System for recommending maintenance for fuel economy improvement
First Claim
1. A method of optimizing fuel economy of a vehicle by utilizing an efficiency ECU, the method comprising:
- reading a real-time tire pressure into the efficiency ECU;
reading real-time electrical loads into the efficiency ECU;
displaying the real-time tire pressure and real-time electrical loads on a driver-readable display within the vehicle; and
displaying a fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions of the vehicle upon driver selection of tire pressure and electrical loads.
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Abstract
A method of optimizing fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions of a vehicle may entail utilizing an interior vehicle display to alert a driver as to the state of various vehicle components and parameters and their effect on fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions. The components and parameters may be monitored by or direct information into a vehicle efficiency ECU which communicates with the display. The method may entail reading and displaying a real-time tire pressure into the efficiency ECU and displaying the corresponding fuel economy. a manufacturer'"'"'s recommended tire pressure and corresponding fuel economy could also be displayed. The method may also entail reading a variety of real-time weather conditions into the efficiency ECU that correspond to a plurality of different road routes to a driver-selected destination. The fuel economy of each route may be displayed for driver selection to optimize fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of optimizing fuel economy of a vehicle by utilizing an efficiency ECU, the method comprising:
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reading a real-time tire pressure into the efficiency ECU; reading real-time electrical loads into the efficiency ECU; displaying the real-time tire pressure and real-time electrical loads on a driver-readable display within the vehicle; and displaying a fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions of the vehicle upon driver selection of tire pressure and electrical loads. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of optimizing fuel economy of a vehicle by utilizing an efficiency ECU and a display within the vehicle, the method comprising:
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reading a real-time tire pressure into the efficiency ECU; reading a plurality of real-time weather conditions into the efficiency ECU corresponding to a plurality of user-selected road routes to a destination; displaying the real-time tire pressure and corresponding fuel economy on the display; displaying the plurality of real-time weather conditions for the plurality of road routes to the destination and corresponding fuel economies on the display; displaying a fuel economy of the vehicle on the display using a manufacturer recommended tire pressure; and providing user-selectable options on the display for a driver to select one of the plurality of road routes and its corresponding fuel economy, and to select the real-time tire pressure and its corresponding fuel economy and the fuel economy of the vehicle using the manufacturer recommended tire pressure to display the lowest possible combined fuel economy. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of optimizing fuel economy of a vehicle equipped with a navigation system, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of energy consuming devices in the vehicle; monitoring energy consumption of each of the energy consuming devices in the vehicle; displaying a quantity of energy consumption of each of the energy consuming devices on a display in the vehicle; and providing, on the display, an option to reduce the quantity of energy consumption of one or more of the energy consuming devices in the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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