Fuel-saving management system
First Claim
1. A fuel-saving management system comprising, on a motor vehicle:
- information detection means (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) for detecting information (S, E, A, F) on a running state of the vehicle;
information-processing means (3) for processing the information detected by the information detection means, the information-processing means also generating a warning when the processed information (A, dA, B, E, F, S, dS, Ti, Tt) satisfies required warning conditions (A1, A2, dA2, B2, E1, S2, dS2, Ti3, Tt2); and
information storage means (4) for storing the processed information;
wherein, when a time (Ta1, Ta2, Tda, Tb, Tds, Te, Ts0, Ts2) during which the processed information is maintained to satisfy the required warning conditions or an elapsed time (Ti, Tt) of the processed information exceeds a previously set time (T11, T12, T21, T22, T23, T24, T25, T26, T31), the information-processing means stores the occurrence of the overtime event into the information storage means.
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Abstract
This invention relates to a fuel-saving management system that allows fuel-saving management and associated driver assistance to be conducted very smoothly. The constituent elements of this system include the following mounted on a vehicle: information detectors (11 to 15) for detecting various information on the driving state of the vehicle, an information processor (3) for, in addition to processing the information detected by the information detectors, generating a warning when processed information satisfies required warning conditions, and an information storage device (4) for storing the processed information. In this system, when either a time during which the processed information is maintained to satisfy the required warning conditions, or an elapsed time of the processed information exceeds a previously set time, the information processor stores the occurrence of this overtime event into the information storage device. A setter (21) for allowing modification of the required warning conditions, and a printer (6) that can output the information relating to the processed information are also mounted. In a different system configuration, an information processor (3) for calculating the cumulative traveling distance through which without using an auxiliary brake, and an information storage device (4) for storing the cumulative traveling distance are mounted in a vehicle-mounted analyzer (1) and/or a vehicle owner/user company'"'"'s data analyzer (32).
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24 Claims
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1. A fuel-saving management system comprising, on a motor vehicle:
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information detection means (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) for detecting information (S, E, A, F) on a running state of the vehicle;
information-processing means (3) for processing the information detected by the information detection means, the information-processing means also generating a warning when the processed information (A, dA, B, E, F, S, dS, Ti, Tt) satisfies required warning conditions (A1, A2, dA2, B2, E1, S2, dS2, Ti3, Tt2); and
information storage means (4) for storing the processed information;
wherein, when a time (Ta1, Ta2, Tda, Tb, Tds, Te, Ts0, Ts2) during which the processed information is maintained to satisfy the required warning conditions or an elapsed time (Ti, Tt) of the processed information exceeds a previously set time (T11, T12, T21, T22, T23, T24, T25, T26, T31), the information-processing means stores the occurrence of the overtime event into the information storage means. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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2. A fuel-saving management system comprising, on a motor vehicle:
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information detection means (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) for detecting information (S, E, A, F) on a running state of the vehicle; and
information-processing means (3) for processing the information detected by the information detection means, the information-processing means also generating a warning when the processed information (A, dA, B, E, F, S, dS, Ti, Tt) satisfies required warning conditions (A1, A2, dA2, B2, E1, S2, dS2, Ti3, Tt2);
wherein the system further has, on the vehicle, a setter (21) adapted such that the required warning conditions can be modified. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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3. A fuel-saving management system comprising, on a motor vehicle:
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information detection means (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) for detecting information (S, E, A, F) on a running state of the vehicle;
information-processing means (3) for processing the information detected by the information detection means, the information-processing means also generating a warning when the processed information (A, dA, B, E, F, S, dS, Ti, Tt) satisfies required warning conditions (A1, A2, dA2, B2, E1, S2, dS2, Ti3, Tt2); and
information storage means (4) for storing the processed information;
wherein;
the system further has, on the vehicle, a setter (21);
when either a time (Ta1, Ta2, Tda, Tb, Tds, Te, Ts0, Ts2) during which the processed information is maintained to satisfy the required warning conditions, or an elapsed time (Ti, Tt) of the processed information exceeds a previously set time (11, T12, T21, T22, T23, T24, T25, T26, T31), the information-processing means stores the occurrence of the overtime event into the information storage means; and
the setter is adapted such that the required warning conditions and/or the previously set time can be modified.
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13. A fuel-saving management system comprising, on a motor vehicle:
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information detection means (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) for detecting information (S, E, A, F) on a running state of the vehicle;
information-processing means (3) for processing the information; and
information storage means (4) for storing processed information (A, dA, B, E, F, S, dS, Ti, Tt, TL) as the information that the information-processing means has processed;
wherein the system further has, on the vehicle, a printer (6) with an ability to output information (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 63, 64, 65, 66, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81) that relates to the processed information stored within the information storage means. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A fuel-saving management system, comprising:
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a vehicle-mounted analyzer (1) and/or vehicle owner/user company'"'"'s data analyzer (32) for conducting analyses on fuel efficiency of a vehicle having an auxiliary brake;
wherein;
the vehicle-mounted analyzer includes information detection means for detecting a fuel flow rate (F) and/or accelerator angle (A) of the vehicle and information on use of the auxiliary brake; and
the vehicle-mounted analyzer and/or the vehicle owner/user company'"'"'s data analyzer includes;
information-processing means (3) for calculating, from the fuel flow rate and/or the accelerator angle and from detected information on the use of the auxiliary brake, a cumulative traveling distance (TL) through which the vehicle traveled in a zero accelerator angle state with the auxiliary brake not being used; and
information storage means (4) for storing the cumulative traveling distance that the information detection means has calculated. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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