Patent Application
20240288136
This application relates to the field of light splitting technologies, and specifically, to a light splitting method and a related device.
Light sources are widely used in various devices such as display devices and light fixtures. Currently, each device is usually provided with an independent light source. In a complex hardware system such as a vehicle, there are usually a large quantity of devices that need to emit light. As a result, light sources in these hardware systems occupy large space, and utilization of the light sources is not high.
This application provides a light splitting method, to properly use a light source and improve utilization of the light source. This application further provides a corresponding apparatus, computer device, computer-readable storage medium, computer program product, and the like.
According to a first aspect, this application provides a light splitting method applied to a control device. The control device is located in a vehicle. The vehicle further includes at least two devices to emit light that provide light energy by using a centralized light source, and each of the devices to emit light is connected to the centralized light source by using an optical waveguide. The method includes: obtaining a light-emitting instruction, where the light-emitting instruction carries information about a first optical power required by one target device to emit light of the at least two devices to emit light, or information about a first optical power required by each of a plurality of target devices to emit light; and allocating, based on the information about the first optical power, light emitted by the centralized light source, so that each target device to emit light obtains respective corresponding light by using the optical waveguide.
In the first aspect, the light splitting method may be applied to a complex hardware system such as a driving tool. The driving tool may be a vehicle, a ship, an airplane, a railway train, or the like. The device to emit light may be a display device and/or a light fixture. The control device may control on or off of one or more of components such as light splitting devices, optical coupled devices, and optical switches on optical transmission paths from the centralized light source to the target devices to emit light, and adjust parameters such as a split ratio, to allocate the light emitted by the centralized light source.
It can be learned from the foregoing that, in the first aspect, the centralized light source may provide light energy to one or more of the at least two devices to emit light in a light splitting system based on requirements, thereby reducing a quantity of light sources in the vehicle or other hardware systems, reducing a space requirement and a heat dissipation requirement of the light source, and improving utilization of the used light source. In addition, the light emitted by the centralized light source may be allocated based on the first optical power, so that the light emitted by the centralized light source can be flexibly allocated based on an actual scenario requirement, and the light transmitted to the device to emit light can meet a light-emitting requirement of the device to emit light.
In an implementation of the first aspect, the vehicle further includes a first light splitting device. The foregoing step of allocating, based on the information about the first optical power, light emitted by the centralized light source, so that each target device to emit light obtains respective corresponding light by using the optical waveguide includes: determining a split ratio of the first light splitting device based on the information about the first optical power, so that each target device to emit light obtains respective corresponding light by using the optical waveguide.
In this implementation, the first light splitting device may be one light splitter, or may include a plurality of light splitters. In the light splitters included in the first light splitting device, at least one light splitter is a light splitter with an adjustable split ratio. The split ratio of the first light splitting device corresponding to the device to emit light is determined based on the first optical power, and the light energy from the centralized light source may be flexibly allocated by using the first light splitting device based on an actual scenario requirement, so that target light energy transmitted to the device to emit light can meet a light-emitting requirement of the device to emit light.
In an implementation of the first aspect, the centralized light source is configured to emit red light, green light, and blue light, the red light, the green light, and the blue light are separately transmitted when emitted from the centralized light source, and the light-emitting instruction further carries color information of light required by each target device to emit light. The foregoing step of determining the split ratio of the first light splitting device based on the information about the first optical power includes: determining, based on the first optical power and the color information, split ratios of the first light splitting device for the red light, the green light, and the blue light respectively.
In this implementation, the split ratios of the first light splitting device for red light, green light, and blue light respectively may be split ratios of the first light splitting device for red light, green light, and blue light received by each target device to emit light. The first light splitting device may be one light splitter, and an output port of the one light splitter corresponds to red light, green light, or blue light of a device to emit light. Alternatively, the first light splitting device may include a plurality of light splitters, and the plurality of light splitters may be in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of devices to emit light.
It can be learned that, in this implementation, the first light splitting device may be used to not only control the manner of allocating light emitted by the centralized light source to the target devices to emit light, but also control, by adjusting split ratios respectively corresponding to red light, green light, and blue light, the colors of the light received by the target devices to emit light, thereby greatly improving control efficiency, reducing use of the wavelength conversion apparatus, and reducing hardware costs.
In an implementation of the first aspect, each device to emit light is connected to a second light splitting device, and the second light splitting device is further connected to an optical power meter. The light splitting method further includes: when the target device to emit light emits light, obtaining a third optical power detected by an optical power meter corresponding to the target device to emit light; and determining the split ratio of the first light splitting device based on the third optical power, and/or determining an optical power of the centralized light source.
In this implementation, a split ratio of the second light splitting device is a fixed value. In this way, a ratio of a power of light received by a target device to emit light corresponding to any second light splitting device to a third optical power detected by an optical power meter corresponding to the second light splitting device is a fixed value. Therefore, in this implementation, the third optical power detected by the optical power meter corresponding to the target device to emit light may be used to determine a value of light energy of the light received by the corresponding target device to emit light, to determine whether the value of light energy of the light received by the corresponding target device to emit light meets a requirement of the corresponding target device to emit light.
Usually, the second light splitting device allocates more light energy to the corresponding target device to emit light, and allocates less light energy to the corresponding optical power meter. For example, a second split ratio of a second light splitting device corresponding to a target device to emit light is 1:99. In this way, most of the light may be transmitted to the corresponding target device to emit light for light emitting, and only a small part of the light is transmitted to the corresponding optical power meter for detection, thereby avoiding a waste of light energy.
In an implementation of the first aspect, the target device to emit light includes a first device to emit light and a second device to emit light, and a ratio of a maximum optical power corresponding to the first device to emit light to a maximum optical power corresponding to the second device to emit light is less than a preset ratio threshold. The light splitting method further includes: if it is detected that a first optical power of the first device to emit light is updated, updating the split ratio of the first light splitting device based on an updated first optical power of the first device to emit light.
In this implementation, the preset ratio threshold is usually small. For example, the preset ratio threshold may be 0.2, 0.1, or 0.05. In this way, the ratio of the maximum optical power corresponding to the first device to emit light to the maximum optical power corresponding to the second device to emit light is less than the preset ratio threshold, indicating that the maximum optical power corresponding to the first device to emit light is apparently less than the maximum optical power corresponding to the second device to emit light.
In this implementation, the split ratio of the first light splitting device may be updated based on a first optical power of the second device to emit light and the updated first optical power of the first device to emit light, to reallocate the light respectively obtained by the first device to emit light and the second device to emit light. In this case, before and after reallocation, a sum of the light respectively obtained by the first device to emit light and the second device to emit light may remain unchanged. In this way, the optical power of the centralized light source may also remain unchanged, and only the split ratio of the first light splitting device needs to be updated. It can be learned that, although the first optical power required by the target device to emit light changes, in an actual control process, the split ratio of only the first light splitting device needs to be adjusted, and the optical power of the centralized light source does not need to be adjusted. Therefore, a control procedure is optimized, the optical power of the centralized light source is avoided from being adjusted frequently, and a service life of the centralized light source is prolonged.
In an implementation of the first aspect, the light splitting method further includes: determining the optical power of the centralized light source based on the first optical power, where the optical power of the centralized light source is not less than a sum of first optical powers respectively corresponding to the target devices to emit light; and controlling the centralized light source to emit light based on the optical power of the centralized light source.
In this implementation, the optical power of the centralized light source may be properly determined based on the first optical power, thereby avoiding a resource waste while the requirement of the target device to emit light is met.
According to a second aspect, this application provides a light splitting apparatus. The apparatus may be applied to a control device. The control device is located in a vehicle. The vehicle further includes at least two devices to emit light that provide light energy by using a centralized light source, and each of the devices to emit light is connected to the centralized light source by using an optical waveguide. The light splitting apparatus has functions to implement the method according to the first aspect or any implementation of the first aspect. The functions may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the foregoing functions, for example, an obtaining module and an allocation module.
According to a third aspect, this application provides a control device. The control device includes at least one processor, a memory, a communication interface, and computer-executable instructions that are stored in the memory and runnable on the processor. When the computer-executable instructions are executed by the processor, the processor performs the method according to the first aspect or any implementation of the first aspect.
According to a fourth aspect, this application provides a computer-readable storage medium storing one or more computer-executable instructions. When the computer-executable instructions are executed by a processor, the processor performs the method according to the first aspect or any implementation of the first aspect.
According to a fifth aspect, this application provides a computer program product storing one or more computer-executable instructions. When the computer-executable instructions are executed by a processor, the processor performs the method according to the first aspect or any implementation of the first aspect.
According to a sixth aspect, this application provides a chip system. The chip system includes a processor, configured to support a control device in implementing functions in the first aspect or any implementation of the first aspect. In a design, the chip system may further include a memory. The memory is configured to store program instructions and data that are necessary for the control device. The chip system may include a chip, or may include a chip and another discrete device.
According to a seventh aspect, this application provides a light splitting system. The light splitting system includes a control device, and the control device is configured to implement the method according to the first aspect or any implementation of the first aspect.
In an implementation of the seventh aspect, the light splitting system further includes at least two devices to emit light, and each of the devices to emit light is connected to a centralized light source by using an optical waveguide.
In an implementation of the seventh aspect, an optical waveguide end structure is located at one end of the optical waveguide on a corresponding target device to emit light, and the optical waveguide end structure corresponds to a target light type of the corresponding target device to emit light.
In this implementation, a target light type of any target device to emit light refers to a light type required by the target device to emit light. The target light type may be described by using at least one of the following: a form (such as a face light type, a linear light type, or a point light type) of the target light type, a shape (such as a rectangle, a circle, a triangle, a sector, or a trapezoid), a size (such as a width, a length, or a diameter) of the target light type, light intensity distribution in the target light type, and the like. A form of the optical waveguide end structure may be flexibly adjusted based on a requirement of the corresponding device to emit light, so that different light types are conveniently and flexibly generated in different devices to emit light as required. In this way, it is unnecessary to configure various different light shaping devices in the devices to emit light for requirements of different light types of the devices to emit light, for example, configure a light guide plate, a light uniform plate, and another light type conversion device, thereby greatly reducing hardware costs.
In an implementation of the seventh aspect, in an optical waveguide end structure corresponding to at least one target device to emit light, a cladding on a side surface of the optical waveguide is cut to form a light transmission region, so that the optical waveguide end structure emits light from the side surface based on a corresponding target light type.
In this implementation, to meet requirements of target light types in some application scenarios, the cladding on the side surface of the optical fiber in the optical fiber end structure may be cut in advance, so that light in the optical core in the optical fiber end structure can be emitted from the light transmission region of the side surface of the optical fiber. The light transmission region formed by cutting the cladding may be covered with a transparent material. The transparent material may be for protecting an optical core exposed due to cutting the cladding accordingly. An area and a shape of the light transmission region may be flexibly determined based on the target light type, so that different light types may be conveniently and flexibly generated in different devices to emit light as required.
In an implementation of the seventh aspect, the target device to emit light includes a display panel of a vehicle, a target light type corresponding to the display panel is a face light type, and in an optical waveguide end structure corresponding to the display panel, the optical waveguide is bent based on the face light type and is arranged in the target light-emitting region, to serve as the backlight source of the display panel.
In this implementation, the optical waveguide end structure may be arranged in the target light-emitting region in an arrangement manner of being bent into a plurality of optical waveguide sections and sequentially arranged in a bending sequence, or an arrangement manner of being bent into multilayer circles or rectangular frames, to form the face light type.
In an implementation of the seventh aspect, in an optical waveguide end structure corresponding to at least one target device to emit light, a shape of a cross section of an optical core corresponds to the target light type of the corresponding target device to emit light.
In this implementation, a surface perpendicular to a central axis of the optical core is the cross section of the optical core. That the shape of the cross section of the optical core corresponds to the target light type of the corresponding target device to emit light may be that the shape of the cross section of the optical core is the same as or similar to the target light type of the corresponding target device to emit light, so that when one end of the optical core on the corresponding target device to emit light is used to emit light, the corresponding target light type can be formed based on the shape of the cross section of the optical core.
In an implementation of the seventh aspect, the target device to emit light includes a projection device of the vehicle, a target light type corresponding to the projection device is a rectangular light type, and a shape of a cross section of an optical core in an optical waveguide end structure corresponding to the projection device is a rectangle.
In this implementation, the projection device may be a head-up display device in the vehicle, a device configured to perform projection display for a passenger in a passenger space, and a device configured to project driving indication information on a driving path of the vehicle. A point light type is usually used in the projection device, and a form of the point light type is a rectangular light type. Therefore, in this implementation, the shape of the cross section of the optical core in the optical waveguide end structure corresponding to the projection device is a rectangle, so that when light is transmitted to an end portion of the optical core in the optical waveguide end structure corresponding to the projection device, light is emitted by using the end portion of the optical core, to form the rectangular light type.
In an implementation of the seventh aspect, the target device to emit light includes a headlamp of the vehicle, in an optical waveguide end structure corresponding to the headlamp, an optical core of the optical waveguide includes a first optical core and a second optical core, and a refractive index of the first optical core and a refractive index of the second optical core correspond to light intensity distribution in a target light type of the headlamp.
In this implementation, a light intensity of an upper portion of the target light type of the headlamp is strong, and a light intensity of a lower portion is weak. Based on a requirement of the target light type of the headlamp, the first optical core is located above the second optical core, and a refractive index of the first optical core is greater than that of the second optical core. In this way, a light intensity of light output by the first optical core is greater than a light intensity of light output by the second optical core, so that the optical waveguide end structure of the headlamp can emit a light type with light intensities gradually weakening from up to down. The light type may be the same as or similar to the target light type of the headlamp, thereby reducing use of some light shaping devices in the headlamp.
In an implementation of the seventh aspect, the device to emit light includes a display device and/or a light fixture in the vehicle.
In this implementation, the display device may include the display panel and/or the projection device. The display panel is a device that performs planar display or curved display by using a display screen such as a touchscreen or a non-touchscreen. For example, the display panel may include at least one of a touchscreen panel in the in-vehicle computer and various meter display panels. The projection device is a device that can project an image, a video, or the like to an entity such as a curtain, a wall, or a road, or project an image or a video to a non-entity such as air. For example, the projection device may include at least one of a head-up display device in the vehicle, a device configured to perform projection display for a passenger in a passenger space, and a device configured to project driving indication information on a driving path of the vehicle. The light fixture may be a lighting tool or an information indication tool. For example, the light fixture may be at least one of a vehicle light, a lighting device in the vehicle, an indicator for assisting a driver in driving in the vehicle, or an indicator for prompting a passenger.
According to an eighth aspect, this application provides a vehicle. The vehicle includes the light splitting system according to the seventh aspect or any implementation of the seventh aspect.
For technical effects brought by the second aspect to the sixth aspect or any implementation of the second aspect to the sixth aspect, refer to the technical effects brought by the first aspect or any implementation of the first aspect. For technical effects brought by the eighth aspect, refer to the technical effects brought by the seventh aspect or any implementation of the seventh aspect. Details are not described herein again.
The following describes embodiments of this application with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is obvious that the described embodiments are merely some rather than all of embodiments of this application. A person of ordinary skill in the art may know that as the technology evolves and new scenarios emerge, the technical solutions provided in embodiments of this application are also applicable to similar technical problems.
In the specification, claims, and accompanying drawings of this application, the terms “first”, “second”, and so on are intended to distinguish between similar objects but do not necessarily indicate an order or sequence. It should be understood that, the data used in such a way is interchangeable in proper cases, so that the embodiments described herein can be implemented in other orders than the order illustrated or described herein. In addition, the terms “include” and “have” and any other variants thereof are intended to cover the non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, product, or device that includes a list of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those expressly listed steps or units, but may include other steps or units not expressly listed or inherent to such a process, method, product, or device.
Embodiments of this application provide a light splitting method, to properly use a light source and improve utilization of the light source. Embodiments of this application further provide a corresponding apparatus, computer device, computer-readable storage medium, computer program product, and the like. Details are separately described below.
The light splitting method provided in an embodiment of this application may be applied to a complex hardware system such as a vehicle, a ship, an airplane, or a railway train.
The following describes a vehicle to which an embodiment of this application is applied, as shown in
The vehicle shown in this embodiment includes a sensor system 120, and the sensor system 120 may include several sensors that sense information about the surrounding environment of the vehicle 100. For example, the sensor system 120 may include a positioning system 121 (the positioning system may be a global positioning system (GPS) system, or may be the COMPASS system, or another positioning system), an inertial measurement unit (IMU) 122, a radar 123, a laser rangefinder 124, and a camera 125. The sensor system 120 may further include sensors of an internal system of the monitored vehicle 100 (for example, an in-vehicle air quality monitor, a fuel gauge, and an oil temperature gauge). Sensor data from one or more of these sensors can be used to detect an object and corresponding features (a position, a shape, a direction, a speed, and the like) of the object. Such detection and recognition are key functions for safe operations of the self-driving vehicle 100. The positioning system 121 may be configured to estimate a geographical position of the vehicle 100. The IMU 122 is configured to sense position and orientation changes of the vehicle 100 based on an inertial acceleration. In an embodiment, the IMU 122 may be a combination of an accelerometer and a gyroscope. The radar 123 may sense an object in the surrounding environment of the vehicle 100 by using a radio signal. In some embodiments, in addition to sensing the object, the radar 123 may be further configured to sense a speed and/or a forward direction of the object. A type of the radar 123 is not limited in this embodiment. For example, the radar 123 may be a millimeter-wave radar or a laser radar. The laser rangefinder 124 may sense, by using a laser, an object in an environment in which the vehicle 100 is located. In some embodiments, the laser rangefinder 124 may include one or more laser sources, a laser scanner, one or more detectors, and other system components. The camera 125 may be configured to capture a plurality of images of the surrounding environment of the vehicle 100. The camera 125 may be a static camera, a video camera, a mono/binocular camera, or an infrared imager.
The vehicle 100 further includes an advanced driving assistance system (ADAS) 110. In a driving process of the vehicle, the ADAS 110 senses the surrounding environment at any time, collects data, performs identification, detection, and tracking on static and dynamic objects, and performs system computing and analysis based on navigation map data. In this way, drivers can be aware of potential risks in advance, thereby effectively improving comfort and safety of vehicle driving. For example, the ADAS 110 may control the vehicle based on data obtained by the sensing system 120. For another example, the ADAS 110 may control the vehicle based on in-vehicle machine data. The in-vehicle machine data may be main data (fuel consumption, a motor rotational speed, a temperature, and the like) on a vehicle dashboard, information about a vehicle speed, information about a rotation angle of a steering wheel, posture data of a vehicle body, or the like.
The ADAS 110 may control the vehicle in one or more of the following manners:
The ADAS 110 adjusts a forward direction of the vehicle 100. The ADAS 110 controls an operation speed of an engine of the vehicle to control a speed of the vehicle 100. The ADAS 110 operates an image captured by the camera 125, to recognize an object and/or a feature in the surrounding environment of the vehicle 100. In some embodiments, the ADAS 110 may be configured to map the environment, track the object, estimate a speed of the object, and the like. The ADAS 110 determines a driving route of the vehicle 100. In some embodiments, the ADAS 110 may determine the driving route for the vehicle 100 with reference to one or more pieces of predetermined map data from the sensing system 120. The ADAS 110 may recognize, evaluate, and avoid a potential obstacle in the environment of the vehicle 100 or cross the potential obstacle in another manner.
The vehicle 100 interacts with an external sensor, another vehicle, another computer system, or a user by using a peripheral device 130. The peripheral device 130 may include a wireless communication system 131, an in-vehicle computer 132, a microphone 133, and/or a loudspeaker 134.
In some embodiments, the peripheral device 130 provides a means for the user of the vehicle 100 to interact with a user interface. For example, the in-vehicle computer 132 may provide information to the user of the vehicle 100. The user interface may further operate the in-vehicle computer 132 to receive an input from the user. The in-vehicle computer 132 may be operated by using a touchscreen. In another case, the peripheral device 130 may provide a means for the vehicle 100 to communicate with another device located in the vehicle. For example, the microphone 133 may receive an audio (for example, a voice command or another audio input) from the user of the vehicle 100. Similarly, the loudspeaker 134 may output an audio to the user of the vehicle 100.
The wireless communication system 131 may perform wireless communication with one or more devices directly or through a communication network. For example, the wireless communication system 131 may use the 3rd generation mobile communication technology (3G) for cellular communication, such as code division multiple access (CDMA), a global system for mobile communications (GSM), and a general packet radio service (GPRS). The wireless communication system 131 may use the 4th generation mobile communication technology (4G) for cellular communication, such as long term evolution (LTE). The wireless communication system 131 may further use the 5th generation mobile communication technology (5G) for cellular communication. The wireless communication system 131 may use a wireless local area network (WLAN) for communication. In some embodiments, the wireless communication system 131 may directly communicate with a device by using an infrared link, Bluetooth, or a ZigBee protocol. The wireless communication system 131 may further use various vehicle communication systems. For example, the wireless communication system 131 may include one or more dedicated short range communications (DSRC) devices, and these devices may include public and/or private data communication between vehicles and/or roadside stations.
Some or all of functions of the vehicle 100 are controlled by a computer system 140. The computer system 140 may control the functions of the vehicle 100 based on inputs received from various systems (such as the sensing system 120, the ADAS 110, the peripheral device 130) and the user interface. The computer system 140 may include at least one processor 141, and the processor 141 executes instructions stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as a memory 142. The computer system 140 may alternatively be a plurality of computing devices that control an individual component or a subsystem of the vehicle 100 in a distributed manner.
A type of the processor 141 is not limited in this embodiment. For example, the processor 141 may be one or more field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a system-on-chip (SoC), a central processing unit (CPU), a network processor (NP), a digital signal processor (DSP), micro controller unit (MCU), a programmable logic device (PLD), another integrated chip, or any combination of the foregoing chips or processors. The processor 141 may be located inside the vehicle, or the processor 141 may be located far away from the vehicle and perform wireless communication with the vehicle.
In some embodiments, the memory 142 may include instructions (for example, program logic), and the instructions may be executed by the processor 141 to perform various functions of the vehicle 100. In addition to the instructions, the memory 142 may further store data, for example, map data, route information, a position, a direction, and a speed of the vehicle, and data of another vehicle. The information stored in the memory 142 may be used by the vehicle 100 and the computer system 140 when the vehicle 100 is operating in an autonomous, semi-autonomous, and/or manual mode.
The vehicle 100 shown in this embodiment further includes at least two devices 150 to emit light (only one of the two devices to emit light is shown as an example in
The following describes, with reference to the embodiments, a process of allocating the light emitted by the centralized light source to enable each device to emit light that currently needs to emit light obtains respective corresponding light by using the optical waveguide.
An embodiment of the light splitting method provided in embodiments of this application may be applied to a control device of a driving tool such as a vehicle. The vehicle is used as an example. The vehicle further includes at least two devices to emit light that provide light energy by using a centralized light source, and each of the devices to emit light is connected to the centralized light source by using an optical waveguide.
The device to emit light is a device that needs to emit light, and the device to emit light may not include a light source.
The optical waveguide is a dielectric that guides light waves to be transmitted in the optical waveguide, and is also referred to as a dielectric optical waveguide. The optical waveguide may be in a plurality of forms. For example, the optical waveguide may be a planar optical waveguide, a strip optical waveguide, or a cylindrical optical waveguide. The cylindrical optical waveguide is generally referred to as an optical fiber, and is referred to as an optical fiber for short.
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201: Obtain a light-emitting instruction.
The light-emitting instruction carries information about a first optical power required by one target device to emit light of the at least two devices to emit light, or information about a first optical power required by each of a plurality of target devices to emit light.
The light-emitting instruction may be generated in a plurality of manners. The light-emitting instruction may be generated by the control device, or may be transmitted to the control device by another device other than the control device in a wired communication manner or a wireless communication manner. The light-emitting instruction may be triggered to be generated based on a user operation, or may be automatically generated by the control device or another device based on data detected by a camera or another sensor on the vehicle.
For example, in an example, a driver may trigger the control device to generate the light-emitting instruction by inputting a voice into an in-vehicle computer, executing a specified control gesture, tapping a specified physical button on the vehicle, or tapping a specified virtual button on a touchscreen of the in-vehicle computer. In another example, the control device is an advanced driving assistance system (ADAS). After obtaining an environment image shot by an in-vehicle camera, the ADAS determines, based on the environment image, that an environment luminance corresponding to the vehicle is less than a preset luminance threshold, and generates a light-emitting instruction about a specified vehicle light, to trigger the vehicle to turn on the vehicle light for lighting. The target device to emit light may be considered as a device to emit light that needs to emit light at a time corresponding to the light-emitting instruction or in a time period corresponding to the time.
In this embodiment of this application, each target device to emit light may be in a one-to-one correspondence with one light-emitting instruction, or one light-emitting instruction may carry information about first optical powers respectively required by the plurality of target device to emit lights. A first optical power required by a target device to emit light may be fixed. For example, if a target device to emit light is a headlamp, a first optical power required by the headlamp may be fixed in advance. After detecting a triggering operation by the user to trigger the headlamp to be turned on for lighting, the vehicle may query prestored information about the first optical power corresponding to the headlamp, to generate a light-emitting instruction corresponding to the headlamp. Alternatively, a first optical power required by a target device to emit light may change based on application scenarios. For example, if a target device to emit light is a display panel of the in-vehicle computer, when the user adjusts a display luminance of a display interface of the in-vehicle computer, the in-vehicle computer may be triggered to generate, based on a display luminance selected by the user, a light-emitting instruction corresponding to the display panel of the in-vehicle computer, and send the light-emitting instruction to the control device. The light-emitting instruction carries information about a first optical power corresponding to the display panel of the in-vehicle computer, and the first optical power corresponding to the display panel of the in-vehicle computer is determined based on the display luminance selected by the user.
202: Allocate, based on the information about the first optical power, light emitted by the centralized light source, so that each target device to emit light obtains respective corresponding light by using the optical waveguide.
The centralized light source can provide light energy for a plurality of devices to emit light at the same time. The centralized light source may be arranged in the vehicle. For example, the centralized light source may be located in a chassis of the vehicle or in space inside the vehicle, or may be located in a place with a large space, such as a trunk or an engine block of the vehicle. Usually, a light source requires an additional heat dissipation apparatus. Compared with a manner of arranging independent light sources to provide light energy for the devices to emit light respectively, in this embodiment of this application, when the centralized light source is arranged in the vehicle to provide light energy for the plurality of devices to emit light, a heat dissipation manner and a volume of the centralized light source are less restricted, thereby saving space and hardware costs, and facilitating more flexible design and production of the vehicle.
A type of the centralized light source is not limited in this embodiment of this application. For example, the centralized light source may be a halogen lamp, a light-emitting diode (LED), a laser, a super high pressure mercury lamp, or a xenon lamp. In an example, the centralized light source is set as a laser. In this way, the light emitted by the centralized light source is well concentrated, and can be conveniently received and transmitted by the optical waveguide, thereby avoiding a large optical loss during light transmission.
A maximum optical power of the centralized light source may be determined based on maximum optical powers and optical losses of the devices to emit light, so that when the devices to emit light need to emit light simultaneously, the centralized light source can provide robust light energy. The optical losses may include losses of light in processes such as light transmission, light receiving, beam combination, and beam splitting of the centralized light source, a light splitting device, the optical waveguides, and the devices to emit light. In addition, in some examples, statistics may be further collected in advance on historical use periods corresponding to the devices to emit light and information about optical powers corresponding to the historical use periods, and then a maximum value of a sum of optical powers of at least two devices to emit light that simultaneously emit light in a historical use process is determined based on the information collected in advance, so that determine the maximum optical power of the centralized light source is determined based on the maximum value.
The centralized light source may be a monochromatic light source (for example, a blue light source), or may be a polychromatic light source (for example, a red green blue (RGB) three-color light source).
If the centralized light source is a polychromatic light source, light of a plurality of different colors generated by the centralized light source may be combined and then allocated to each target device to emit light by using the optical waveguide.
If the centralized light source is a monochromatic light source, or the centralized light source is a polychromatic light source, but polychromatic light generated by the centralized light source is combined and then allocated to each target device to emit light by using the optical waveguide, it may be considered that the light allocated by the centralized light source to each device to emit light is light of a single wavelength, in other words, monochromatic light. In this way, if a device to emit light exists, and a wavelength of light required by the device to emit light is different from a wavelength of light emitted by the centralized light source, a wavelength conversion apparatus corresponding to the device to emit light may be used to perform wavelength conversion on the light transmitted to the device to emit light. A type of the wavelength conversion apparatus is not limited herein. For example, the wavelength conversion apparatus may perform wavelength conversion by using a fluorescent material, or perform wavelength conversion based on an optical-to-electrical conversion principle.
In some examples, as shown in
In this embodiment of this application, the control device may control on or off of one or more of components such as light splitting devices, optical coupled devices, and optical switches on optical transmission paths from the centralized light source to the target devices to emit light, and adjust parameters such as a split ratio, to allocate the light emitted by the centralized light source.
It can be learned that, in this embodiment of this application, the centralized light source may provide light energy to one or more of the at least two devices to emit light in a light splitting system based on requirements, thereby reducing a quantity of light sources in the vehicle or other hardware systems, reducing a space requirement and a heat dissipation requirement of the light source, and improving utilization of the used light source. In addition, the light emitted by the centralized light source may be allocated based on the first optical power, so that the light emitted by the centralized light source can be flexibly allocated based on an actual scenario requirement, and the light transmitted to the device to emit light can meet a light-emitting requirement of the device to emit light.
In some embodiments, the device to emit light may include a display device and/or a light fixture.
The display device may include a projection device and/or a display panel.
The display panel is a device that performs planar display or curved display by using a display screen such as a touchscreen or a non-touchscreen. For example, the display panel may include at least one of a touchscreen panel in the in-vehicle computer and various meter display panels. The projection device is a device that can project an image, a video, or the like to an entity such as a curtain, a wall, or a road, or project an image or a video to a non-entity such as air. For example, the projection device may include at least one of a head-up display device in the vehicle, a device configured to perform projection display for a passenger in a passenger space, and a device configured to project driving indication information on a driving path of the vehicle.
The light fixture may be a lighting tool or an information indication tool. For example, the light fixture may be at least one of a vehicle light, a lighting device in the vehicle, an indicator for assisting a driver in driving in the vehicle, or an indicator for prompting a passenger.
It can be learned that, based on different scenario requirements, the centralized light source may be used to provide light energy to a plurality of types of devices to emit light in the vehicle or other hardware systems.
In some embodiments, the vehicle further includes a first light splitting device.
That the light emitted by the centralized light source is allocated based on the information about the first optical power, so that each target device to emit light obtains respective corresponding light by using the optical waveguide includes:
The first light splitting device may be one light splitter, or may include a plurality of light splitters. The light splitter may also be referred to as an optical splitter, a light beam splitter, an optical power splitter, or the like, and is a device that divides light input from an input port into a plurality of parts according to a specific ratio, and then respectively outputs the plurality of parts of light from a plurality of output ports. In the light splitters included in the first light splitting device, a split ratio of at least one light splitter is adjustable. The light splitter with an adjustable split ratio may be designed based on a principle of an electro-optic effect, an acousto-optic effect, a magneto-optic effect, or a thermo-optic effect. This is not limited in this embodiment of this application. An adjustable range of the split ratio of the light splitter with an adjustable split ratio may be selected based on a requirement of an actual application scenario. For example, in some examples, a split ratio of a light splitter may be adjusted in a range of [0,1]. In some scenarios, the light splitter may be used as an optical switch of a device to emit light corresponding to the light splitter.
The light splitter in the light splitting device may be arranged in a plurality of forms.
For example,
The first light splitting device is a light splitter 511. The centralized light source 501 corresponds to an input port of the light splitter 511. Each device to emit light (for example, a device 521 to emit light, a device 522 to emit light, and a device 523 to emit light in
For another example,
A split ratio of the light splitter 512, the light splitter 513, and the light splitter 514 is adjustable. A split ratio of the light splitter 515 and the light splitter 516 is fixed to 1:1.
It can be learned that, in this embodiment of this application, the split ratio of the first light splitting device corresponding to the device to emit light is determined based on the first optical power, and the light energy from the centralized light source may be flexibly allocated by using the first light splitting device based on an actual scenario requirement, so that target light energy transmitted to the device to emit light can meet a light-emitting requirement of the device to emit light.
Optionally, a light-emitting manner of the centralized light source and a manner in which the target device to emit light obtains the required light may be one of the following:
If a color of light required by a target device 611 to emit light is the same as a color of the white light output by the optical coupled device 602, the target device 611 to emit light can emit light based on the received white light.
If the target device 612 to emit light needs to perform colored projection, an optical demultiplexer 621 corresponding to the target device 612 to emit light may demultiplex received light to obtain red light, green light, and blue light, so that the target device 612 to emit light may obtain required three-color light that is separately independent for subsequent projection display.
If a color of light required by a target device 613 to emit light is different from the color of the white light output by the optical coupled device 602, the target device 613 to emit light may perform wavelength conversion on the received white light by using a corresponding wavelength conversion apparatus 622 to obtain light whose color is the color required by the target device 613 to emit light.
The foregoing step of determining the split ratio of the first light splitting device based on the information about the first optical power includes:
In this embodiment, the split ratios of the first light splitting device for red light, green light, and blue light respectively may be split ratios of the first light splitting device for red light, green light, and blue light received by each target device to emit light. To facilitate setting the split ratios of red light, green light, and blue light respectively received by each target device to emit light, the first light splitting device may include a plurality of light splitters, and the plurality of light splitters may be in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of devices to emit light. Alternatively, the first light splitting device may be one light splitter, and an output port of the one light splitter corresponds to red light, green light, or blue light of a device to emit light.
The following uses
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Light required by the target device 616 to emit light is white light, and a split ratio of the first light splitting device 605 for red light, green light, and blue light corresponding to the target device 616 to emit light is 1:1:1, so that red light, green light, and blue light received by the target device 616 to emit light are combined into the required white light.
Light required by the target device 617 to emit light is yellow light, and a split ratio of the first light splitting device 605 for red light, green light, and blue light corresponding to the target device 617 to emit light is 1:1:0, so that the target device 617 to emit light obtains yellow light obtained by combining red light and green light.
It can be learned that, in this embodiment of this application, the first light splitting device may be used to not only control the manner of allocating light emitted by the centralized light source to the target devices to emit light, but also control, by adjusting split ratios respectively corresponding to red light, green light, and blue light, the colors of the light received by the target devices to emit light, thereby greatly improving control efficiency, reducing use of the wavelength conversion apparatus, and reducing hardware costs.
In some embodiments, each device to emit light is connected to a second light splitting device, and the second light splitting device is further connected to an optical power meter.
The method further includes:
In this embodiment of this application, each device to emit light is connected to the corresponding second light splitting device by using the optical waveguide, and each second light splitting device is connected to a corresponding optical power meter by using the optical waveguide.
A split ratio of the second light splitting device is a fixed value. In this way, a ratio of a power of light received by a device to emit light corresponding to any second light splitting device to a third optical power detected by an optical power meter corresponding to the second light splitting device is a fixed value. Therefore, in this embodiment of this application, the third optical power detected by the optical power meter corresponding to the target device to emit light may be used to determine a value of light energy of the light received by the corresponding target device to emit light, to determine whether the value of light energy of the light received by the corresponding target device to emit light meets a requirement of the corresponding target device to emit light.
Usually, the second light splitting device allocates more light energy to the corresponding target device to emit light, and allocates less light energy to the corresponding optical power meter. In this way, most of the light may be transmitted to the corresponding target device to emit light for light emitting, and only a small part of the light is transmitted to the corresponding optical power meter for detection, thereby avoiding a waste of optical resources.
For example, if a second split ratio of a second light splitting device corresponding to a target device to emit light is 1:99, a ratio of a third optical power detected by an optical power meter corresponding to the target device to emit light to an optical power of light received by the target device to emit light is 1:99.
In this embodiment of this application, the third optical power detected by the optical power meter connected to the second light splitting device may be used as feedback information about the light received by the target device to emit light, so that the control device can effectively monitor, by using the second light splitting device and the optical power meter, whether the light received by each target device to emit light can meet a requirement of each target device to emit light, and perform adjustment in time when a deviation occurs.
In some embodiments, the target device to emit light includes a first device to emit light and a second device to emit light, and a ratio of a maximum optical power corresponding to the first device to emit light to a maximum optical power corresponding to the second device to emit light is less than a preset ratio threshold.
The method further includes:
In this embodiment of this application, the preset ratio threshold is usually small. For example, the preset ratio threshold may be 0.2, 0.1, or 0.05. In this way, the ratio of the maximum optical power corresponding to the first device to emit light to the maximum optical power corresponding to the second device to emit light is less than the preset ratio threshold, indicating that the maximum optical power corresponding to the first device to emit light is apparently less than the maximum optical power corresponding to the second device to emit light.
The preset ratio threshold may be preset based on user requirement on accuracy of light intensities of the first device to emit light and the second device to emit light.
For example, the first device to emit light is the display panel of the in-vehicle computer in the vehicle, and the second device to emit light is the headlamp in the vehicle. In an actual use process, a user usually cannot sense a fluctuation change of a light intensity of the headlamp within a range of 5%, and the preset ratio threshold may be set to 5%. In an example, if a maximum optical power corresponding to the display panel of the in-vehicle computer is 200 milliwatts (mW), and a maximum optical power of the headlamp is 5 watts (W), a maximum optical power required by the display panel is less than 5% of the maximum optical power of the headlamp. The display panel of the in-vehicle computer and the headlamp are separately connected to the first light splitting device by using the optical waveguide. In this case, the display panel may be used as the first device to emit light in this embodiment of this application, and the headlamp may be used as the second device to emit light in this embodiment of this application.
In this embodiment of this application, the split ratio of the first light splitting device may be updated based on a first optical power of the second device to emit light and the updated first optical power of the first device to emit light, to reallocate the light respectively obtained by the first device to emit light and the second device to emit light. In this case, before and after reallocation, a sum of the light respectively obtained by the first device to emit light and the second device to emit light may remain unchanged. In this way, the optical power of the centralized light source may also remain unchanged, and only the split ratio of the first light splitting device needs to be updated.
For example, in an example, the target device to emit light is the display panel of the in-vehicle computer and the headlamp of the vehicle. The first device to emit light is the display panel of the in-vehicle computer, and the second device to emit light is the headlamp.
In a process of using the in-vehicle computer, a user may enter an indication instruction for adjusting a luminance of the display panel, causing a first optical power corresponding to the display panel to be updated. Alternatively, the in-vehicle computer may automatically generate, based on a current time or a current environment luminance, the indication instruction for adjusting the luminance of the display panel, causing the first optical power corresponding to the display panel to be updated. However, if the control device detects that the first optical power corresponding to the display panel is updated, the split ratio of only the first light splitting device may be updated, and there is no need to correspondingly adjust the optical power of the centralized light source based on update of the first optical power corresponding to the display panel. For example, before the update, if the first optical power corresponding to the display panel is 200 mW, a first optical power of the headlamp is 4800 mW, a total power of the centralized light source is 5000 mW, a split ratio for the display panel is 4%, and a split ratio for the headlamp is 96%,
If it is detected that the first optical power corresponding to the display panel is updated from 200 mW to 250 mW, the split ratio of the first light splitting device may be updated, so that the split ratio for the display panel is updated to 5%, a value of light energy of light obtained by the display panel by using the optical waveguide changes to 250 mW, and a value of light energy of light obtained by the headlamp by using the optical waveguide changes to 4500 mW. In this case, the split ratio for the headlamp is updated to 95%, and the total power 5000 mW of the centralized light source remains unchanged. However, the change of the optical power of the headlamp from 4800 mW to 4500 mW cannot be perceived by the user by unaided eyes. Therefore, the adjustment has no impact on use effect of the headlamp.
It can be learned that, in this embodiment of this application, although the first optical power required by the target device to emit light changes, in an actual control process, the split ratio of only the first light splitting device needs to be adjusted, and the optical power of the centralized light source does not need to be adjusted. Therefore, a control procedure is optimized, the optical power of the centralized light source is avoided from being adjusted frequently, and a service life of the centralized light source is prolonged.
In some embodiments, the method further includes:
In this embodiment of this application, the optical power of the centralized light source may be determined based on the information about the first optical power required by each target device to emit light. The optical power of the centralized light source is not less than a sum of first optical powers respectively corresponding to the target devices to emit light. In addition, a loss of light on an optical transmission path from the centralized light source to each target device to emit light in a processes including transmission and light splitting may be further determined as an optical loss corresponding to each target device to emit light. After the optical loss corresponding to each target device to emit light is obtained, the optical power of the centralized light source may be determined based on the optical loss corresponding to each target device to emit light and the information about the first optical power required by each target device to emit light.
For example, if a first optical power of a target device a to emit light is 300 mW, a first optical power of a target device b to emit light is 1200 mW, an optical loss corresponding to the target device a to emit light is 10%, and an optical loss corresponding to the target device b to emit light is 5%, the optical power of the centralized light source may be:
It can be learned that, the optical power of the centralized light source may be properly determined based on the first optical power, thereby avoiding a resource waste while the requirement of the target device to emit light is met.
The foregoing describes the light splitting method from several aspects in embodiments of this application. The following describes a light splitting apparatus in this application with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in
An embodiment of the light splitting apparatus 800 includes:
Optionally, the vehicle further includes a first light splitting device.
The allocation module 802 is configured to:
Optionally, the centralized light source is configured to emit red light, green light, and blue light, the red light, the green light, and the blue light are separately transmitted when emitted from the centralized light source, and the light-emitting instruction further carries color information of the light required by each target device to emit light.
The allocation module 802 is configured to:
Optionally, each device to emit light is connected to a second light splitting device, and the second light splitting device is further connected to an optical power meter.
The light splitting apparatus 800 further includes a first determining module 803.
The first determining module 803 is configured to:
Optionally, the target device to emit light includes a first device to emit light and a second device to emit light, and a ratio of a maximum optical power corresponding to the first device to emit light to a maximum optical power corresponding to the second device to emit light is less than a preset ratio threshold.
The light splitting apparatus 800 further includes a second determining module 804.
The second determining module 804 is configured to:
The light splitting apparatus 800 further includes a control module 805.
The control module 805 is configured to:
The memory 901 may be a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a static storage device, a dynamic storage device, or a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM). The memory 901 may store a program. When the program stored in the memory 901 is executed by the processor 902, the processor 902 and the communication interface 903 are configured to perform steps 201-202 and the like in the foregoing light splitting method embodiment.
The processor 902 may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a graphics processing unit (GPU), a digital signal processor (DSP), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or another programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic device, a discrete hardware component, or any combination thereof. The processor 902 is configured to execute a related program, to implement functions that need to be performed by the obtaining module, the allocation module, the first determining module, the second determining module, and the control module in the light splitting apparatus in this embodiment of this application, or perform steps 201-202 and the like in the light splitting method embodiment in the method embodiment of this application. Steps of the methods disclosed with reference to embodiments of this application may be directly executed and accomplished by using a hardware decoding processor, or may be executed and accomplished by using a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. A software module may be located in a mature storage medium in the art, such as a random access memory, a flash memory, a read-only memory, a programmable read-only memory, an electrically erasable programmable memory, or a register. The storage medium is located in the memory 901. The processor 902 reads information in the memory 901, and performs steps 201-202 and the like in the foregoing light splitting method embodiment in combination with hardware of the processor 902.
The communication interface 903 uses a transmit and receive apparatus, for example, but is not limited to, a transceiver, to implement communication between the control device 900 and another device or a communication network. For example, information about a split ratio may be sent to a first light splitting device by using the communication interface 903.
The bus 904 may implement paths for transferring information between components (for example, the memory 901, the processor 902, and the communication interface 903) of the control device 900. The bus 904 may be a peripheral component interconnect (Peripheral Component Interconnect, PCI) bus or an extended industry standard architecture (Extended Industry Standard Architecture, EISA) bus, or the like. Buses may be classified into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of description, the bus in
In another embodiment of this application, a computer-readable storage medium is further provided. The computer-readable storage medium stores computer-executable instructions. When a processor of a device executes the computer-executable instructions, the device performs the steps performed by the processor in
In another embodiment of this application, a computer program product is further provided. The computer program product includes computer-executable instructions, and the computer-executable instructions are stored in a computer-readable storage medium. When a processor of a device executes the computer-executable instructions, the device performs the steps performed by the processor in
In another embodiment of this application, a chip system is further provided. The chip system includes a processor, and the processor is configured to implement the steps performed by the processor in
In another embodiment of this application, as shown in
In some embodiments, the light splitting system 1000 further includes at least two devices 1001 to emit light (only one is shown as an example in
In some embodiments, the device 1001 to emit light may include a display device and/or a light fixture.
The display device may include a projection device and/or a display panel.
The display panel is a device that performs planar display or curved display by using a display screen such as a touchscreen or a non-touchscreen. For example, the display panel may include at least one of a touchscreen panel in the in-vehicle computer and various meter display panels. The projection device is a device that can project an image, a video, or the like to an entity such as a curtain, a wall, or a road, or project an image or a video to a non-entity such as air. For example, the projection device may include at least one of a head-up display device in the vehicle, a device configured to perform projection display for a passenger in a passenger space, and a device configured to project driving indication information on a driving path of the vehicle.
The light fixture may be a lighting tool or an information indication tool. For example, the light fixture may be at least one of a vehicle light, a lighting device in the vehicle, an indicator for assisting a driver in driving in the vehicle, or an indicator for prompting a passenger.
It can be learned that, based on different scenario requirements, the centralized light source may be used to provide light energy to a plurality of types of devices to emit light in the vehicle or other hardware systems.
In some embodiments, an optical waveguide end structure is located at one end of the optical waveguide on a corresponding target device to emit light, and the optical waveguide end structure corresponds to a target light type of the corresponding target device to emit light.
A target light type of any target device to emit light refers to a light type required by the target device to emit light. The target light type may be described by using at least one of the following: a form (such as a face light type, a linear light type, or a point light type) of the target light type, a shape (such as a rectangle, a circle, a triangle, a sector, or a trapezoid), a length of the target light type, a size (such as a width, a length, or a diameter) of the target light type, light intensity distribution in the target light type, and the like.
The optical waveguide may include an optical core and a cladding. A light refractive index of the cladding is less than that of the optical core. In this way, when light is transmitted in the optical core at a proper angle, total reflection is formed at a boundary between the optical core and the cladding. In addition, the optical waveguide may further include a coating (for example, a plastic coating) for protecting the cladding, a shell, and other structures.
Currently, the optical waveguide, such as an optical fiber, input light and output light from two ends of the optical waveguide. However, in this embodiment of this application, the optical waveguide end structure of each target device to emit light may be used to form the target light type required by the corresponding target device to emit light at the corresponding target device to emit light. An arrangement manner of optical waveguides in the optical waveguide end structure may be set, and/or a light output position in the optical waveguide end structure may be set, so that when the optical waveguide end structure emits light, the light type required by the corresponding target device to emit light may be formed.
It can be learned that, in this embodiment of this application, a form of the optical waveguide end structure may be flexibly adjusted based on a requirement of the corresponding device to emit light, so that different light types are conveniently and flexibly generated in different devices to emit light as required. In this way, it is unnecessary to configure various different light shaping devices in the devices to emit light for requirements of different light types of the devices to emit light, for example, configure a light guide plate, a light uniform plate, and another light type conversion device, thereby greatly reducing hardware costs.
The following uses an example in which the optical waveguide is an optical fiber to describe the optical waveguide end structure.
Because the optical waveguide is an optical fiber, the optical waveguide end structure is an optical fiber end structure. The optical fiber may include an optical core and a cladding. A light refractive index of the cladding is less than that of the optical core. In addition, the optical fiber may further include a coating (for example, a plastic coating) for protecting the cladding, a shell, and other structures.
Usually, the optical fiber is of a cylindrical structure. As shown in
The following describes several optional structures of the optical waveguide end structure.
In this embodiment of this application, to meet requirements of target light types in some application scenarios, the cladding on the side surface of the optical fiber in the optical fiber end structure may be cut in advance, so that light in the optical core in the optical fiber end structure can be emitted from the light transmission region of the side surface of the optical fiber.
In some examples, the light transmission region formed by cutting the cladding may be covered with a transparent material. The transparent material may be for protecting an optical core exposed due to cutting the cladding accordingly.
An area and a shape of the light transmission region may be flexibly determined based on the target light type, so that different light types may be conveniently and flexibly generated in different devices to emit light as required.
For example, if the optical waveguide end structure is arranged in a target light-emitting region in the display panel, and is used as a backlight source of the display panel, the optical waveguide end structure needs to emit light facing the display screen in the display panel. In this case, the light transmission region is also located on a side of the optical waveguide end structure facing the display screen.
For another example, if the optical waveguide end structure is configured to form a linear light type that emits light uniformly, the light transmission region in the optical waveguide end structure may be shown in
In an example, the target device to emit light includes a display panel of a vehicle, a target light type corresponding to the display panel is a face light type, and in an optical waveguide end structure corresponding to the display panel, the optical waveguide is bent based on the face light type and is arranged in the target light-emitting region, to serve as the backlight source of the display panel.
For example, as shown in
In another example, the target device to emit light includes the display panel of the vehicle, and the target light type corresponding to the display panel is the face light type. As shown in
In still another example, the target device to emit light includes an indicator for prompting a passenger in the vehicle, and a target light type corresponding to the indicator is the linear light type. As shown in
In this embodiment of this application, as shown in
That the shape of the cross section of the optical core corresponds to the target light type of the corresponding target device to emit light may be that the shape of the cross section of the optical core is the same as or similar to the target light type of the corresponding target device to emit light, so that when one end of the optical core on the corresponding target device to emit light is used to emit light, the corresponding target light type can be formed based on the shape of the cross section of the optical core.
According to a requirement of the target light type, the shape of the cross section may be a regular shape such as a rectangle, a circle, a triangle, a sector, or a trapezoid, or may be an irregular shape.
Optionally, in an embodiment, the target device to emit light includes a projection device of the vehicle, a target light type corresponding to the projection device is a rectangular light type, and a shape of a cross section of an optical core in an optical waveguide end structure corresponding to the projection device is a rectangle.
For example, the projection device may be a head-up display device in the vehicle, a device configured to perform projection display for a passenger in a passenger space, and a device configured to project driving indication information on a driving path of the vehicle.
A point light type is usually used in the projection device, and a form of the point light type is a rectangular light type.
Optionally, in an embodiment, the target device to emit light includes a headlamp of the vehicle, in an optical waveguide end structure corresponding to the headlamp, an optical core of the optical waveguide includes a first optical core and a second optical core, and a refractive index of the first optical core and a refractive index of the second optical core correspond to light intensity distribution in a target light type of the headlamp.
In practical application, standards such as GB 25991-2010 specify setting rules of photoelectric performance, a light color, and temperature cycling of the headlamp.
In this embodiment of this application, the first optical core and the second optical core may be arranged in the optical waveguide end structure corresponding to the headlamp, and refractive indexes of the first optical core and the second optical core are different. Therefore, light transmitted to the optical waveguide end structure of the headlamp is not uniformly output on an end surface of the first optical core and an end surface of the second optical core. In this way, light with gradient light intensities may be output by using the optical waveguide end structure of the headlamp. In addition, an arrangement manner of the first optical core and the second optical core in the optical waveguide end structure of the headlamp may be determined based on the target light type of the headlamp.
In another embodiment of this application, as shown in
A person of ordinary skill in the art may be aware that, in combination with the examples of units and algorithm steps described in the embodiments disclosed in this specification, this application may be implemented by using electronic hardware or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether the functions are performed by hardware or software depends on particular applications and design constraint conditions of the technical solutions. A person skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for each particular application, but it should not be considered that the implementation goes beyond the scope of embodiments of this application.
It may be clearly understood by a person skilled in the art that, for the purpose of convenient and brief description, for a detailed working process of the foregoing system, apparatus, and unit, refer to a corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiments. Details are not described herein again.
In the several embodiments provided in embodiments of this application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus, and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the described apparatus embodiment is merely an example. For example, division into the units is merely logical function division and may be other division in actual implementation. For example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored or not performed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutual couplings, direct couplings or communication connections may be implemented by using some interfaces. The indirect couplings or communication connections between the apparatuses or units may be implemented in electronic, mechanical, or other forms.
The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, in other words, may be located in one position, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selected based on actual requirements to achieve the objectives of the solutions in the embodiments.
In addition, functional units in embodiments of this application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each of the units may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.
When functions are implemented in a form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, the functions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such an understanding, the technical solutions of embodiments of this application essentially, or the part contributing to the conventional technology, or some of the technical solutions may be implemented in a form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium, and includes several instructions for instructing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, or the like) to perform all or some of the steps of the methods described in embodiments of this application. The foregoing storage medium includes any medium that can store program code, such as a USB flash drive, a removable hard disk drive, a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.
The foregoing descriptions are merely implementations of embodiments of this application, and are not intended to limit the protection scope of embodiments of this application.
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| 202111280767.0 | Oct 2021 | CN | national |
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2022/103251, filed on Jul. 1, 2022, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202111280767.0, filed on Oct. 29, 2021. The disclosures of the aforementioned applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
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| Parent | PCT/CN2022/103251 | Jul 2022 | WO |
| Child | 18649807 | US |
