CN111562751A

CN111562751A - Automobile disinfection control method and device and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN111562751A
Application number: CN202010272741.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王云; 吴媛媛; 肖晖; 姜灏; 周伟; 陈淄博; 尹剑
Original assignee: Chery Automobile Co Ltd
Current assignee: Chery Automobile Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-09
Filing date: 2020-04-09
Publication date: 2020-08-21

Abstract

The application discloses a disinfection control method and device for an automobile and a storage medium, and belongs to the technical field of vehicle engineering. The method comprises the following steps: detecting whether passengers exist in the automobile or not; when the fact that passengers do not exist in the automobile is detected, whether disinfection operation needs to be carried out in the automobile is determined; and when the disinfection operation is determined to be required in the automobile, controlling a spraying device in the automobile to spray disinfectant so as to realize disinfection control on the automobile. This application is through when detecting the car and need disinfect the operation, sprays the disinfectant through the sprinkler in the control car to the realization is to the disinfection control of car, thereby has reduced the threat of bacterium and bacterium to the personnel health by bus that appear in the car.

Description

Automobile disinfection control method and device and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to vehicle engineering technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for controlling vehicle disinfection, and a storage medium.

Background

With the progress of society and the development of science and technology, automobiles become more intelligent, and people rely on automobiles more and more during traveling. However, with the long-term use of automobiles, stains may be generated in the interior of the automobiles, which requires the owners of the automobiles to clean the interior of the automobiles. Such as seat cover cleaning, carpet cleaning, ventilation, etc.

However, since the automobile may not only generate stains but also a large amount of bacteria after long-term use, and if the bacteria are not treated in time, the health of the driver and the passengers may be hidden, a method for controlling the disinfection of the automobile is needed.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a disinfection control method, a disinfection control device and a storage medium for an automobile, which can solve the problem that a large amount of bacteria in the automobile threatens the health of passengers in the related technology. The technical scheme is as follows:

in one aspect, there is provided a sterilization control method of an automobile, the method including:

detecting whether passengers exist in the automobile or not;

when the fact that passengers do not exist in the automobile is detected, whether disinfection operation needs to be carried out in the automobile is determined;

and when the disinfection operation is determined to be required in the automobile, controlling a spraying device in the automobile to spray disinfectant so as to realize disinfection control on the automobile.

In some embodiments, the determining whether a disinfection operation is required in the vehicle when the absence of a passenger in the vehicle is detected includes:

when it is detected that no passenger is in the automobile, if a disinfection instruction sent by a Bluetooth key of the automobile is received, it is determined that disinfection operation needs to be performed in the automobile; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and when the fact that no passenger is present in the automobile is detected and the fact that the automobile reaches a disinfection cycle is detected, determining that disinfection operation is required in the automobile.

In some embodiments, the controlling a spray device within the vehicle to spray disinfectant includes:

and activating and powering on the spraying device, wherein a relay in the spraying device is closed due to the power on so as to conduct a pressure device in the spraying device, and the pressure device compresses the disinfectant in the disinfectant storage box after the pressure device is powered on, so that each spray head of the spraying device sprays the disinfectant in the automobile.

and controlling a spraying device in the automobile to stop spraying the disinfectant after spraying the disinfectant for a first preset time.

In some embodiments, after stopping spraying the disinfectant, the method further comprises:

controlling the automobile window to be opened, and controlling the automobile window to be closed after a second preset time; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

when receiving a car window opening instruction sent by the car Bluetooth key, controlling the car window to be opened, and when receiving a car window closing instruction, controlling the car window to be closed.

In some embodiments, before controlling the spraying device in the automobile to spray the disinfectant, the method further comprises:

determining whether a window of the automobile is in a closed state;

when the window of the automobile is in an unclosed state, controlling the window of the automobile to be closed;

and when the window of the automobile is in the closed state, the operation of controlling a spraying device in the automobile to spray disinfectant is executed.

In another aspect, there is provided a sterilization control apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus including:

the detection module is used for detecting whether passengers exist in the automobile or not;

the first determination module is used for determining whether disinfection operation is required in the automobile when the fact that passengers do not exist in the automobile is detected;

the first control module is used for controlling a spraying device in the automobile to spray disinfectant when the fact that the disinfection operation is needed in the automobile is determined, so that disinfection control over the automobile is achieved.

In some embodiments, the first determination module is to:

In some embodiments, the first control module is to:

In some embodiments, the first control module is further configured to:

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

the second determination module is used for determining whether the window of the automobile is in a closed state;

the second control module is used for controlling the window of the automobile to be closed when the window of the automobile is in an unclosed state;

and the triggering module is used for executing the first control module to control a spraying device in the automobile to spray disinfectant when the window of the automobile is in the closed state.

In another aspect, an automobile is provided, which includes a memory for storing a computer program and a processor for executing the computer program stored in the memory to implement the steps of the disinfection control method for an automobile.

In another aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, in which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the above-mentioned disinfection control method for a vehicle.

In another aspect, a computer program product is provided comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the steps of the above-described disinfection control method for a vehicle.

The technical scheme provided by the application can at least bring the following beneficial effects:

in this application, can be when detecting the car and need disinfect the operation, spray disinfectant in the car through the sprinkler in the control car to the realization is to the disinfection control of car, thereby has reduced the threat of the bacterium that appears in the car and bacterium to the crew health, has guaranteed the environment in the car, has improved user's viscosity.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a disinfection control system of an automobile according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method for controlling sterilization of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method for controlling sterilization of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a disinfection control device for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a disinfection control device for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an automobile according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more clear, embodiments of the present application will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Before explaining the disinfection control method for the vehicle provided by the embodiment of the present application in detail, an application scenario and a system architecture provided by the embodiment of the present application are introduced.

First, an application scenario related to the embodiment of the present application is described.

With the progress of society and the development of science and technology, automobiles become more intelligent, and the frequency of using the automobiles by people is higher and higher. However, due to the long-term use of the automobile, a large amount of bacteria may be generated in the automobile, and if the bacteria are not treated in time, the health of a driver and passengers in the automobile may be greatly threatened.

Based on the application scene, the application provides the automobile disinfection control method capable of improving riding safety and reducing riding bacterial infection.

Next, a system architecture according to an embodiment of the present application will be described.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a disinfection control system architecture of an automobile according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and referring to fig. 1, the system architecture may include a bluetooth key 1, a T-BOX (Telematics BOX) 2, a body controller 3, and a spraying device 4. The bluetooth key 1 may be connected to the T-BOX2, and the T-BOX2 and the sprinkler 4 may be connected to the body controller 3, respectively.

As an example, the Bluetooth Key 1 may be used to send a Disinfection instruction to the T-BOX 2; the T-BOX2 may be configured to send a disinfection order to the body controller 3 upon receipt of the disinfection order; the body controller 3 may be adapted to control the spraying device to spray the disinfectant in the vehicle in accordance with the disinfection instructions.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing system architecture is merely exemplary and that other existing or future devices or components, which may be suitable for use in the present application, are also encompassed within the scope of the present application and are hereby incorporated by reference.

Next, a method for controlling the sterilization of an automobile according to an embodiment of the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a disinfection control method for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present application, where the method is applied to a vehicle. Referring to fig. 2, the method includes the following steps.

Step 201: whether passengers exist in the automobile is detected.

Step 202: when it is detected that no occupant is present in the vehicle, it is determined whether a sterilization operation is required in the vehicle.

Step 203: and when the disinfection operation is determined to be required in the automobile, controlling a spraying device in the automobile to spray disinfectant so as to realize disinfection control on the automobile.

In some embodiments, determining whether a decontamination operation is required within the vehicle upon detecting the absence of an occupant within the vehicle includes:

and when the absence of passengers in the automobile is detected and the automobile is detected to reach a disinfection cycle, determining that disinfection operation is required in the automobile.

In some embodiments, controlling a spray device in the vehicle to spray disinfectant includes:

the spraying device is activated and powered on, a relay in the spraying device is closed due to the fact that the relay is powered on, so that a pressure device in the spraying device is conducted, the pressure device compresses disinfectant in a disinfectant storage box after the pressure device is powered on, and therefore all spray heads of the spraying device spray the disinfectant in the automobile.

when receiving the door window opening instruction that this car bluetooth key sent, control this car door window and open to when receiving the door window and close the instruction, control this door window and close.

In some embodiments, before controlling the spraying device in the automobile to spray the disinfectant, the method further comprises the following steps:

determining whether a window of the automobile is in a closed state;

when the window of the automobile is in an unclosed state, controlling the window of the automobile to close;

when the window of the automobile is in the closed state, the operation of controlling the spraying device in the automobile to spray the disinfectant is executed.

All the above optional technical solutions can be combined arbitrarily to form an optional embodiment of the present application, and the present application embodiment is not described in detail again.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a disinfection control method for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present application, and referring to fig. 3, the method includes the following steps.

Step 301: the automobile detects whether passengers exist in the automobile.

Since the disinfectant usually contains pungent odor and may cause discomfort after the vehicle occupant asks, the vehicle needs to be disinfected when no occupant is present in the vehicle to avoid discomfort caused by the vehicle occupant asking the odor of the disinfectant.

As an example, an automobile may detect the presence of occupants in the automobile via an infrared detector mounted in the automobile. And/or the automobile can acquire the visual data in the automobile through a camera arranged in the automobile, and through target analysis on the acquired visual data, when human body characteristics exist in the visual data, it is determined that passengers exist in the automobile, and when the human body characteristics do not exist in the visual data, it is determined that the passengers do not exist in the automobile.

Step 302: when it is detected that the passenger is not present in the vehicle, it is determined whether a sterilization operation is required in the vehicle.

Since the vehicle may not need to be subjected to the sterilizing operation although the vehicle occupant is not present in the vehicle, the vehicle may determine whether the sterilizing operation is required in the vehicle when the vehicle occupant is not present.

As an example, when it is detected that no occupant is present in the vehicle, the operation of the vehicle to determine whether a sterilization operation is required in the vehicle may be: when the fact that passengers do not exist in the automobile is detected, if a disinfection instruction sent by a Bluetooth key of the automobile is received, it is determined that disinfection operation is required in the automobile; and/or determining that a disinfection operation is required in the automobile when the absence of passengers in the automobile is detected and the automobile is detected to reach a disinfection cycle.

Because the driver probably is after using the car for a long time, the person in charge perceives that should disinfect for the inside of car, and at this moment, after driver and other personnel of taking a bus leave the car in the car, the driver can pass through the bluetooth key and send the disinfection instruction to the car to when the car received the disinfection instruction, it need carry out the disinfection operation in the car to confirm.

It should be noted that the sterilization instruction may be triggered by the driver when the sterilization button of the bluetooth key is acted on by a specified operation, which may be a click operation, a long press operation, or the like.

As an example, after the bluetooth key detects that the driver triggers the disinfection command, the bluetooth key may perform bluetooth pairing with the T-BOX inside the automobile, and after the pairing is successful, the bluetooth key sends the disinfection command to the automobile.

Sometimes, a driver may not want to disinfect the interior of the automobile for a long time, so that a large amount of bacteria may be generated in the interior of the automobile, and the health of passengers is threatened. Therefore, in order to reduce the bacterial content in the automobile and ensure the safety of passengers in the automobile, the automobile can be further provided with a disinfection period, and when the disinfection period is reached, the disinfection operation required in the automobile is determined.

It should be noted that the disinfection period may be set in advance according to the requirement, for example, the disinfection period may be 7 days, 15 days, 30 days, and so on.

In some embodiments, the vehicle may determine whether disinfection is required in the vehicle in the manner described above, but may also determine in other manners. For example, a bacteria detector may be disposed in the automobile, and when the bacteria detector detects that the content of bacteria in the automobile is greater than or equal to a content threshold, it may be determined that the automobile interior needs to be disinfected.

It should be noted that the content threshold may be set in advance according to the requirement.

Step 303: when the disinfection operation is determined to be required in the automobile, a spraying device in the automobile is controlled to spray disinfectant so as to realize the disinfection control of the automobile.

Since bacteria in the vehicle may already be a threat to the health of the occupants when a disinfection operation is required in the vehicle, it is desirable to control the spray device in the vehicle to spray the disinfectant.

It should be noted that the spray device may include relays, pressure regulators, sterilant storage tanks, spray heads, and the like.

As an example, the operation of a spray device in a vehicle to spray a disinfectant may be: the spraying device is activated and powered on, a relay in the spraying device is closed due to the fact that the relay is powered on, so that a pressure device in the spraying device is conducted, and the pressure device can compress disinfectant in a disinfectant storage box after being powered on, so that all spray heads of the spraying device spray the disinfectant in the automobile.

The disinfectant may be an alcohol disinfectant at a concentration of 75%.

As can be seen from fig. 1, the spraying device can spray the disinfectant under the control of the vehicle body controller, so that the spraying device can receive the activation signal sent by the vehicle body controller, the spraying device is activated and powered on after receiving the activation signal, the electrical appliance is closed after the power is on, the circuit is conducted, the pressure device compresses the disinfectant in the disinfectant storage tank, and the disinfectant can be sprayed through each nozzle.

It should be noted that the spray head can be arranged at each vehicle door, vehicle roof and other positions, so that the positions of the seats, the center console and the like in the vehicle can be sterilized.

In some embodiments, since the spraying of the disinfectant is not performed all the time in the vehicle for disinfection, the spraying device of the vehicle stops the disinfection operation after spraying the disinfectant for a certain period of time. That is, the spray device in the vehicle control vehicle stops spraying the disinfectant after spraying the disinfectant for a first preset time period.

It should be noted that the first preset time period may be set in advance according to requirements, for example, the first preset time period may be 3 minutes, 1 minute, 30 seconds, and so on.

In some embodiments, the vehicle may not only stop spraying the disinfectant after spraying the disinfectant for a first predetermined length of time, but may also stop spraying the disinfectant after spraying a predetermined amount of disinfectant. The preset amount may be set in advance according to requirements, for example, the preset amount may be 30 ml, 50 ml, and the like.

Because the disinfectant usually has pungent smell, after the disinfectant is sprayed in the automobile, the pungent smell in the automobile can not be dissipated, so that a driver can feel uncomfortable when taking the automobile next time, therefore, after the automobile stops spraying the disinfectant, the automobile window can be controlled to be opened, and after a second preset time, the automobile window is controlled to be closed; or when receiving a car window opening instruction sent by a car Bluetooth key, controlling the car window to be opened, and when receiving a car window closing instruction, controlling the car window to be closed.

It should be noted that the second preset time period can also be set in advance according to the requirement, for example, the second preset time period can be 5 minutes, 3 minutes, 1 minute, and so on.

Because the automobile is likely to be stolen after the window is opened if the driver is not beside the automobile when the window is opened, in order to improve the safety of the automobile, the automobile can also detect the distance between the automobile and the Bluetooth key before the automobile window is controlled to be opened, and when the distance is greater than or equal to the distance threshold value, the window is not opened; and when the distance is smaller than the distance threshold value, controlling the opening of the window of the automobile.

Because sometimes, the driver may have other things which cannot wait for a long time beside the automobile, the automobile can also control the automobile windows to be opened when receiving a window opening instruction sent by the Bluetooth key, and control the windows to be closed when receiving a window closing instruction.

As an example, the automobile may further control the automobile window to be opened when receiving a window opening instruction sent by the bluetooth key, and control the automobile window to be closed after a second preset time period.

In some embodiments, the windows of the vehicle may be open before the vehicle sprays the disinfectant in the vehicle, which may result in the disinfectant being sprayed out of the vehicle, thereby resulting in incomplete disinfection of the vehicle. Therefore, before the automobile controls the spraying device in the automobile to spray the disinfectant, whether the windows of the automobile are in a closed state can be determined; when the window of the automobile is in an unclosed state, controlling the window of the automobile to close; when the window of the automobile is in the closed state, the operation of step 303 is performed.

In this application embodiment, the car can be when detecting that the car is inside to need to disinfect the operation, sprays disinfectant in the car through the sprinkler in the control car to the realization is to the disinfection control of car, thereby has reduced the threat of the bacterium that appears in the car and bacterium to personnel health by bus, has guaranteed the environment in the car, has improved user's viscosity.

After explaining the sterilization control method for the vehicle according to the embodiment of the present application, a sterilization control device for the vehicle according to the embodiment of the present application will be described.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a disinfection control device for an automobile according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the disinfection control device for an automobile may be implemented as part or all of the automobile by software, hardware, or a combination of the two. Referring to fig. 4, the apparatus includes: a detection module 401, a first determination module 402 and a first control module 403.

The detection module 401 is used for detecting whether passengers exist in the automobile;

a first determination module 402, configured to determine whether a disinfection operation is required in the vehicle when it is detected that no passenger is present in the vehicle;

and a first control module 403, configured to control a spraying device in the automobile to spray a disinfectant to implement disinfection control on the automobile when it is determined that a disinfection operation is required in the automobile.

In some embodiments, the first determining module 402 is configured to:

In some embodiments, the first control module 403 is configured to:

In some embodiments, the first control module 403 is further configured to:

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, the apparatus further comprises:

a second determining module 404, configured to determine whether windows of the automobile are in a closed state;

a second control module 405, configured to control the window of the automobile to be closed when the window of the automobile is in an unclosed state;

a triggering module 406, configured to execute the first control module 403 to control a spraying device in the automobile to spray a disinfectant when the windows of the automobile are in the closed state.

It should be noted that: in the disinfection control device for an automobile provided in the above embodiment, when controlling disinfection of an automobile, only the division of the above function modules is exemplified, and in practical applications, the above function distribution may be completed by different function modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the device is divided into different function modules to complete all or part of the above described functions. In addition, the disinfection control device for the automobile provided by the embodiment and the disinfection control method embodiment for the automobile belong to the same concept, and the specific implementation process is detailed in the method embodiment and is not described again.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram of an automobile 600 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Generally, the automobile 600 includes: a processor 601 and a memory 602.

The processor 601 may include one or more processing cores, such as a 4-core processor, an 8-core processor, and so on. The processor 601 may be implemented in at least one hardware form of a DSP (Digital Signal Processing), an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), and a PLA (Programmable Logic Array). The processor 601 may also include a main processor and a coprocessor, where the main processor is a processor for processing data in an awake state, and is also called a Central Processing Unit (CPU); a coprocessor is a low power processor for processing data in a standby state. In some embodiments, the processor 601 may be integrated with a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), which is responsible for rendering and drawing the content required to be displayed on the display screen. In some embodiments, processor 601 may also include an AI (Artificial Intelligence) processor for processing computational operations related to machine learning.

The memory 602 may include one or more computer-readable storage media, which may be non-transitory. The memory 602 may also include high-speed random access memory, as well as non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, flash memory storage devices. In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium in the memory 602 is used to store at least one instruction for execution by the processor 601 to implement the disinfection control method for a vehicle provided by the method embodiments herein.

In some embodiments, the vehicle 600 may further optionally include: a peripheral interface 603 and at least one peripheral. The processor 601, memory 602, and peripheral interface 603 may be connected by buses or signal lines. Various peripheral devices may be connected to the peripheral interface 603 via a bus, signal line, or circuit board. Specifically, the peripheral device includes: at least one of a radio frequency circuit 604, a display 605, a camera assembly 606, an audio circuit 607, a positioning component 608, and a power supply 609.

The peripheral interface 603 may be used to connect at least one peripheral related to I/O (Input/Output) to the processor 601 and the memory 602. In some embodiments, the processor 601, memory 602, and peripheral interface 603 are integrated on the same chip or circuit board; in some other embodiments, any one or two of the processor 601, the memory 602, and the peripheral interface 603 may be implemented on a separate chip or circuit board, which is not limited in this embodiment.

The Radio Frequency circuit 604 is used for receiving and transmitting RF (Radio Frequency) signals, also called electromagnetic signals. The radio frequency circuitry 604 communicates with communication networks and other communication devices via electromagnetic signals. The rf circuit 604 converts an electrical signal into an electromagnetic signal to transmit, or converts a received electromagnetic signal into an electrical signal. Optionally, the radio frequency circuit 604 comprises: an antenna system, an RF transceiver, one or more amplifiers, a tuner, an oscillator, a digital signal processor, a codec chipset, a subscriber identity module card, and so forth. The radio frequency circuitry 604 may communicate with other terminals via at least one wireless communication protocol. The wireless communication protocols include, but are not limited to: the world wide web, metropolitan area networks, intranets, generations of mobile communication networks (2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G), Wireless local area networks, and/or WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) networks. In some embodiments, the rf circuit 604 may further include NFC (Near Field Communication) related circuits, which are not limited in this application.

The display 605 is used to display a UI (User Interface). The UI may include graphics, text, icons, video, and any combination thereof. When the display screen 605 is a touch display screen, the display screen 605 also has the ability to capture touch signals on or over the surface of the display screen 605. The touch signal may be input to the processor 601 as a control signal for processing. At this point, the display 605 may also be used to provide virtual buttons and/or a virtual keyboard, also referred to as soft buttons and/or a soft keyboard. In some embodiments, the display 605 may be one, providing the front panel of the automobile 600; in other embodiments, the display 605 may be at least two, respectively disposed on different surfaces of the vehicle 600 or in a folded design; in still other embodiments, the display 605 may be a flexible display disposed on a curved surface or on a folded surface of the automobile 600. Even more, the display 605 may be arranged in a non-rectangular irregular pattern, i.e., a shaped screen. The Display 605 may be made of LCD (liquid crystal Display), OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode), and the like.

The camera assembly 606 is used to capture images or video. Optionally, the camera assembly 606 includes any one of a main camera, a depth-of-field camera, a wide-angle camera, and a telephoto camera, so as to implement a background blurring function implemented by the fusion of the main camera and the depth-of-field camera, implement a panoramic shooting function and a VR (Virtual Reality) shooting function implemented by the fusion of the main camera and the wide-angle camera, or implement other fusion shooting functions. In some embodiments, camera assembly 606 may also include a flash. The flash lamp can be a monochrome temperature flash lamp or a bicolor temperature flash lamp. The double-color-temperature flash lamp is a combination of a warm-light flash lamp and a cold-light flash lamp, and can be used for light compensation at different color temperatures.

Audio circuitry 607 may include a microphone and a speaker. The microphone is used for collecting sound waves of a user and the environment, converting the sound waves into electric signals, and inputting the electric signals to the processor 601 for processing or inputting the electric signals to the radio frequency circuit 604 to realize voice communication. For stereo capture or noise reduction purposes, the microphones may be multiple and located in different locations of the vehicle 600. The microphone may also be an array microphone or an omni-directional pick-up microphone. The speaker is used to convert electrical signals from the processor 601 or the radio frequency circuit 604 into sound waves. The loudspeaker can be a traditional film loudspeaker or a piezoelectric ceramic loudspeaker. When the speaker is a piezoelectric ceramic speaker, the speaker can be used for purposes such as converting an electric signal into a sound wave audible to a human being, or converting an electric signal into a sound wave inaudible to a human being to measure a distance. In some embodiments, audio circuitry 607 may also include a headphone jack.

The positioning component 608 is used to locate the current geographic location of the automobile 600 to implement navigation or LBS (location based Service). The positioning component 608 can be a positioning component based on the GPS (global positioning System) in the united states, the beidou System in china, or the galileo System in russia.

The power supply 609 is used to power various components in the automobile 600. The power supply 609 may be ac, dc, disposable or rechargeable. When the power supply 609 includes a rechargeable battery, the rechargeable battery may be a wired rechargeable battery or a wireless rechargeable battery. The wired rechargeable battery is a battery charged through a wired line, and the wireless rechargeable battery is a battery charged through a wireless coil. The rechargeable battery may also be used to support fast charge technology.

In some embodiments, the automobile 600 also includes one or more sensors 610.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the configuration shown in fig. 6 is not intended to be limiting of the vehicle 600 and may include more or fewer components than those shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components may be used.

In some embodiments, a computer-readable storage medium is also provided, in which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the sterilization control method of the vehicle according to the above-mentioned embodiments. For example, the computer-readable storage medium may be a ROM (Read-Only Memory), a RAM (random access Memory), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

It is noted that the computer-readable storage medium referred to herein may be a non-volatile storage medium, in other words, a non-transitory storage medium.

It should be understood that all or part of the steps for implementing the above embodiments may be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. The computer instructions may be stored in the computer-readable storage medium described above.

That is, in some embodiments, there is also provided a computer program product containing instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the steps of the sterilization control method for an automobile as described above.

The above-mentioned embodiments are provided not to limit the present application, and any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A sterilization control method for an automobile, the method comprising:

detecting whether passengers exist in the automobile or not;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether a decontamination operation is required in the vehicle upon detecting the absence of an occupant in the vehicle comprises:

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said controlling a spray device in said vehicle to spray disinfectant comprises:

4. A method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said controlling a spray device in said vehicle to spray disinfectant comprises:

5. The method of claim 4, wherein after stopping spraying the disinfectant, further comprising:

6. A method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said controlling a spray device in said vehicle to spray disinfectant further comprises, prior to said controlling a spray device in said vehicle to spray disinfectant:

determining whether a window of the automobile is in a closed state;

7. A sterilization control apparatus for an automobile, the apparatus comprising:

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first determination module is to:

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first control module is to:

10. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that the storage medium has stored therein a computer program which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 6.