MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING DRIVE MOTOR AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM

• US 20100087977A1
• Filed: 01/23/2008
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations Incorporated (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Bonne, Uwe
• Granted Patent: US 8,935,083 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/22
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3676 Overview of the route on the road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence

Abstract

A motor vehicle has a drive motor and a navigation system having a display for displaying a map image. The power consumption is displayable on the map image to optimize the power consumption of the drive motor.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle, comprising:

a drive motor; and

a navigation system having a display for displaying a map image,

wherein a power consumption of the drive motor is displayable on the map image of the display.

2. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the power consumption is displayable using numbers.

3. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the map image is a two-dimensional map image.

4. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a height profile is displayable on the map image of the display.

5. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a type of traveled roads is displayable on the map image of the display.

6. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a velocity range is displayable on the map image of the display.

7. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of traveled routes are storable in the navigation system in a personalized form.

8. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a power consumption expected for an upcoming path route is displayable on the map image of the display.

9. The motor vehicle according to claim 8, wherein a control unit is adapted to ascertains an optimum power consumption for an upcoming stretch of road, and the image of the display is adapted to displays an actual power consumption identified by a color as a function of the optimum power consumption.

10. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the power consumption is displayable on the map image of the display as a speech communication.

11. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the power consumption is displayable using colors.

12. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the map image is a three-dimensional map image.