EVALUATION INDICATION SYSTEM, EVALUATION INDICATION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20130018538A1
• Filed: 06/14/2012
• Published: 01/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: MIURA, Naoki, NONOMURA, Junichi, YAMAKAWA, Junki, MIZUNO, Hiroyuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,146,131 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/22
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0236 for economical driving
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3469 Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3617 using user history, behaviour, conditions or preferences, e.g. predicted or inferred from previous use or current movement
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/84 Data processing systems or methods, management, administration

Abstract

Evaluation indication systems, methods, and programs are provided for a hybrid vehicle that is configured to travel in an HV mode with an internal combustion engine or in an EV mode without the internal combustion engine. The systems, methods, and programs display a current position of the hybrid vehicle on a map, acquire current evaluations of fuel consumption of the hybrid vehicle in current travel by unit sections, acquire previous evaluations of fuel consumption of the hybrid vehicle in previous travel by unit sections, and indicate current evaluation icons on the map, each of the icons being an EV icon or art HV icon. Each EV icon indicates that the hybrid vehicle has travelled within the corresponding unit section in the EV mode and each HV icon indicates that the hybrid vehicle has travelled within the corresponding unit section in the HV mode.

Claims

1. An evaluation indication system for a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine and a motor and that is configured to travel in an HV mode in which the internal combustion engine is allowed to be driven or in an EV mode in which the internal combustion engine is stopped, the evaluation indication system comprising:

a map display control unit that displays a current position of the hybrid vehicle and a map around the current position on a display unit;

a current evaluation acquisition unit that acquires current evaluations that indicate evaluations of fuel consumption of the hybrid vehicle in current travel by unit sections; and

a previous evaluation acquisition unit that acquires previous evaluations that indicate evaluations of fuel consumption of the hybrid vehicle in previous travel prior to the current travel by unit sections, wherein;

the map display control unit indicates current evaluation icons that indicate the current evaluations and previous evaluation icons that indicate the previous evaluations together by unit sections on the map, and sets each of the current evaluation icons and the previous evaluation icons to any one of an EV icon and an HV icon;

the EV icon indicates that the hybrid vehicle has travelled an evaluation section within the corresponding unit section in the EV mode; and

the HV icon indicates an evaluation of fuel consumption when the hybrid vehicle has travelled the evaluation section within the corresponding unit section in the HV mode.

2. The evaluation indication system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a state-of-charge acquisition unit that acquires a state of charge of a battery equipped for the hybrid vehicle with respect to the current travel and the previous travel, wherein the map display control unit indicates a position, at which the battery has been fully charged in the current travel, and a position, at which the battery has been fully charged in the previous travel, on the map.

3. The evaluation indication system according to claim 1, wherein the map display control unit displays the current evaluation icons and the previous evaluation icons on the map in different modes.

4. The evaluation indication system according to claim 1, wherein the map display control unit displays the EV icon and the HV icon on the map in different modes.

5. An evaluation indication method for a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine and a motor and that is configured to travel in an HV mode in which the internal combustion engine is allowed to be driven or in an EV mode in which the internal combustion engine is stopped, the evaluation indication method comprising:

displaying a current position of the hybrid vehicle and a map around the current position on a display unit;

acquiring current evaluations that indicate evaluations of fuel consumption of the hybrid vehicle in current travel by unit sections;

acquiring previous evaluations that indicate evaluations of fuel consumption of the hybrid vehicle in previous travel prior to the current travel by unit sections; and

indicating current evaluation icons that indicate the current evaluations and previous evaluation icons that indicate the previous evaluations together by unit sections on the map, wherein;

each of the current evaluation icons and the previous evaluation icons is set to any one of an EV icon that indicates that the hybrid vehicle has travelled an evaluation section within the corresponding unit section in the EV mode and an HV icon that indicates an evaluation of fuel consumption in the case where the hybrid vehicle has travelled an evaluation section within the corresponding unit section in the HV mode;

the EV icon indicates that the hybrid vehicle has travelled an evaluation section within the corresponding unit section in the EV mode; and

the HV icon indicates an evaluation of fuel consumption when the hybrid vehicle has travelled the evaluation section within the corresponding unit section in the HV mode.

6. A computer-readable storage medium that stores computer-executable instructions for performing an evaluation indication function for a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine and a motor and that is configured to travel in an HV mode in which the internal combustion engine is allowed to be driven or in an EV mode in which the internal combustion engine is stopped, the evaluation indication function comprising:

displaying a current position of the hybrid vehicle and a map around the current position on a display unit;

acquiring current evaluations that indicate evaluations of fuel consumption of the hybrid vehicle in current travel by unit sections;

acquiring previous evaluations that indicate evaluations of fuel consumption of the hybrid vehicle in previous travel prior to the current travel by unit sections; and

indicating current evaluation icons that indicate the current evaluations and previous evaluation icons that indicate the previous evaluations together by unit sections on the map, wherein;

each of the current evaluation icons and the previous evaluation icons is set to any one of an EV icon that indicates that the hybrid vehicle has travelled an evaluation section within the corresponding unit section in the EV mode and an HV icon that indicates an evaluation of fuel consumption in the case where the hybrid vehicle has travelled an evaluation section within the corresponding unit section in the HV mode;

the EV icon indicates that the hybrid vehicle has travelled an evaluation section within the corresponding unit section in the EV mode; and

the HV icon indicates an evaluation of fuel consumption when the hybrid vehicle has travelled the evaluation section within the corresponding unit section in the HV mode.