CN115291770A

CN115291770A - Method and device for vehicle, electronic equipment, storage medium and vehicle

Info

Publication number: CN115291770A
Application number: CN202211001169.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗扬理
Original assignee: Beijing Binli Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Binli Information Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-19
Filing date: 2022-08-19
Publication date: 2022-11-04

Abstract

A method, an apparatus, a computer device, a storage medium, a computer program product and a vehicle for a vehicle comprising an in-vehicle display are provided, the method comprising: determining that the vehicle starts parking; in response to determining that the vehicle begins to park, displaying a parking user interface in the in-vehicle display, the parking user interface including an interface area that is a visual representation of a parkable area and a vehicle icon for the vehicle; receiving a user's movement operation on the vehicle icon so that the vehicle icon is positioned at a target position in the interface area at a target angle; generating a parking instruction based on the target angle and the target position; and in response to determining that the parking instruction is generated, sending the generated parking instruction to an actuator of the vehicle to cause the vehicle to park at a parking location in the parkable area corresponding to the target location at the target angle.

Description

Method and device for vehicle, electronic equipment, storage medium and vehicle

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of vehicles, in particular to a method, an apparatus, a computer device, a vehicle, a storage medium and a computer program product for a vehicle.

Background

In the automatic parking technology, the vehicle-mounted system detects an empty standard parking space and provides the empty standard parking space for a user to select. The user will select a parking space among a plurality of candidate free standard parking spaces and select a particular vehicle orientation. In this way, the vehicle will automatically park in the user-selected free standard parking space in a particular orientation.

However, since the user can only select the standard parking space provided by the vehicle-mounted system or the equivalent standard parking space planned by the vehicle-mounted system, the freedom of the user to independently select the parking position and the parking angle is limited, and the flexibility of automatic parking is reduced.

The approaches described in this section are not necessarily approaches that have been previously conceived or pursued. Unless otherwise indicated, it should not be assumed that any of the approaches described in this section qualify as prior art merely by virtue of their inclusion in this section. Similarly, the problems mentioned in this section should not be considered as having been acknowledged in any prior art, unless otherwise indicated.

Disclosure of Invention

It would be advantageous to provide a mechanism that alleviates, mitigates or even eliminates one or more of the above-mentioned problems.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for a vehicle comprising an onboard display, the method comprising: determining that the vehicle starts parking; in response to determining that the vehicle begins to park, displaying a parking user interface in the in-vehicle display, the parking user interface including an interface area that is a visual representation of a parkable area and a vehicle icon for the vehicle; receiving a user movement operation on the vehicle icon, so that the vehicle icon is positioned at a target position in the interface area at a target angle; generating a parking instruction based on the target angle and the target position; and in response to determining that the parking instruction is generated, sending the generated parking instruction to an actuator of the vehicle to cause the vehicle to park at a parking location in the parkable area corresponding to the target location at the target angle.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for a vehicle, the vehicle including an in-vehicle display, the apparatus comprising: a first module configured to determine that the vehicle begins parking; a second module configured to display a parking user interface in the onboard display in response to determining that the vehicle begins parking, the parking user interface including an interface area that is a visual representation of a parkable area and a vehicle icon for the vehicle; a third module configured to receive a user movement operation on the vehicle icon such that the vehicle icon is positioned at a target position within the interface area at a target angle; a fourth module configured to generate a parking instruction based on the target angle and the target location; and a fifth module configured to, in response to determining that the parking instruction is generated, send the generated parking instruction to an actuator of the vehicle to cause the vehicle to park at the target angle at a parking location in the parkable area corresponding to the target location.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer apparatus including: at least one processor; and at least one memory having a computer program stored thereon, which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform a method according to the present disclosure.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a vehicle comprising an in-vehicle display, an actuator, and the apparatus or computer device of the present disclosure.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to carry out a method according to the present disclosure.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program product is provided, comprising a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to carry out the method according to the present disclosure.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, by moving a vehicle icon in a parking user interface and positioning the vehicle icon at a target position at a target angle, a vehicle may be parked at the target angle at a parking position corresponding to the target position in a parking available area, so that flexibility of configuring the parking position and the parking angle is improved, and a user's will of selecting the parking position and the parking angle is more favorably embodied.

These and other aspects of the disclosure will be apparent from and elucidated with reference to the embodiments described hereinafter.

Drawings

Further details, features and advantages of the disclosure are disclosed in the following description of exemplary embodiments, which is to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings. The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the embodiments and, together with the description, serve to explain the exemplary implementations of the embodiments. The illustrated embodiments are for purposes of example only and do not limit the scope of the claims. Throughout the drawings, identical reference numbers designate similar, but not necessarily identical, elements. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example system in which various methods described herein may be implemented, according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method for a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a parking user interface in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a vehicle icon with a target angle and a target position in the parking user interface of FIG. 3, according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a multi-function steering wheel in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIGS. 6A and 6B are schematic diagrams illustrating a vehicle icon with a target angle and a target position, according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 7A to 7C are diagrams illustrating a scene in which generation of a parking instruction fails according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an apparatus for a vehicle, according to some exemplary embodiments;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary computer device that can be used in exemplary embodiments.

Detailed Description

In the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, the use of the terms "first", "second", etc. to describe various elements is not intended to define a positional relationship, a temporal relationship, or an importance relationship of the elements, and such terms are used only to distinguish one element from another. In some examples, a first element and a second element may refer to the same instance of the element, and in some cases, based on the context, they may also refer to different instances.

The terminology used in the description of the various described examples in this disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular examples only and is not intended to be limiting. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, if the number of elements is not specifically limited, the elements may be one or more. As used herein, the term "plurality" means two or more, and the term "based on" should be interpreted as "based, at least in part, on". Further, the terms "and/or" and "\8230, at least one of which" encompasses any and all possible combinations of the listed items.

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example system 100 in which various methods described herein may be implemented, according to an example embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, the system 100 includes an in-vehicle system 110, a server 120, and a network 130 communicatively coupling the in-vehicle system 110 and the server 120.

In-vehicle system 110 includes a display 114 and an Application (APP) 112 that may be displayed via display 114. The application 112 may be an application installed by default by the in-vehicle system 110 or downloaded and installed by the user 102, or an applet that is a lightweight application. In the case where the application 112 is an applet, the user 102 may run the application 112 directly on the in-vehicle system 110 without installing the application 112 by searching the application 112 in a host application (e.g., by the name of the application 112, etc.) or by scanning a graphic code (e.g., a barcode, a two-dimensional code, etc.) of the application 112, etc. In some embodiments, the in-vehicle system 110 may include one or more processors and one or more memories (not shown), and the in-vehicle system 110 is implemented as an in-vehicle computer. In some embodiments, in-vehicle system 110 may include more or fewer display screens 114 (e.g., not including display screens 114), and/or one or more speakers or other human interaction devices. In some embodiments, in-vehicle system 110 may not be in communication with server 120.

Server 120 may represent a single server, a cluster of multiple servers, a distributed system, or a cloud server providing an underlying cloud service (such as cloud database, cloud computing, cloud storage, cloud communications). It will be understood that although the server 120 is shown in FIG. 1 as communicating with only one in-vehicle system 110, the server 120 may provide background services for multiple in-vehicle systems simultaneously.

The network 130 allows wireless communication and information exchange between vehicles-X ("X" means vehicle, road, pedestrian, or internet, etc.) according to agreed communication protocols and data interaction standards. Examples of network 130 include a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a Personal Area Network (PAN), and/or a combination of communication networks such as the Internet. The network 130 may be a wired or wireless network. In one example, the network 130 may be an in-vehicle network, an inter-vehicle network, and/or an in-vehicle mobile internet network.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method 200 for a vehicle, according to an exemplary embodiment. The method 200 may be performed at an in-vehicle system (e.g., the in-vehicle system 110 shown in fig. 1), i.e., the subject of performance of the steps of the method 200 may be the in-vehicle system 110 shown in fig. 1. In some embodiments, method 200 may be performed at a server (e.g., server 120 shown in fig. 1). In some embodiments, method 200 may be performed by an in-vehicle system (e.g., in-vehicle system 110) and a server (e.g., server 120) in combination. Hereinafter, each step of the method 200 is described in detail by taking an execution subject as the in-vehicle system 110 as an example.

Referring to fig. 2, in step 210, it is determined that the vehicle starts parking.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the determination that the vehicle is to begin parking may be made in response to a user activating an auto park function of the vehicle.

At step 220, in response to determining that the vehicle begins to park, a parking user interface is displayed in the in-vehicle display that includes an interface area that is a visual representation of a parkable area and a vehicle icon for the vehicle.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a parking user interface 300 in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 3, a parking user interface 300 includes a vehicle icon 310 for a vehicle to be parked (i.e., a user vehicle) and

interface areas

302, 306, and 308 for a visual representation of a plurality of parkable areas. Also included in the parking user interface 300 is an interface area 304 for a visual representation of the parked area and the parked vehicles therein. In an example, the vehicle icon 310 and the icons and interface areas within its surrounding environment in the parking user interface 300 may be established based on the actual parking scene, so the parking user interface 300 may reflect the size and positional relationship of the vehicle to be parked and the objects and parkable areas within its surrounding environment. In an example, the parking user interface 300 may be constructed using image sensors, lidar, millimeter wave radar, high-definition maps, and the like, based on any existing or future instant positioning and mapping technology.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the parkable area may include non-standard parking spaces without boundary lines and/or standard parking spaces with boundary lines. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the parkable area may include standard parking spaces with borderlines. As shown by the interface area 302 with the black border in the parking user interface 300, it corresponds to an empty standard parking space with a space identification line in the actual parking scene. In other embodiments of the present disclosure, the parkable area may include non-standard parking spaces without boundary lines, which may correspond to any open space in the actual parking scene, as shown by interface area 308 in parking user interface 300 without a border. Although the shape of the interface area 308 shown in fig. 3 is rectangular, it should be understood that the shape of the non-standard parking space in the actual parking scene is not limited thereto, but may be any other regular or irregular shape.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a user can select to park a vehicle in a standard parking space with a parking space identification line, and can also select to park a vehicle in any area without the parking space identification line, thereby improving the flexibility of selecting a parking position for the user.

Referring back to fig. 2, at step 230, a user movement operation on the vehicle icon is received such that the vehicle icon is positioned at a target position within the interface area at a target angle.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a vehicle icon with a target angle and a target position in the parking user interface of FIG. 3, according to an exemplary embodiment.

As shown in fig. 4, after the user's movement operation on the vehicle icon, the vehicle icon 310 is positioned at a target position within the interface area 308 at a target angle. The target angle and the target position may be autonomously set by the user. In one example, when the user vehicle is parked at a target angle at a corresponding target location in the interface area 308, the user vehicle may just be in the shade of the parking lot area to protect the vehicle from over-sun. In one example, when the user vehicle is parked at a target position in the interface area 308 at a target angle, the user vehicle may be located just higher in the landscape of the patch of parkable area (other locations in the patch of parkable area have water due to the lower landscape) to prevent the vehicle from being potentially damaged by wading. Although not shown, it is understood that the user may also perform a movement operation on the vehicle icon such that the vehicle icon 310 is positioned at a target angle at a target location within the interface area 302. It should be noted that "movement of the vehicle icon" in this disclosure includes "translation" of the vehicle icon and/or "rotation" of the vehicle icon.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, receiving a user movement operation on the vehicle icon such that the vehicle icon is positioned at a target angle at a target position within the interface area comprises: receiving a rotation operation of a user on the vehicle icon, so that the vehicle icon is rotated to a target angle in the parking user interface; and receiving the translation operation of the vehicle icon by the user, so that the vehicle icon is translated to the target position in the parking user interface.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the order and the number of the rotation operation on the vehicle icon and the translation operation on the vehicle icon are not limited. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the vehicle icon may be rotated prior to translating the vehicle icon such that the vehicle icon is positioned at a target position within the interface region at a target angle. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the vehicle icon may be translated prior to being rotated such that the vehicle icon is positioned at a target position within the interface region at a target angle. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the vehicle icon may also be rotated and translated multiple times, eventually causing the vehicle icon to be positioned at a target angle at a target location within the interface region by way of a stepwise adjustment. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the vehicle icon may not even be rotated, but translated directly such that the vehicle icon is positioned at a target position within the interface area at a target angle.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, through a rotation operation of the vehicle icon and a translation operation of the vehicle icon, the vehicle icon can be positioned at any position of the interface area of the visual representation of the parking available area at any angle, so that flexibility and convenience in selecting a parking position and a parking angle are improved.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the user may operate the movement of the vehicle icon through the in-vehicle display in the form of a touch screen.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, during the receiving of the rotation operation of the vehicle icon by the user, an indicator that the steerable vehicle icon rotates may be displayed around the vehicle icon. Referring back to fig. 3, in the rotation operation mode, a plurality of

arrow indicators

312, 314, and 316 may be displayed around the vehicle icon 310, through which the user may perform a rotation operation on the vehicle icon 310. For example, the user may touch down the arrow indicator 316 in the parking user interface 300 with a finger on the in-vehicle display and move the finger in the direction of the arrow indicator 316 to cause the vehicle icon 310 to rotate clockwise. As another example, the user may press and hold arrow indicator 312 on the in-vehicle display and move a finger to the left to cause vehicle icon 310 to rotate counterclockwise; or to move the finger to the right to cause the vehicle icon 310 to rotate clockwise.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, by displaying the indicators for rotating the steerable vehicle icon around the vehicle icon, the user can intuitively see that the rotation operation mode is enabled, and can directly rotate the vehicle icon in the parking user interface through the indicators, thereby improving the convenience and visibility of the rotation operation.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the user's panning operation of the vehicle icon includes at least one of: dragging the vehicle icon to a target location in a parking user interface; clicking on a target location in the parking user interface.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the user may press and hold the vehicle icon 310 in the parking user interface 300 shown in FIG. 3 and then drag it to a user-defined location in the interface area 308 in the parking user interface 300 shown in FIG. 4. In other embodiments of the present disclosure, the user may click to select a point in the parking user interface 300 such that the vehicle icon 310 is translated and the geometric center of the translated vehicle icon 310 coincides with the selected point.

According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a user can select a dragging or clicking mode according to own preference to realize the translation operation of the vehicle icon, so that the flexibility of the translation operation is improved.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a user may operate movement of a vehicle icon through a multifunctional steering wheel via keys.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a multi-function steering wheel 500 according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to fig. 5, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a user may control the panning operation of a vehicle icon using a key module 502 of a multifunctional steering wheel 500, and an orientation key in the key module 502 may control the front, back, left, and right movement of the vehicle icon. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a user may use the key module 504 of the multi-function steering wheel 500 to control the rotation operation of the vehicle icon, such as sequentially swiping a finger clockwise across the keys in the key module 504 to cause the vehicle icon 310 to turn clockwise, or sequentially swiping a finger counterclockwise across the keys in the key module 504 to cause the vehicle icon 310 to turn counterclockwise.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the functions of the key module 502 and the key module 504 described above may be integrated together, thereby enabling manipulation of translation and rotation of the vehicle icon using only one key module. Upon entering the translation mode of operation, the function of the key module 502 is triggered; upon entering the rotational mode of operation, the function of the key module 504 is triggered. It should be understood that the above description of the key module is only exemplary, and in practical applications, the user may configure the function and operation mode of each key according to his own habits and preferences.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the vehicle icon is highlighted during the receiving of the user's rotation operation of the vehicle icon. In other embodiments of the present disclosure, the vehicle icon is not highlighted during the receiving user's panning operation on the vehicle icon.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, by whether the vehicle icon is highlighted or not, the user can directly recognize whether the vehicle icon is currently in the panning operation mode or the rotating operation mode through the state of the vehicle icon, and thus, it is helpful to reduce the user's misoperation caused by confusing the operation modes.

Referring back to fig. 2, at step 240, a parking instruction is generated based on the target angle and the target position.

In step 250, in response to determining that a parking instruction is generated, the generated parking instruction is sent to an actuator of the vehicle to cause the vehicle to park at a target angle at a parking location in the parkable area corresponding to the target location. Referring to fig. 3 and 4, when the parking instruction is executed, the vehicle to be parked may be automatically parked and moved from the actual initial position corresponding to the vehicle icon 310 shown in fig. 3 to the user-defined position corresponding to the vehicle icon 310 shown in fig. 4.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, by moving a vehicle icon in a parking user interface and positioning the vehicle icon at a target position at a target angle, a vehicle may be parked at the target angle at a parking position corresponding to the target position in a parkable area, so that flexibility of configuring the parking position and the parking angle is improved, and willingness of a user to select the parking position and the parking angle is better reflected.

Fig. 6A and 6B are schematic diagrams illustrating a vehicle icon with a target angle and a target position according to an exemplary embodiment. A use scenario for parking a vehicle to be parked to a standard parking space having a boundary line is described below in conjunction with fig. 6A and 6B.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, since the area of the standard parking space is larger than the area of the overhead projection of the vehicle to be parked, the user can cause the vehicle to be parked at any position in the target standard parking space at any angle by setting the position and angle of the vehicle icon in the interface area of the visual representation of the target standard parking space.

Referring to fig. 6A, as displayed by the parking user interface,

icons

622 and 620 of parked vehicles are canonically located within

interface areas

609 and 604, respectively, of the visual representation of a standard parking space. As shown in fig. 6A, at this time, the user may place the icon 610 of the vehicle to be parked obliquely within the interface area 606 of the target standard parking space between the

icons

622 and 620 of the parked vehicles so that the vehicle to be parked is parked at the corresponding parking position in the actual parking scene, thus allowing the driver of the front left main driving position of the vehicle to get on or off more conveniently.

Referring to fig. 6B, as displayed by the parking user interface, an icon 622 of a parked vehicle is canonically located within the interface area 609 of a standard parking space, and an icon 620 of a parked vehicle is partially located outside the interface area 604 of a standard parking space. As shown in fig. 6B, at this point the user may place the icon 610 for the vehicle to be parked obliquely between the

icons

622 and 620 for the parked vehicles and have the icon 610 partially located within the interface area 609. By such a configuration, a part of the vehicle to be parked can be appropriately positioned outside the target standard parking space, thereby allowing the driver in the left front main driving position of the vehicle to get on or off the vehicle more conveniently.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, in response to a failed generation of the parking instruction, the user is prompted to reselect the target angle and/or the target position. The present disclosure is not limited to the manner of prompting the user to reselect the target angle and/or the target position, and the prompting may be performed by, for example, voice broadcasting, displaying a prompt text on the in-vehicle display, or highlighting a vehicle icon on the in-vehicle display.

Fig. 7A to 7C are schematic diagrams illustrating a scene in which generation of a parking instruction fails according to an exemplary embodiment.

In fig. 7A through 7C,

interface areas

709, 706, and 704 of a visual representation of a plurality of standard parking spaces are displayed in the parking user interface. Parked

vehicle icons

722 and 720 are located on

interface areas

709 and 704, respectively, indicating that a vehicle is parked in the actual standard parking space corresponding to interface

areas

709 and 704. Vehicle icon 710 represents a user vehicle to park.

Referring to FIG. 7A, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, when the user places the vehicle icon 710 to partially coincide or partially coincide with the icon 722 of a parked vehicle, the onboard system will be unable to generate a parking instruction. In response to a failed generation of the parking instruction, the in-vehicle system will prompt the user to reselect the target angle and/or the target location.

Referring to FIG. 7B, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, although the user has placed the vehicle icon 710 in the position shown in FIG. 7B, the in-vehicle system will not be able to generate a parking instruction because the user's vehicle cannot move from the corresponding initial position in the parking user interface to the user-defined position due to the detection of the obstruction 724 (e.g., a barricade). In response to a failed generation of the parking instruction, the in-vehicle system will prompt the user to reselect the target angle and/or the target location.

Referring to fig. 7C, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, although the user has placed the vehicle icon 710 to the location shown in fig. 7C, the onboard system will not be able to generate a parking instruction because the actual separation distance corresponding between the

icons

722 and 720 of parked vehicles is detected to be too small for the user's vehicle to move through the separation from the initial location corresponding in the parking user interface to the user-defined location. In response to a failed generation of the parking instruction, the in-vehicle system will prompt the user to reselect the target angle and/or the target location.

According to some embodiments of the disclosure, after the generation of the parking instruction fails, the user is prompted to reselect the target angle and/or the target position, so that the user is helped to avoid an inappropriate self-defined parking position, and the safety during automatic parking is guaranteed.

FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an apparatus for a vehicle, according to some exemplary embodiments. As shown in fig. 8, apparatus 800 may include a first module 810, a second module 820, a third module 830, a fourth module 840, and a fifth module 850. The first module 810 is configured to determine that a vehicle is beginning to park. The second module 820 is configured to display a parking user interface in the in-vehicle display that includes an interface area that is a visual representation of a parkable area and a vehicle icon of the vehicle in response to determining that the vehicle begins parking. The third module 830 is configured to receive a user movement operation on the vehicle icon such that the vehicle icon is positioned at a target position within the interface area at a target angle. The fourth module 840 is configured to generate a parking instruction based on the target angle and the target location. The fifth module 850 is configured to, in response to determining that a parking instruction is generated, send the generated parking instruction to an actuator of the vehicle to cause the vehicle to park at a target angle at a parking location in the parkable area corresponding to the target location.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, based on the apparatus 800, by moving the vehicle icon in the parking user interface and positioning the vehicle icon at the target position at the target angle, the vehicle may be parked at the parking position corresponding to the target position in the parking available area at the target angle, so that flexibility of configuring the parking position is improved, and a user's will of selecting the parking position is more favorably embodied.

It should be understood that the various modules of the apparatus 800 shown in fig. 8 may correspond to the various steps in the method 200 described with reference to fig. 2. Thus, the operations, features and advantages described above with respect to the method 200 are equally applicable to the apparatus 800 and the modules included therein. Certain operations, features and advantages may not be described in detail herein for the sake of brevity.

Although specific functionality is discussed above with reference to particular modules, it should be noted that the functionality of the various modules discussed herein may be divided into multiple modules and/or at least some of the functionality of multiple modules may be combined into a single module. Performing an action by a particular module as discussed herein includes the particular module itself performing the action, or alternatively the particular module invoking or otherwise accessing another component or module that performs the action (or performs the action in conjunction with the particular module). Thus, a particular module that performs an action can include the particular module that performs the action itself and/or another module that the particular module invokes or otherwise accesses that performs the action. For example, the first module 810 and the second module 820 described above may be combined into a single module in some embodiments. Also for example, fifth module 850 may include fourth module 840 in some embodiments.

It should also be appreciated that various techniques may be described herein in the general context of software hardware elements or program modules. The various modules described above with respect to fig. 8 may be implemented in hardware or in hardware in combination with software and/or firmware. For example, the modules may be implemented as computer program code/instructions configured to be executed in one or more processors and stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Alternatively, the modules may be implemented as hardware logic/circuitry. For example, in some embodiments, one or more of the first module 810, the second module 820, the third module 830, the fourth module 840, and the fifth module 850 may be implemented together in a System on Chip (SoC). The SoC may include an integrated circuit chip that includes one or more components of a Processor (e.g., a Central Processing Unit (CPU), microcontroller, microprocessor, digital Signal Processor (DSP), etc.), memory, one or more communication interfaces, and/or other circuitry, and may optionally execute received program code and/or include embedded firmware to perform functions.

According to an aspect of the disclosure, a computer device is provided that includes at least one memory, at least one processor, and a computer program stored on the at least one memory. The at least one processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the steps of any of the method embodiments described above.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a vehicle comprising an in-vehicle display, an actuator and an apparatus or computer device as described above.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of any of the method embodiments described above.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program product is provided, comprising a computer program which, when executed by a processor, performs the steps of any of the method embodiments described above.

Illustrative examples of such computer devices, non-transitory computer-readable storage media, and computer program products are described below in connection with fig. 9.

Fig. 9 illustrates an example configuration of a computer device 900 that may be used to implement the methods described herein. For example, the server 120 and/or the in-vehicle system 110 shown in fig. 1 may include an architecture similar to the computer device 900. The computer device/apparatus described above may also be implemented, in whole or at least in part, by the computer device 900 or a similar device or system.

The computer device 900 may include at least one processor 902, memory 904, communication interface(s) 906, display device 908, other input/output (I/O) devices 910, and one or more mass storage devices 912, which may be capable of communicating with each other, such as through a system bus 914 or other appropriate connection.

The processor 902 may be a single processing unit or a plurality of processing units, all of which may include single or multiple computing units or multiple cores. The processor 902 may be embodied as one or more microprocessors, microcomputers, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, central processing units, state machines, logic circuits, and/or any devices that manipulate signals based on operational instructions. Among other capabilities, the processor 902 can be configured to retrieve and execute computer-readable instructions stored in the memory 904, mass storage device 912, or other computer-readable medium, such as program code for an operating system 916, program code for an application program 918, program code for other programs 920, and so forth.

Memory 904 and mass storage device 912 are examples of computer-readable storage media for storing instructions that are executed by processor 902 to implement the various functions described above. By way of example, the memory 904 may generally include both volatile and nonvolatile memory (e.g., RAM, ROM, and the like). In addition, the mass storage device 912 may generally include a hard disk drive, solid state drive, removable media including external and removable drives, memory cards, flash memory, floppy disks, optical disks (e.g., CDs, DVDs), storage arrays, network attached storage, storage area networks, and the like. Memory 904 and mass storage device 912 may both be collectively referred to herein as memory or computer-readable storage medium, and may be non-transitory media capable of storing computer-readable, processor-executable program instructions as computer program code that may be executed by processor 902 as a particular machine configured to implement the operations and functions described in the examples herein.

A number of programs may be stored on the mass storage device 912. These programs include an operating system 916, one or more application programs 918, other programs 920, and program data 922, which can be loaded into memory 904 for execution. Examples of such applications or program modules may include, for instance, computer program logic (e.g., computer program code or instructions) to implement the following components/functions: method 200 (including any suitable steps of method 200) and/or additional embodiments described herein.

Although illustrated in fig. 9 as being stored in memory 904 of computer device 900,

modules

916, 918, 920, and 922, or portions thereof, may be implemented using any form of computer-readable media that is accessible by computer device 900. As used herein, "computer-readable media" includes at least two types of computer-readable media, namely computer-readable storage media and communication media.

Computer-readable storage media includes volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Computer-readable storage media includes, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital Versatile Disks (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 for access by a computer device. In contrast, communication media may embody computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism. Computer-readable storage media, as defined herein, does not include communication media.

One or more communication interfaces 906 forSuch as exchanging data with other devices via a network, direct connection, etc. Such communication interfaces may be one or more of the following: any type of network interface (e.g., a Network Interface Card (NIC)), wired or wireless (such as IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN (WLAN)) wireless interface, worldwide interoperability for microwave Access (Wi-MAX) interface, ethernet interface, universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, cellular network interface, bluetooth ^TM An interface, a Near Field Communication (NFC) interface, etc. Communication interface 906 may facilitate communications within a variety of networks and protocol types, including wired networks (e.g., LAN, cable, etc.) and wireless networks (e.g., WLAN, cellular, satellite, etc.), the Internet, and so forth. Communication interface 906 may also provide for communication with external storage devices (not shown), such as in storage arrays, network attached storage, storage area networks, and the like.

In some examples, a display device 908, such as a monitor, may be included for displaying information and images to a user. Other I/O devices 910 may be devices that receive various inputs from a user and provide various outputs to the user, and may include touch input devices, gesture input devices, cameras, keyboards, remote controls, mice, printers, audio input/output devices, and so forth.

The techniques described herein may be supported by these various configurations of computer device 900 and are not limited to specific examples of the techniques described herein. The functionality may also be implemented, in whole or in part, on a "cloud" using a distributed system, for example. The cloud includes and/or represents a platform for resources. The platform abstracts underlying functionality of hardware (e.g., servers) and software resources of the cloud. Resources may include applications and/or data that may be used when performing computing processes on servers remote from computer device 900. Resources may also include services provided over the internet and/or over a subscriber network such as a cellular or Wi-Fi network. The platform may abstract resources and functionality to connect the computer device 900 with other computer devices. Thus, implementations of the functionality described herein may be distributed throughout the cloud. For example, the functionality may be implemented in part on the computer device 900 and in part by a platform that abstracts the functionality of the cloud.

While the disclosure has been illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and foregoing description, such illustration and description are to be considered illustrative and exemplary and not restrictive; the present disclosure is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Variations to the disclosed embodiments can be understood and effected by those skilled in the art in practicing the claimed subject matter, from a study of the drawings, the disclosure, and the appended claims. In the claims, the word "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps than those listed, the indefinite article "a" or "an" does not exclude a plurality, the term "a" or "an" refers to two or more, and the term "based on" should be construed as "based at least in part on". The mere fact that certain measures are recited in mutually different dependent claims does not indicate that a combination of these measures cannot be used to advantage.

Claims

1. A method for a vehicle including an in-vehicle display, the method comprising:

determining that the vehicle starts parking;

in response to determining that the vehicle begins to park, displaying a parking user interface in the in-vehicle display, the parking user interface including an interface area that is a visual representation of a parkable area and a vehicle icon for the vehicle;

receiving a user's movement operation on the vehicle icon so that the vehicle icon is positioned at a target position in the interface area at a target angle;

generating a parking instruction based on the target angle and the target position; and

in response to determining that the parking instruction is generated, sending the generated parking instruction to an actuator of the vehicle to cause the vehicle to park at the target angle at a parking location in the parkable area corresponding to the target location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a user movement operation of the vehicle icon such that the vehicle icon is positioned at a target position within the interface area at a target angle comprises:

receiving a rotation operation of the vehicle icon by the user, so that the vehicle icon is rotated to the target angle in the parking user interface;

receiving a translation operation of the vehicle icon by the user, so that the vehicle icon is translated to the target position in the parking user interface.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising: displaying an indicator that can manipulate the vehicle icon to rotate around the vehicle icon during reception of the user's rotation operation of the vehicle icon.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising: highlighting the vehicle icon during receipt of a rotational operation of the vehicle icon by the user.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising: the vehicle icon is not highlighted during receipt of the user's panning operation on the vehicle icon.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the user's panning operation of the vehicle icon comprises at least one of:

dragging the vehicle icon to the target location in the parking user interface;

and clicking the target position in the parking user interface.

7. The method of any of claims 1-6, further comprising: and prompting the user to reselect the target angle and/or the target position in response to the failure of the parking instruction generation.

8. Method according to any one of claims 1-6, wherein the parkable area comprises non-standard parking spaces without boundary lines and/or standard parking spaces with boundary lines.

9. An apparatus for a vehicle including an onboard display, the apparatus comprising:

a first module configured to determine that the vehicle begins parking;

a second module configured to display a parking user interface in the in-vehicle display in response to determining that the vehicle begins parking, the parking user interface including an interface area that is a visual representation of a parkable area and a vehicle icon for the vehicle;

a third module configured to receive a user movement operation on the vehicle icon such that the vehicle icon is positioned at a target position within the interface area at a target angle;

a fourth module configured to generate a parking instruction based on the target angle and the target location; and

a fifth module configured to, in response to determining that the parking instruction is generated, send the generated parking instruction to an actuator of the vehicle to cause the vehicle to park at the target angle at a parking location in the parkable area corresponding to the target location.

10. A computer device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory having a computer program stored thereon,

wherein the computer program, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 8.