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Information providing method for vehicle and information providing device for vehicle

  • US 10,451,021 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2015
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information providing method for a vehicle, the information providing method comprising:

  • stopping an engine of the vehicle automatically when a predetermined permission condition is satisfied in a state in which the vehicle is stopped by a brake operation of a brake of the vehicle executed by a driver;

    notifying the driver of support information for satisfying the permission condition when the permission condition is not satisfied in the state in which the vehicle is stopped by the brake operation;

    starting a vehicle stop keeping control that generates a braking force capable of maintaining a vehicle stopped state even when the brake operation decreases;

    stopping the notification of the support information when it has been determined that the driver does not wish to automatically stop the engine while in a state in which the support information is being notified and the vehicle stop keeping control is in operation, the determination that the driver does not wish to stop the engine automatically being based on the driver not increasing a brake operation amount of the brake after executing the brake operation; and

    setting a time interval from the determination that the driver does not wish to stop the engine automatically until the notification of the support information is stopped as a notification continuation time that is set to be shorter as an elapsed time becomes longer from starting to determine whether the driver wishes to stop the engine automatically until the determination that the driver does not wish to stop the engine automatically is made.

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