specified vehicle domain controller and monitored by the first vehicle-mounted sensor, and second monitoring data, which is uploaded by the specified vehicle domain controller and monitored by the second vehicle-mounted sensor.
In yet another example, the vehicle light control information may include road information and/or traffic information, and the vehicle light control information uploading terminal may be a terminal (e.g., a mobile phone, etc.) or a server (e.g., a traffic information center service platform, a road administration center service platform, etc.) that provides the road information and/or the traffic information. The cloud server may acquire the lamp control information for the specific vehicle from a terminal or a server that provides road information and/or traffic information when acquiring the lamp control information for the specific vehicle.
The vehicle light control information may also include weather information, and the vehicle light control information uploading terminal may be a server (such as a weather bureau service platform) for providing the weather information. When acquiring the lamp control information for the specific vehicle, the cloud server may acquire the lamp control information for the specific vehicle directly from a server that provides weather information.
The vehicle lamp control information may also include route navigation information, and the vehicle lamp control information uploading terminal may be a terminal (such as a mobile phone or a car) or a server with a navigation function. In acquiring the lamp control information for the specific vehicle, the cloud server may acquire the lamp control information for the specific vehicle from a terminal or a server having a navigation function.
The vehicle lamp control information may also include vehicle lamp demand information of the user, and the vehicle lamp control information uploading terminal may be a terminal (such as a mobile phone or an automobile) supporting the user to input the demand information. In acquiring the lamp control information for the specified vehicle, the cloud server may acquire the lamp control information for the specified vehicle from a terminal that supports user input of the demand information.
It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the embodiment may also include vehicle state information, vehicle environment information, route navigation information, road information, traffic information, user vehicle lamp requirement information, and weather information at the same time, and the cloud server may establish a connection with a terminal or a server that specifies a car domain controller, provides road information and/or traffic information, a server that provides weather information, a terminal or a server that has a navigation function, and a terminal that supports a user to input requirement information, and perform communication.
Of course, in this embodiment, the cloud server may establish connection and communicate with only the above-mentioned part of terminals or servers. When the cloud server acquires the vehicle lamp control information, the cloud server may acquire the vehicle lamp control information provided by the terminal or the server having established the connection relationship.
It should be noted that, in the above embodiment, when acquiring the vehicle lamp control information for the specific vehicle, the cloud server may acquire the vehicle lamp control information for the specific vehicle through 4G, 5G, bluetooth, infrared, near field communication NFC, or the internet.
In another embodiment shown in the present disclosure, the execution subject may be a user terminal, such as a mobile phone, a tablet, etc., when obtaining the vehicle lamp control information for the specified vehicle.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a second application scenario of the vehicle light control method according to an exemplary embodiment. As can be seen from fig. 3, the user terminal may communicate with the light controller of the designated vehicle, and may send a brightness control manner for controlling the brightness of the car light to the light controller of the designated vehicle, so that the light controller of the designated vehicle may control the brightness of the lamp terminal of the designated vehicle, such as the car light, according to the received brightness control manner.
In one embodiment, when the user terminal acquires the car light control information for a specific vehicle, it may be monitored whether a specific trigger operation that triggers generation of the car light requirement information of the user is performed by the user, for example, a voice operation "please turn on the car light", and when it is monitored that the specific trigger operation is performed by the user, the car light requirement information of the user that is triggered and generated by the specific trigger operation of the user may be acquired.
Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a third application scenario of the vehicle light control method according to an exemplary embodiment. In fig. 4, the user terminal may communicate with the lamp control information upload terminal, and may acquire the lamp control information for the specific vehicle from the lamp control information upload terminal. In addition, the user terminal can also communicate with the light controller of the designated vehicle, and can send a brightness control mode for controlling the brightness of the vehicle lamp to the light controller of the designated vehicle, so that the light controller of the designated vehicle can control the brightness of the lamp terminal of the designated vehicle, such as the vehicle lamp, according to the received brightness control mode.
It should be noted that, in the above embodiment, when acquiring the vehicle lamp control information for the specific vehicle, the user terminal may acquire the vehicle lamp control information for the specific vehicle through 4G, 5G, bluetooth, infrared, near field communication NFC, or the internet.
In this scheme, if the execution subject is a user terminal, as shown in fig. 5 or fig. 6, the user terminal may establish a communication connection with the authentication platform, and verify whether the user terminal is a legal user control terminal for the specified vehicle through the authentication platform, and acquire the vehicle lamp control information for the specified vehicle after the user terminal passes the authentication by the authentication platform.
Specifically, before obtaining the vehicle lamp control information for the specified vehicle, the user terminal may send an authentication key for the specified vehicle, which is input by a user, to the identity verification platform, where the identity verification platform may be configured to verify whether the user terminal is a valid user control terminal for the specified vehicle according to vehicle identity authentication information uploaded in advance by a domain controller of the specified vehicle, and then the user terminal may receive a message that passes verification, which is returned by the identity verification platform.
In the embodiment shown in the present aspect, the executing subject may determine the manner of controlling the brightness of the lights of the specified vehicle after acquiring the light control information for the specified vehicle.
In one example, the vehicle Light of a given vehicle may be an LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamp, including a plurality of LED particles. In the present example, a plurality of LED particles of a specified vehicle lamp may be divided into a plurality of display regions in advance.
In this embodiment, the LED particles of each display area on the vehicle lights of a given vehicle can be individually controlled, for example, by the LED IC control chip.
When the brightness control mode of the vehicle lamp of the designated vehicle is determined according to the vehicle lamp control information of the designated vehicle, the content to be displayed corresponding to the vehicle lamp can be determined according to the vehicle lamp control information, then, the brightness of each display area of the vehicle lamp can be determined according to the content to be displayed, and the brightness control mode of the vehicle lamp can be determined according to the brightness of each display area of the vehicle lamp.
For example, if the content to be displayed corresponding to the vehicle lamp determined according to the vehicle lamp control information may be "WELCOME", the brightness of each display area as shown in fig. 7 may be determined, and the brightness control method for the vehicle lamp may be determined according to the brightness of each display area of the vehicle lamp.
In the embodiment shown in the present disclosure, after the lamp control information for the specific vehicle is acquired, the brightness control manner of the lamp of the specific vehicle may be determined according to the lamp control information, and then, the determined brightness control manner may be transmitted to the specific vehicle, so that the specific vehicle may control the brightness of the lamp according to the determined brightness control manner.
As can be seen from the above, in the present embodiment, the brightness control manner for the lamps of the designated vehicle may not be determined by the designated vehicle, but may be determined by the cloud server or the user terminal. Because the brightness control mode of the vehicle lamp is not determined by the specified vehicle, the problems of limited vehicle lamp control mode and poor expansibility caused by determining the control mode of the vehicle lamp by using the vehicle lamp control analysis module arranged in the vehicle in the related art can be effectively solved.
Fig. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a vehicle light control method apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to fig. 8, the apparatus includes an acquisition unit 8100, a determination unit 8200, and a control unit 8300.
The acquisition unit 8100 configured to acquire lamp control information for a specified vehicle; wherein the vehicle light control information includes at least one of: the system comprises vehicle state information, vehicle environment information, route navigation information, road information, traffic information, user vehicle lamp demand information and weather information;
the determination unit 8200 is configured to determine a brightness control mode of the lamp of the specified vehicle according to the lamp control information;
the control unit 8300 is configured to send the brightness control manner to the specified vehicle, so that the specified vehicle controls the brightness of the vehicle lamp according to the brightness control manner.
Optionally, the lamp of the designated vehicle is a light emitting diode LED lamp, a plurality of LED particles of the lamp are divided into a plurality of display areas in advance, and the determining unit 8200 is configured to:
determining the content to be displayed corresponding to the car light according to the car light control information;
determining the brightness of each display area of the car lamp according to the content to be displayed;
and determining a brightness control mode of the vehicle lamp according to the brightness of each display area of the vehicle lamp.
Optionally, the vehicle light control information includes the vehicle state information, and the obtaining unit 8100 is configured to:
obtaining vehicle state information obtained by a first vehicle-mounted sensor of the specified vehicle and uploaded by a domain controller of the specified vehicle; wherein the first on-board sensor comprises at least one of: camera, radar, automobile body attitude sensor, angle sensor, infrared night vision sensor.
Optionally, the vehicle light control information includes the vehicle environment information, and the obtaining unit 8100 is configured to:
acquiring vehicle environment information acquired by a second vehicle-mounted sensor of the designated vehicle and uploaded by a domain controller of the designated vehicle; wherein the second on-board sensor comprises at least one of: the device comprises an illumination sensor, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, an oxygen concentration sensor and a carbon dioxide concentration sensor.
Optionally, the vehicle light control information includes vehicle light demand information of a user, and the obtaining unit 8100 is configured to:
and acquiring the vehicle lamp requirement information of the user generated by the specific trigger operation trigger of the user.
Optionally, before obtaining the lamp control information for the specified vehicle, the apparatus further comprises (as shown in fig. 9):
a sending module 8400 configured to send the authentication key for the specified vehicle input by the user to the identity verification platform; the identity verification platform is used for verifying a legal user control terminal of the specified vehicle according to vehicle identity authentication information uploaded by a vehicle domain controller of the specified vehicle in advance;
a receiving module 8500 configured to receive the verified message returned by the authentication platform.
Optionally, the obtaining unit 8100 is configured to:
through 4G, 5G, bluetooth, infrared, near field communication NFC or internet, acquire the car light control information to appointed vehicle.
In the embodiment shown in the present disclosure, after the lamp control information for the specific vehicle is acquired, the brightness control manner of the lamp of the specific vehicle may be determined according to the lamp control information, and then, the determined brightness control manner may be transmitted to the specific vehicle, so that the specific vehicle may control the brightness of the lamp according to the determined brightness control manner.
As can be seen from the above, in the present embodiment, the brightness control manner for the lamps of the designated vehicle may not be determined by the designated vehicle, but may be determined by the cloud server or the user terminal. Because the brightness control mode of the vehicle lamp is not determined by the specified vehicle, the problems of limited vehicle lamp control mode and poor expansibility caused by determining the control mode of the vehicle lamp by using the vehicle lamp control analysis module arranged in the vehicle in the related art can be effectively solved.
With regard to the apparatus in the above-described embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs the operation has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the method, and will not be elaborated here.
Fig. 10 is a hardware configuration diagram showing a vehicle lamp control device according to an exemplary embodiment.
The vehicle lamp control device may be a terminal device or a server or the like for controlling the vehicle lamp provided in the above embodiment.
The vehicle light control device may have a large difference due to different configurations or performances, and may include one or more processors 1001 and a memory 1002, where the memory 1002 may store one or more stored applications or data. Memory 1002 may be, among other things, transient storage or persistent storage. The application program stored in memory 1002 may include one or more modules (not shown), each of which may include a series of computer-executable instructions for a vehicle light control device. Still further, the processor 1001 may be configured to communicate with the memory 1002 to execute a series of computer executable instructions in the memory 1002 on the vehicle light control device. The vehicle light control apparatus may also include one or more power supplies 1003, one or more wired or wireless network interfaces 1004, one or more input-output interfaces 1005, one or more keyboards 1006.
In particular, in one embodiment, a vehicle light control device includes a memory, and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory, and the one or more programs may include one or more modules, and each module may include a series of computer-executable instructions for the vehicle light control device, and the one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors include computer-executable instructions for:
acquiring vehicle lamp control information for a specified vehicle; wherein the vehicle light control information includes at least one of: the system comprises vehicle state information, vehicle environment information, route navigation information, road information, traffic information, user vehicle lamp demand information and weather information;
determining a brightness control mode of the lamp of the specified vehicle according to the lamp control information;
and sending the brightness control mode to the specified vehicle so that the specified vehicle controls the brightness of the vehicle lamp according to the brightness control mode.
Optionally, the determining, according to the car light control information, a brightness control manner for the car light of the designated vehicle includes:
determining the content to be displayed corresponding to the car light according to the car light control information;
determining the brightness of each display area of the car lamp according to the content to be displayed;
and determining a brightness control mode of the vehicle lamp according to the brightness of each display area of the vehicle lamp.
Optionally, the vehicle light control information includes the vehicle state information, and the obtaining of the vehicle light control information for the specific vehicle includes:
obtaining vehicle state information obtained by a first vehicle-mounted sensor of the specified vehicle and uploaded by a domain controller of the specified vehicle; wherein the first on-board sensor comprises at least one of: camera, radar, automobile body attitude sensor, angle sensor, infrared night vision sensor.
Optionally, the vehicle light control information includes the vehicle environment information, and the obtaining of the vehicle light control information for the specific vehicle includes:
acquiring vehicle environment information acquired by a second vehicle-mounted sensor of the designated vehicle and uploaded by a domain controller of the designated vehicle; wherein the second on-board sensor comprises at least one of: the device comprises an illumination sensor, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, an oxygen concentration sensor and a carbon dioxide concentration sensor.
Optionally, the vehicle light control information includes user vehicle light demand information, and the obtaining vehicle light control information for a specific vehicle includes:
and acquiring the vehicle lamp requirement information of the user generated by the specific trigger operation trigger of the user.
Optionally, before obtaining the lamp control information for the specified vehicle, the method further comprises:
sending an authentication key which is input by a user and aims at a specified vehicle to an identity verification platform; the identity verification platform is used for verifying a legal user control terminal of the specified vehicle according to vehicle identity authentication information uploaded by a vehicle domain controller of the specified vehicle in advance;
and receiving the information which is returned by the identity authentication platform and passes the authentication.
Optionally, the obtaining of the lamp control information for the specific vehicle includes:
through 4G, 5G, bluetooth, infrared, near field communication NFC or internet, acquire the car light control information to appointed vehicle.
In the embodiment shown in the present disclosure, after the lamp control information for the specific vehicle is acquired, the brightness control manner of the lamp of the specific vehicle may be determined according to the lamp control information, and then, the determined brightness control manner may be transmitted to the specific vehicle, so that the specific vehicle may control the brightness of the lamp according to the determined brightness control manner.
As can be seen from the above, in the present embodiment, the brightness control manner for the lamps of the designated vehicle may not be determined by the designated vehicle, but may be determined by the cloud server or the user terminal. Because the brightness control mode of the vehicle lamp is not determined by the specified vehicle, the problems of limited vehicle lamp control mode and poor expansibility caused by determining the control mode of the vehicle lamp by using the vehicle lamp control analysis module arranged in the vehicle in the related art can be effectively solved.
In an exemplary embodiment, there is also provided a storage medium comprising instructions, such as a memory comprising instructions, executable by a processor of an apparatus to perform the above method. Alternatively, the storage medium may be a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, which may be, for example, a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.
In the 90 s of the 20 th century, improvements in a technology could clearly distinguish between improvements in hardware (e.g., improvements in circuit structures such as diodes, transistors, switches, etc.) and improvements in software (improvements in process flow). However, as technology advances, many of today's process flow improvements have been seen as direct improvements in hardware circuit architecture. Designers almost always obtain the corresponding hardware circuit structure by programming an improved method flow into the hardware circuit. Thus, it cannot be said that an improvement in the process flow cannot be realized by hardware physical modules. For example, a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), such as a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), is an integrated circuit whose Logic functions are determined by programming the Device by a user. A digital system is "integrated" on a PLD by the designer's own programming without requiring the chip manufacturer to design and fabricate application-specific integrated circuit chips. Furthermore, nowadays, instead of manually making an integrated Circuit chip, such Programming is often implemented by "logic compiler" software, which is similar to a software compiler used in program development and writing, but the original code before compiling is also written by a specific Programming Language, which is called Hardware Description Language (HDL), and HDL is not only one but many, such as abel (advanced Boolean Expression Language), ahdl (alternate Language Description Language), traffic, pl (core unified Programming Language), HDCal, JHDL (Java Hardware Description Language), langue, Lola, HDL, laspam, hardsradware (Hardware Description Language), vhjhd (Hardware Description Language), and vhigh-Language, which are currently used in most common. It will also be apparent to those skilled in the art that hardware circuitry that implements the logical method flows can be readily obtained by merely slightly programming the method flows into an integrated circuit using the hardware description languages described above.
The controller may be implemented in any suitable manner, for example, the controller may take the form of, for example, a microprocessor or processor and a computer-readable medium storing computer-readable program code (e.g., software or firmware) executable by the (micro) processor, logic gates, switches, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic controller, and an embedded microcontroller, examples of which include, but are not limited to, the following microcontrollers: ARC 625D, Atmel AT91SAM, Microchip PIC18F26K20, and Silicone Labs C8051F320, the memory controller may also be implemented as part of the control logic for the memory. Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that, in addition to implementing the controller as pure computer readable program code, the same functionality can be implemented by logically programming method steps such that the controller is in the form of logic gates, switches, application specific integrated circuits, programmable logic controllers, embedded microcontrollers and the like. Such a controller may thus be considered a hardware component, and the means included therein for performing the various functions may also be considered as a structure within the hardware component. Or even means for performing the functions may be regarded as being both a software module for performing the method and a structure within a hardware component.
The systems, devices, modules or units illustrated in the above embodiments may be implemented by a computer chip or an entity, or by a product with certain functions. One typical implementation device is a computer. In particular, the computer may be, for example, a personal computer, a laptop computer, a cellular telephone, a camera phone, a smartphone, a personal digital assistant, a media player, a navigation device, an email device, a game console, a tablet computer, a wearable device, or a combination of any of these devices.
For convenience of description, the above devices are described as being divided into various units by function, and are described separately. Of course, the functions of the units may be implemented in the same software and/or hardware or in a plurality of software and/or hardware when implementing the invention.
As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.
The present invention is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
In a typical configuration, a computing device includes one or more processors (CPUs), input/output interfaces, network interfaces, and memory.
The memory may include forms of volatile memory in a computer readable medium, Random Access Memory (RAM) and/or non-volatile memory, such as Read Only Memory (ROM) or flash memory (flash RAM). Memory is an example of a computer-readable medium.
Computer-readable media, including both non-transitory and non-transitory, removable and non-removable media, may implement information storage by any method or technology. The information may be computer readable instructions, data structures, modules of a program, or other data. Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to, phase change memory (PRAM), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), other types of Random Access Memory (RAM), Read Only Memory (ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), Digital Versatile Discs (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transmission medium that can be used to store information that can be accessed by a computing device. As defined herein, a computer readable medium does not include a transitory computer readable medium such as a modulated data signal and a carrier wave.
It should also be noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.
The invention may be described in the general context of computer-executable instructions, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. The invention may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote computer storage media including memory storage devices.
The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from the other embodiments. In particular, for the system embodiment, since it is substantially similar to the method embodiment, the description is simple, and for the relevant points, reference may be made to the partial description of the method embodiment.
The above description is only an example of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Various modifications and alterations to this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.