Ecological driving system
First Claim
1. An ecological driving system in a vehicle, the ecological driving system comprising:
- state detecting means for detecting states including a first state and a second state of the vehicle;
computing means for computing (i) first data on a fuel consumption in the first state and (ii) second data on a fuel consumption in the second state; and
reporting means for reporting the first data and the second data, mutually distinctively.
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Abstract
There is a need for making a user fully conscious about environmentally friendly driving. In an ecological driving system, a CPU allows a display apparatus to distinctively display fuel consumption according to the following idling states. One idling state results from engine warm-up. Another is useless idling state. Still another idling state results when a vehicle waits for turning to the left at an intersection or stops at a roadside. Yet another idling state results when the vehicle waits for turning to the right at an intersection. Still yet another idling state results when the vehicle waits forward at an intersection or stops due to traffic congestion.
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13 Claims
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1. An ecological driving system in a vehicle, the ecological driving system comprising:
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state detecting means for detecting states including a first state and a second state of the vehicle;
computing means for computing (i) first data on a fuel consumption in the first state and (ii) second data on a fuel consumption in the second state; and
reporting means for reporting the first data and the second data, mutually distinctively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An ecological driving system in a vehicle, the ecological driving system comprising:
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a navigating unit that determines a plurality of driving states of the vehicle by detecting whether the vehicle is forward on a road, whether the vehicle is to turn to left at an intersection, and whether the vehicle is to turn to right at an intersection;
an idling state detecting unit that determines that the vehicle is idling with a speed of the vehicle less than a predetermined value and an accelerator opening of the vehicle less than a predetermined value;
a computing unit that computes data on fuel consumption with respect to the individual driving states determined when the vehicle is determined to be idling; and
a reporting unit that reports in such a manner that the computed data on fuel consumption are associated with the individual driving states.
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