FUEL EFFICIENCY RANKING METHOD FOR VEHICLE DRIVER AND SYSTEM THEREFOR
First Claim
1. A fuel efficiency ranking method for a vehicle driver, comprising:
- selecting as a category one or more factors and selecting as a variable another one or more factors, among a plurality of factors affecting fuel efficiency;
collecting, by a communications device, a vehicle data including the variable and the fuel efficiency associate with a trip whenever a specific vehicle driver performs a trip;
calculating, by the communications device, an average of the fuel efficiency and an average of the variable to set the averages as a fuel efficiency and a variable of the trip upon completion of the trip;
classifying, by a first server, the fuel efficiency and variable of the trip into the category corresponding to the vehicle driver to store them;
statistically processing, by a second server, the fuel efficiency of the trip corresponding to the same category for every coordinate point of the variable to calculate an average of the fuel efficiency and a standard deviation of the fuel efficiency;
regularizing, by the second server, the fuel efficiency of the trip based on the standard deviation of the fuel efficiency and the average of the fuel efficiency (hereinafter, the regularized fuel efficiency is referred to as GAP); and
ranking, by the second server, each vehicle driver in the order of a magnitude of an accumulated average of the GAP.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a technique for ranking a driver'"'"'s fuel efficiency among other drivers based on various variables associated with the environment in which the vehicle is being driven. More particularly, the present invention, selects, as a category, one or more factors affecting fuel efficiency, and, as one or more, variables another one or more. Vehicle data is then collected by a communications device which is associated with a particular trip. Next an average of the fuel efficiencies and an average of the variables for the trip are calculated accordingly the selected one more categories. The fuel efficiency of the trip corresponding to a same category for every coordinate point of the variable is then statistically processed to calculate the average of the fuel efficiency and the standard deviation of the fuel efficiency and regularized (processed as a GAP calculation) to determine the ranking of a vehicle driver.
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14 Claims
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1. A fuel efficiency ranking method for a vehicle driver, comprising:
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selecting as a category one or more factors and selecting as a variable another one or more factors, among a plurality of factors affecting fuel efficiency; collecting, by a communications device, a vehicle data including the variable and the fuel efficiency associate with a trip whenever a specific vehicle driver performs a trip; calculating, by the communications device, an average of the fuel efficiency and an average of the variable to set the averages as a fuel efficiency and a variable of the trip upon completion of the trip; classifying, by a first server, the fuel efficiency and variable of the trip into the category corresponding to the vehicle driver to store them; statistically processing, by a second server, the fuel efficiency of the trip corresponding to the same category for every coordinate point of the variable to calculate an average of the fuel efficiency and a standard deviation of the fuel efficiency; regularizing, by the second server, the fuel efficiency of the trip based on the standard deviation of the fuel efficiency and the average of the fuel efficiency (hereinafter, the regularized fuel efficiency is referred to as GAP); and ranking, by the second server, each vehicle driver in the order of a magnitude of an accumulated average of the GAP. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A fuel efficiency ranking system for a vehicle driver that selects as a category one or more factors and, as a variable, one or more factors among a plurality of factors affecting fuel efficiency, the system comprising:
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a dedicated short range communications device configured to collect vehicle data including the variable and the fuel efficiency during a trip whenever a specific vehicle driver performs a trip and configured to calculate an average value of the fuel efficiency and an average value of the variable when the trip is finished to thereby transmit the averages as a fuel efficiency and variable of the trip; a data storing server of a data center configured to classify the fuel efficiency and variable of the trip into the category corresponding to the vehicle driver to store them; and a collection server of a data center configured to determine the ranking of fuel efficiency based on the variable and fuel efficiency of the trip corresponding to a same category and transmit the result of the ranking to a terminal related to a vehicle driver. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A fuel efficiency ranking system comprising:
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a communications device configured to collect vehicle data associated with a selected variable and a fuel efficiency during a trip, calculate an average value of the fuel efficiency and an average value of the variable when the trip is finished, and transmit the averages as a fuel efficiency and variable of the trip to a remote location; a first server at the remote location configured to classify the fuel efficiency and variable of the trip into a user selected category corresponding to the vehicle driver; and an second server at the remote location to determining the ranking of fuel efficiency based on the variable and fuel efficiency of the trip corresponding to a same category and transmit the result of the ranking to a terminal related to a vehicle driver to provide the driver with a fuel efficiency ranking which is based on the environment in which the vehicle is currently being driven. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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