WO2021197440A1

WO2021197440A1 - Cruise control apparatus and method, and steering wheel

Info

Publication number: WO2021197440A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/084997
Authority: WO
Inventors: 孙策; 陈淑江; 凌文超; 张帅; 孙佳新; 赵晴
Original assignee: 长城汽车股份有限公司
Priority date: 2020-04-02
Filing date: 2021-04-01
Publication date: 2021-10-07
Also published as: CN112677970B; CN112677970A

Abstract

A cruise control apparatus and method, and a steering wheel. The cruise control apparatus comprises: a single cruise key (100) arranged in a driver operation area of a vehicle, wherein the cruise key (100) is configured to send different cruise instructions in response to different press times; and a controller, which is in communication connection with the cruise key (100) and is used for identifying a real-time press time of the cruise key (100) and controlling the vehicle to execute a cruise instruction corresponding to the real-time press time. The cruise control apparatus can realize the functions of two or more keys in a traditional cruise control scheme by means of different press times of a single key, thereby obviously saving on costs.

Description

Cruise control device, method and steering wheel

Cross-references to related applications

This disclosure claims the priority of a Chinese patent application filed with the Chinese Patent Office, with application number 202010255861.X, titled "Cruise Control Device, Method and Steering Wheel" on April 2, 2020, the entire content of which is incorporated into this disclosure by reference middle.

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of vehicle cruise control, and in particular to a cruise control device, method and steering wheel.

Background technique

In recent years, the new energy automobile industry has seen a boom in high-speed cruise control functions. However, the traditional cruise control scheme is mostly through the four buttons on the multi-function steering wheel, namely CEUISE (main cruise switch function key), SET/- (cruise speed setting function key/cruise deceleration function key), RES/+ (cruise reset) Function key/cruise acceleration function key), CANCEL (cruise cancel function key) to realize the cruise switch function, cruise speed setting function, cruise acceleration function, cruise deceleration function, cruise reset function, cruise cancel function, etc. respectively. However, the layout of these multiple buttons makes it difficult for the driver to find the cruise function buttons that he expects to use during driving, resulting in a bad user experience. In addition, the large number of buttons also deepens the risk of driver misoperation and brings safety hazards.

Public content

In view of this, the present disclosure aims to propose a cruise control device to solve the numerous problems of traditional cruise control schemes.

In order to achieve the above objective, the technical solution of the present disclosure is achieved as follows:

A cruise control device includes: a single cruise button set in a driver's operation area of a vehicle, and the cruise button is configured to send different cruise commands in response to different pressing times; and a controller, and the cruise The button communication connection is used for identifying the real-time pressing time of the cruise button, and controlling the vehicle to execute the cruise command corresponding to the real-time pressing time.

Further, the configuration of the cruise button to send different cruise commands in response to different pressing times includes: when the pressing time of the cruise button is greater than or equal to a first time threshold, the cruise button is configured to send a first time threshold. An instruction; and when the pressing time of the cruise button is less than the first time threshold, the cruise button is configured to send a second instruction. Wherein, the first command and the second command are different cruise commands.

Further, the cruise command includes any one or more of a cruise switch command, a cruise speed setting command, a cruise acceleration command, a cruise deceleration command, a cruise reset command, and a cruise cancel command.

Further, the cruise button is configured to generate a designated level signal when pressed, and send the designated level signal to the controller; and the controller is used to identify the real-time pressing of the cruise button The activation time includes: determining the real-time pressing time of the cruise button according to the duration of the received designated level signal.

Further, the controller is a VCU (Vehicle Control Unit, vehicle controller).

Further, the controller for controlling the vehicle to execute the cruise command corresponding to the real-time pressing time includes: obtaining vehicle state information, and judging whether the vehicle meets the predicate for executing the corresponding cruise command according to the vehicle state information. If the conditions are set, if yes, control the vehicle to execute the cruise command to enter the corresponding cruise state, where the cruise state includes an active state, a closed state, and a standby state.

Further, the cruise control device further includes: a single display element, which is communicatively connected with the controller, and is configured to display different cruise states through different light states.

Compared with the prior art, the cruise control device described in the present disclosure has the following advantages: the cruise control device described in the present disclosure can realize two or more buttons in the traditional cruise control scheme through different pressing times of a single button The function of this, saves the cost obviously.

Another object of the present disclosure is to propose a cruise control method to solve the problem of traditional cruise control schemes relying on multiple buttons to achieve cruise control.

A cruise control method, applied to the controller of the aforementioned cruise control device, and the cruise control method includes: identifying the real-time pressing time of the single cruise button; determining the cruise corresponding to the identified real-time pressing time Instruction; and control the vehicle to execute the determined cruise instruction.

Further, the controlling the vehicle to execute the determined cruise command includes: acquiring vehicle status information, and judging whether the vehicle meets the preset conditions for executing the corresponding cruise command according to the vehicle status information, and if so, controlling the vehicle The cruise command is executed to enter a corresponding cruise state, where the cruise state includes an active state, a closed state, and a standby state.

The cruise control method has the same advantages as the aforementioned cruise control device over the prior art, and will not be repeated here.

Another purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a steering wheel to solve the numerous problems of cruising buttons on the traditional steering wheel.

A steering wheel includes: a steering wheel body; and the single cruise button of the above cruise control device, and the single cruise button is arranged on the steering wheel body.

The steering wheel has the same advantages as the aforementioned cruise control device over the prior art, and will not be repeated here.

Other features and advantages of the present disclosure will be described in detail in the following specific embodiments.

The above description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present disclosure. In order to understand the technical means of the present disclosure more clearly, they can be implemented in accordance with the content of the specification, and in order to make the above and other objectives, features and advantages of the present disclosure more obvious and easy to understand. In the following, specific embodiments of the present disclosure are specifically cited.

Description of the drawings

In order to more clearly describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure or related technologies, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or related technologies. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are of the present invention. For some of the disclosed embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art can obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative work.

The drawings constituting a part of the present disclosure are used to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure, and the exemplary embodiments and descriptions of the present disclosure are used to explain the present disclosure, and do not constitute an improper limitation of the present disclosure. In the attached picture:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the functional structure of a cruise control device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a logic diagram of a cruise state jump of an example of an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

3 is a schematic flowchart of a cruise control method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

Fig. 4 schematically shows a block diagram of a computing processing device for executing the method according to the present disclosure; and

Fig. 5 schematically shows a storage unit for holding or carrying program codes for implementing the method according to the present disclosure.

Specific embodiment

In order to make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments These are a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, but not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

It should be noted that the embodiments in the present disclosure and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other if there is no conflict.

Hereinafter, the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings and in conjunction with the embodiments.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the functional structure of a cruise control device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Different cruise commands are sent by pressing the time; and the controller 200 is in communication connection with the cruise button 100 for identifying the real-time pressing time of the cruise button 100, and controlling the vehicle to execute and the real-time pressing The cruise command corresponding to the time.

The configuration of the cruise button 100 to send different cruise commands in response to different pressing times may include: when the pressing time of the cruise button 100 is greater than or equal to a first time threshold, the cruise button 100 is configured To send a first instruction; and when the pressing time of the cruise button is less than the first time threshold, the cruise button is configured to send a second instruction. Wherein, the first command and the second command are different cruise commands. In addition, the cruise command may include any one or more of a cruise switch command, a cruise speed setting command, a cruise acceleration command, a cruise deceleration command, a cruise reset command, and a cruise cancel command.

For example, the first command is the main cruise switch command generated by the conventional CEUISE key, and the second command is the cruise speed setting command generated by the conventional SET key. Assuming that the first time threshold is 2s, the present disclosure The function of the single cruise button 100 of the embodiment can be defined as follows:

1) Define the button pressing time ≥ 2s as a long press. At this time, the main cruise switch command is sent, so that the cruise button 100 is equivalent to the conventional CEUISE button integrated with the traditional cruise control scheme;

2) Defining that the button pressing time is less than 2s is a short press, and the cruise speed setting command is sent at this time, so that the cruise button 100 is equivalent to the conventional SET button integrated with the traditional cruise control scheme.

For example, after a long press, the vehicle activates the cruise function to wait for the driver's further operation, and the driver performs a short press to enter the mode for setting the cruise speed. This is the same as the logic of the traditional cruise control scheme through the conventional CEUISE button and the conventional SET button. Therefore, the embodiment of the present disclosure only requires changing the number of cruise buttons and the command sending mode, and configuring the controller to identify the button pressing time function. , There is no need to change the logic of the controller to execute the corresponding cruise command, which basically optimizes the cruise control scheme from the hardware level, which is suitable for the situation where the corresponding software product selection cannot be changed.

It should be noted that the corresponding relationship between the button pressing time and the corresponding integrated conventional button in the above function definition is exemplary, and can be defined arbitrarily in practice. For example, the above 1) and 2) can be exchanged to define the long press corresponding to the conventional SET Key, and short press corresponds to the conventional CEUISE key. For another example, the first command and the second command may correspond to a cruise reset command, a cruise cancel command, and so on.

It should also be noted that a second time threshold, a third time threshold, etc., which are not equal to the first time threshold, can be further set to further enable the cruise button 100 to send the third command and the fourth command through different button pressing times. Different cruise commands such as commands are shown in the following table:

按键按动时间t(单位为s)Button pressing time t (unit: s)	对应的巡航指令Corresponding cruise command
0<t＜20<t<2	巡航加速指令Cruise acceleration command
2≤t＜52≤t＜5	巡航减速指令Cruise deceleration command
5≤t＜105≤t＜10	巡航车速设置指令Cruise speed setting command
10≤t10≤t	主巡航开关指令Main cruise switch command

For the scheme in the table, in order to facilitate the driver to grasp the pressing time, a displayable timer associated with the cruise button can be configured to display the pressing time of the button to the driver in real time. In addition to displaying the timer, a display with more functions can also be used. The display can not only display the pressing time, but also the cruise command corresponding to the current pressing time.

Based on this, it can be seen that the cruise control device of the embodiment of the present disclosure realizes the functions of two or more buttons in the traditional cruise control scheme through the different pressing time of a single button, which significantly saves costs and cannot be used in the vehicle cruise system. The same applies when the product selection is changed.

In a preferred embodiment, the cruise button 100 is pre-configured to indicate different cruise commands with different pressing times, and the controller 200 needs to recognize the pressing time to further determine the cruise command, and how to recognize the pressing of the cruise button 100 The possible solutions for the activation time are as follows: firstly, the cruise button 100 is configured to generate a designated level signal when it is pressed, and send the designated level signal to the controller 200; secondly, the The controller 200 determines the real-time pressing time of the cruise button according to the duration of the received designated level signal.

For example, the designated level signal may be a high level, that is, the cruise button 100 is configured to convert the level signal of the button from a low level to a high level after being pressed, so that the control 200 The real-time pressing time of the cruise button 100 can be determined according to the duration of the high level.

In a preferred embodiment, the controller may be a VCU. In other embodiments, an independent controller may be additionally configured.

Taking VCU as an example, in a preferred embodiment, the controller 200 for controlling the vehicle to execute the cruise command corresponding to the real-time pressing time includes: acquiring vehicle status information, and according to the vehicle status information It is determined whether the vehicle meets the preset conditions for executing the corresponding cruise command, and if so, the vehicle is controlled to execute the cruise command to enter the corresponding cruise state. Wherein, according to the content of the preset condition, the obtained vehicle state information may be different.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the cruise state includes an active state, a closed state, and a standby state. The following will illustrate the jump between these three states based on preset conditions through examples. FIG. 2 is a logic diagram of the cruise state jump of an example of an embodiment of the present disclosure, in which the active state, the off state, and the standby state are respectively marked as Activate, OFF, and Standby, and this example uses a single cruise button in the embodiment of the present disclosure to integrate conventional Take the functions of the SET button and the regular CRUISE button as examples. As shown in Figure 2, the cruise state jump logic in this example mainly includes the following parts:

1. When the current vehicle state meets the following first preset condition, the vehicle should activate the cruise function (corresponding to the Activate state).

The first preset condition includes:

1) The cruise function is in the "Standby" state; and

2) No system faults of level 3 or above, except for OBC (On Board of Charger) level 3 faults; and

3) The vehicle speed (the vehicle speed displayed by the instrument) is between 30-130km/h, where 30-130km/h is the TBD (To Be Determined) value; and

4) The brake pedal is not depressed; and

5) The gear is in D gear (forward gear); and

6) The cruise control signal state is not "0x0: Not switch off cruise control", where the cruise control signal includes CDP (Controlled Deceleration for Parking Brake) signal, VDC (Vehicle) Dynamic Control (vehicle dynamic control) signal, TCS (Traction Control System, traction control system) signal, HDC (Hill Descent Control) signal; and

7) The CDP function is not activated; and

8) The "SET" key is pressed, where pressing the "SET" key refers to the function of the conventional SET key realized by the single cruise key of the embodiment of the present disclosure; and

9) EPB (Electric Parking Braking) signal and switch position signal are not "0x2: Apply".

Please note that after the cruise function is activated, the cruise speed setting, cruise acceleration, cruise deceleration and other functions can be further carried out.

2. When the cruise state is "Standby" or "Activate", it should enter the "OFF" state when the following second preset conditions are met.

The second preset condition includes:

1) The vehicle is in a non-ready state; or

2) The fault level is greater than or equal to level 3 (except for OBC level 3 faults); or

3) The cruise button voltage is faulty; or

4) The "CRUISE" key is pressed. Pressing the "CRUISE" key here refers to the function of the conventional CRUISE key realized by a single cruise key in the embodiment of the present disclosure, and under this condition is a cruise close command.

3. When the following third preset conditions are met, the vehicle should jump from the Activate state to the Standby state.

The third preset condition includes:

1) The brake pedal is depressed; or

2) Cut out D block; or

3) The state of the cruise control signal (CDP, VDC, TCS, HDC) is "0x1: switch off cruise control"; or

4) EPB switch position signal is "0x2: Apply"; or

5) "SET" is pressed. That is, the Activate state indicates that the vehicle cruise function has been activated and is in the Standby state waiting for further driving instructions. At this time, the cruise speed setting function can be activated by pressing the button again.

4. When the cruise state is "OFF", it should enter the "Standby" state when the following fourth preset conditions are met.

The fourth preset condition includes:

1) The vehicle is in Ready state; and

2) The vehicle failure level is less than 3 (OBC failure is less than or equal to level 3); and

3) The cruise button has no voltage failure; and

4) The "CRUISE" key is pressed. Pressing the "CRUISE" button here corresponds to the cruise opening command, that is, only when the cruise function is turned on can it enter the Standby state.

Accordingly, the cruise control device of the embodiment of the present disclosure realizes the cruise state switching corresponding to both the regular SET button and the regular CRUISE button in the traditional cruise control scheme through a single cruise button 100.

In addition, in traditional cruise control schemes, a cruise icon and a cruise speed icon are generally set on the dashboard at the same time. In this regard, the solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure is based on hardware and cost considerations, and continues to implement a single icon display based on the idea of one-key setting to ensure the requirements of human-computer interaction. Specifically, referring to FIG. 1 again, the cruise control device of the embodiment of the present disclosure may further include: a single display 300, which is communicatively connected with the controller 200, and is configured to display different cruises through different light states. state.

For example, assuming that the single display 300 of the embodiment of the present disclosure is used to support the display of cruise icons, displaying different cruise states through different light states may include the following two solutions:

1) Human-computer interaction is realized by distinguishing the color of the icon, such as the driver long press (CRUISE function, the cruise state jumps to Standby) once the cruise icon lights up (yellow), then short press (SET function, the cruise state jumps to Activate ) The one-time cruise icon turns green and enters the cruise state;

2) Human-computer interaction is realized by distinguishing the icon state, such as the driver long press (CRUISE function, the cruise state jumps to Standby) once the cruise icon lights up and flashes, and then short press (SET function, the cruise state jumps to Activate) Once the cruise icon stops flashing.

Accordingly, the embodiment of the present disclosure uses a single display to make the cruise icon show different cruise states through different lighting methods, so that there is no need to set a cruise speed icon, which reduces the cost and makes the instrument display panel reduce the cruise. The speed icon has more space.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a cruise control method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the cruise control method is applied to the controller 200 of the cruise control device of the above-mentioned embodiment. As shown in Figure 3, the cruise control method includes:

Step S310: Identify the real-time pressing time of the single cruise button.

For example, the real-time pressing time is obtained by recognizing the high level duration time generated by pressing the cruise button 100.

Step S320: Determine the cruise command corresponding to the recognized real-time pressing time.

For example, the corresponding cruise command is determined through the above table.

Step S330: Control the vehicle to execute the determined cruise command.

For example, the vehicle is controlled to execute a cruise switch command.

In a preferred embodiment, the step S330 may further include: acquiring vehicle status information, and judging whether the vehicle meets the preset conditions for executing the corresponding cruise command according to the vehicle status information, and if so, controlling the vehicle to execute all the cruise commands. The cruise command is used to enter a corresponding cruise state, wherein the cruise state includes an activated (Activate) state, an off (OFF) state, and a standby (Standby) state. For example, when the vehicle executes the cruise speed setting instruction, the vehicle needs to be controlled to enter the Activate state first, and then enter the Standby state to wait for the driver to perform further operations.

For other implementation details and effects of the cruise control method in this embodiment, reference may be made to the foregoing embodiments of the cruise control device, and details are not repeated here.

Another embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a steering wheel, the steering wheel includes: a steering wheel body; and the single cruise button 100 described in the above embodiments of the cruise control device, and the single cruise button 100 is provided on the steering wheel On the body.

The steering wheel of the embodiment of the present disclosure realizes the functions of multiple buttons in the traditional cruise control scheme through a single cruise button, which is convenient for the driver to operate and is beneficial to improve the layout design of the steering wheel.

Those skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments of the present disclosure can be provided as methods, devices, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, the present disclosure may adopt the form of a complete hardware embodiment, a complete software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware. Moreover, the present disclosure may take the form of a computer program product implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) containing computer-usable program codes.

The present disclosure is described with reference to flowcharts and/or block diagrams of methods, devices (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the present disclosure. It should be understood that each process and/or block in the flowchart and/or block diagram, and the combination of processes and/or blocks in the flowchart and/or block diagram can be realized by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to the controller of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor, or other programmable data processing equipment to generate a machine, so that the instructions executed by the controller of the computer or other programmable data processing equipment can be generated for use. It is a device that realizes the functions specified in one process or multiple processes in the flowchart and/or one block or multiple blocks in the block diagram.

These computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can guide a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to work in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including the instruction device. The device implements the functions specified in one process or multiple processes in the flowchart and/or one block or multiple blocks in the block diagram.

These computer program instructions can also be loaded on a computer or other programmable data processing equipment, so that a series of operation steps are executed on the computer or other programmable equipment to produce computer-implemented processing, so as to execute on the computer or other programmable equipment. The instructions provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one process or multiple processes in the flowchart and/or one block or multiple blocks in the block diagram.

In a typical configuration, the computing device includes one or more controllers (CPUs), input/output interfaces, network interfaces, and memory.

The memory may include non-permanent 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). The memory is an example of a computer-readable medium.

Computer-readable media includes permanent and non-permanent, removable and non-removable media, and information storage can be realized by any method or technology. The information can be computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, 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, CD-ROM, digital versatile disc (DVD) or other optical storage, Magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices or any other non-transmission media can be used to store information that can be accessed by computing devices. According to the definition in this article, computer-readable media does not include transitory media, such as modulated data signals and carrier waves.

The device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in One place, or it can be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the objectives of the solutions of the embodiments. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without creative work.

The various component embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by hardware, or by software modules running on one or more processors, or by a combination of them. Those skilled in the art should understand that a microprocessor or a digital signal processor (DSP) may be used in practice to implement some or all of the functions of some or all of the components in the computing processing device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. The present disclosure can also be implemented as a device or device program (for example, a computer program and a computer program product) for executing part or all of the methods described herein. Such a program for realizing the present disclosure may be stored on a computer-readable medium, or may have the form of one or more signals. Such a signal can be downloaded from an Internet website, or provided on a carrier signal, or provided in any other form.

For example, FIG. 4 shows a computing processing device that can implement the method according to the present disclosure. The computing processing device traditionally includes a processor 1010 and a computer program product in the form of a memory 1020 or a computer readable medium. The memory 1020 may be an electronic memory such as flash memory, EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), EPROM, hard disk, or ROM. The memory 1020 has a storage space 1030 for executing program codes 1031 of any method steps in the above methods. For example, the storage space 1030 for program codes may include various program codes 1031 respectively used to implement various steps in the above method. These program codes can be read from or written into one or more computer program products. These computer program products include program code carriers such as hard disks, compact disks (CDs), memory cards, or floppy disks. Such a computer program product is usually a portable or fixed storage unit as described with reference to FIG. 5. The storage unit may have storage segments, storage spaces, etc. arranged similarly to the memory 1020 in the computing processing device of FIG. 4. The program code can be compressed in an appropriate form, for example. Generally, the storage unit includes computer-readable code 1031', that is, code that can be read by a processor such as 1010, which, when run by a computing processing device, causes the computing processing device to execute the method described above. The various steps.

The “one embodiment”, “an embodiment” or “one or more embodiments” referred to herein means that a specific feature, structure or characteristic described in conjunction with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. In addition, please note that the word examples "in one embodiment" here do not necessarily all refer to the same embodiment.

In the instructions provided here, a lot of specific details are explained. However, it can be understood that the embodiments of the present disclosure may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures, and technologies are not shown in detail, so as not to obscure the understanding of this specification.

It should also be noted that the term "include" or any other variant thereof is intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, commodity or equipment including a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes those elements that are not explicitly listed. Other elements of, or also include elements inherent to this process, method, commodity or equipment. If there are no more restrictions, the element defined by the sentence "including a..." does not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, commodity or equipment that includes the element.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure shall be included in the present disclosure. Within the scope of protection.

Claims

A cruise control device, characterized in that, the cruise control device includes:

A single cruise button set in the driver's operation area of the vehicle, and the cruise button is configured to send different cruise commands in response to different pressing times; and

The controller is communicatively connected with the cruise button, and is used for identifying the real-time pressing time of the cruise button, and controlling the vehicle to execute the cruise command corresponding to the real-time pressing time.
The cruise control device according to claim 1, wherein the configuration of the cruise button to send different cruise commands in response to different pressing times comprises:

When the pressing time of the cruise button is greater than or equal to the first time threshold, the cruise button is configured to send the first instruction; and

When the pressing time of the cruise button is less than the first time threshold, the cruise button is configured to send a second instruction;

Wherein, the first command and the second command are different cruise commands.
The cruise control device according to claim 1, wherein the cruise command includes any one of a cruise switch command, a cruise speed setting command, a cruise acceleration command, a cruise deceleration command, a cruise reset command, a cruise cancel command, or More.
The cruise control device according to claim 1, wherein the cruise button is configured to generate a designated level signal when pressed, and send the designated level signal to the controller; and

The controller used to identify the real-time pressing time of the cruise button includes: determining the real-time pressing time of the cruise button according to the duration of the received designated level signal.
The cruise control device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is a vehicle controller VCU.
The cruise control device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the vehicle to execute the cruise command corresponding to the real-time pressing time comprises: obtaining vehicle state information, and according to the vehicle state The information determines whether the vehicle meets the preset conditions for executing the corresponding cruise command, and if so, the vehicle is controlled to execute the cruise command to enter the corresponding cruise state, where the cruise state includes an active state, a closed state, and a standby state.
The cruise control device according to claim 6, wherein the cruise control device further comprises:

A single display is connected to the controller in communication and is configured to display different cruise states through different light states.
A cruise control method, characterized in that it is applied to the controller of the cruise control device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, and the cruise control method comprises:

Identifying the real-time pressing time of the single cruise button;

Determine the cruise command corresponding to the recognized real-time pressing time; and

The vehicle is controlled to execute the determined cruise command.
The cruise control method according to claim 8, wherein the controlling the vehicle to execute the determined cruise command comprises:

Obtain vehicle status information, and determine whether the vehicle meets the preset conditions for executing the corresponding cruise command according to the vehicle status information, and if so, control the vehicle to execute the cruise command to enter the corresponding cruise state, wherein the cruise state includes Active state, off state and standby state.
A steering wheel, characterized in that, the steering wheel includes:

Steering wheel body; and

The single cruise button of the cruise control device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, and the single cruise button is arranged on the steering wheel body.
A computing processing device, characterized in that it comprises:

A memory in which computer readable codes are stored; and

One or more processors, and when the computer-readable code is executed by the one or more processors, the computing processing device executes the cruise control method according to any one of claims 8 and 9.
A computer program comprising computer readable code, when the computer readable code runs on a computing processing device, causes the computing processing device to execute the cruise control method according to any one of claims 8 and 9.
A computer readable medium in which the computer program according to claim 12 is stored.