Huawei has recently applied to patent "a method and apparatus for autonomous driving" with a filing date of December 27, 2018. The application was made public on July 10, 2020, Tianyancha data showed.
The abstract showed that the patent determines an automated driving strategy based on the user's historical driving behavior data as well as current environmental data to enable safe driving.
It will acquire pre-existing driving behavior data as it passes through the target area with manual driving.
Here is a translated version of the page:
Huawei had previously said it won't build cars. However, it will still play a very important role in the transformation of the automotive industry.
In June 2019, Huawei issued an internal document announcing the establishment of a smart car solution BU, which is under the management of the ICT Management Committee.
In May this year, Huawei joined forces with 18 Chinese car companies to establish the "5G car ecosphere" in order to accelerate the commercial process of 5G technology in the automotive industry.
Huawei said that 5G cars have become a strategic high point and innovation hotspot for the development of the automotive industry, and the high speed, low latency and high reliability of 5G technology will open up a whole new imaginary space for scenarios such as intelligent network connection, intelligent transportation, and autonomous driving.
In June, Huawei was rumored to be exploring landing applications for its Kirin chip in the automotive digital cockpit, the first product is the Kirin 710A, which has seen the signing of a partnership agreement with BYD.