# US 11,029,696 B2 · Method, system and related device of implementing vehicle automatically weighing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,029,696 B2 - Document ID: US11029696B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/035,663 - Filed: 2018-07-15 - Published: 2019-01-24 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-07-21 - Assignees: Tusimple, Inc. - Applicants: TuSimple, Inc. - Inventors: Nan Wu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029696B2 ## CPC - G05D 1/0225: {involving docking at a fixed facility, e.g. base station or loading bay (parking aids B62D15/027)} - B60W 50/00: Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit {, e.g. process diagnostic or vehicle driver interfaces} - G01G 19/021: {having electrical weight-sensitive devices (G01G19/04 - G01G19/07 take precedence)} - G05D 1/00: Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots (drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles B60W60/00) - G05D 1/227: Handing over between remote control and on-board control; Handing over between remote control arrangements - G05D 1/661: Docking at a base station (delivering or retrieving payloads G05D1/667) - G07B 15/06: Arrangements for road pricing or congestion charging of vehicles or vehicle users, e.g. automatic toll systems - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - G07B 15/063: {using wireless information transmission between the vehicle and a fixed station (identification of vehicles G08G)} - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - G01G: WEIGHING (sorting by weighing B07C5/16) - G07B: TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE ## Abstract The application discloses a method, system and related device of implementing vehicle automatically weighing, so as to achieve the automatically weighing of the unmanned vehicle. The method includes: controlling, by a vehicle controller, a vehicle to drive automatically and stop at a weighing position; weighing, by a weighbridge sensor, the vehicle when sensing the vehicle stopping at the weighing position, and sending weighing end information to the vehicle controller; and controlling, by the vehicle controller, the vehicle to start and leave the weighing position when receiving the weighing end information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle controller comprising: a communication unit configured to receive and send information; and a control unit comprising a processor and at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory stores at least one machine executable instruction, which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: control the vehicle to drive automatically and stop at a weighing position; control the vehicle to leave the weighing position in response to receiving weighing end information, wherein the weighing end information contains indication information indicating the vehicle to drive to the payment position; control the vehicle to drive from the weighing position to a payment position; control an on-board camera of the vehicle to scan a two-dimensional code corresponding to a payment terminal corresponding to the payment position; pay a payment amount automatically in response to the receiving, through the communication unit, the payment amount sent from the payment terminal; and control the vehicle to leave the payment position in response to receiving, through the communication unit, leaving indication information sent from the payment terminal; wherein the vehicle controller invokes a third-party payment software to pay the payment amount. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle controller according to claim 1, wherein the at least one machine executable instruction, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to send, through the communication unit, vehicle identification information to a weighbridge sensor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle controller according to claim 1, wherein the at least one machine executable instruction, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: cause the vehicle to interact with the payment terminal to accomplish an automatic payment. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The vehicle controller according to claim 3, wherein the payment amount is determined using a weighing result, provided by a weighbridge sensor, and a driving mileage of the vehicle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The vehicle controller according to claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one machine executable instruction to send, through the communication unit, vehicle identification information to the payment terminal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicle controller according to claim 1, wherein the weighing end information is provided by a weighbridge sensor. ### Claim 7 A method of controlling a vehicle, comprising: controlling a vehicle to drive automatically and stop at a weighing position using a control unit of a vehicle controller of the vehicle, wherein the control unit comprises a processor and a memory, and wherein the memory stores at least one machine executable instruction and the processor is configured to execute the at least one machine executable instruction; and the processor is performing the steps of: controlling the vehicle to leave the weighing position in response to receiving weighing end information through a communication unit of the vehicle controller of the vehicle, wherein the communication unit is configured to receive and send information, wherein the weighing end information contains indication information indicating the vehicle to drive to the payment position; controlling the vehicle to drive from the weighing position to a payment position; and controlling an on-board camera of the vehicle to scan a two-dimensional code corresponding to a payment terminal corresponding to the payment position; paying a payment amount automatically in response to the receiving, through the communication unit, the payment amount sent from the payment terminal; and controlling the vehicle to leave the payment position in response to receiving, through the communication unit, leaving indication information sent from the payment terminal; wherein the vehicle controller invokes a third-party payment software to pay the payment amount. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, comprising sending, through the communication unit, vehicle identification information to a weighbridge sensor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one machine executable instruction to cause the vehicle to interact with the payment terminal to accomplish an automatic payment. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the payment amount is determined using a weighing result, provided by a weighbridge sensor, and a driving mileage of the vehicle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one machine executable instruction to send, through the communication unit, vehicle identification information to the payment terminal. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the weighing end information is provided by a weighbridge sensor.