TECHNIQUE FOR INDUCING ECONOMIC DRIVING OF HYBRID VEHICLE
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1. An apparatus for inducing economical driving of a hybrid vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a first unit configured to calculate an accumulated driving distance;
a second unit configured to calculate an accumulated consumption;
a third unit configured to calculate an accumulated mileage;
a fourth unit configured to detect a level of an accumulated mileage calculated by the third unit; and
a controller configured to assign a score corresponding to the detected level, and control a display unit to display a graphical image corresponding to the detected level.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a technique for inducing economic driving of a hybrid vehicle. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for inducing economic driving of a hybrid vehicle, which can efficiently induce economic driving by stimulating a driver'"'"'s desire to achieve better fuel efficiency by calculating an accumulated mileage based on both fuel consumption and battery consumption, displaying the accumulated mileage as a grade, and assigning score according to that particular driver'"'"'s grade.
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1. An apparatus for inducing economical driving of a hybrid vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a first unit configured to calculate an accumulated driving distance; a second unit configured to calculate an accumulated consumption; a third unit configured to calculate an accumulated mileage; a fourth unit configured to detect a level of an accumulated mileage calculated by the third unit; and a controller configured to assign a score corresponding to the detected level, and control a display unit to display a graphical image corresponding to the detected level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for inducing economic driving of a hybrid vehicle, the method comprising:
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calculating, by a control unit, an accumulated driving distance by calculating driving distances using vehicle speed information per a unit of time and summing the calculated driving distances; calculating, by the control unit, an accumulated consumption by calculating fuel consumption and battery consumption converted into an equivalent unit of measurement of the fuel consumption and summing the calculated fuel consumption and battery consumption; calculating, by the control unit, an accumulated mileage by dividing the accumulated driving distance by the accumulated consumption; detecting, by the control unit, a level of the calculated accumulated mileage; assigning, by the control unit, a score to the detected level; and displaying, by a display unit, a graphical image corresponding to the detected level. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer readable medium containing executable program instructions executed by a control unit, comprising:
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program instructions that calculate a plurality of driving distances of a vehicle using speed information of the vehicle per a unit of time, and sum the plurality of driving distances to calculate an accumulated driving distance, program instructions that calculate fuel consumption and battery consumption of the vehicle, convert the battery consumption of the vehicle into a unit of measurement equivalent to the unit of measurement of the fuel consumption of the vehicle, and sum the fuel consumption and converted battery consumption of the vehicle to calculate an accumulated consumption of the vehicle, program instructions that synchronize the calculation of the accumulated driving distance and the calculation of the accumulated consumption, program instructions that calculate an accumulated mileage by dividing the calculated accumulated driving distance by the calculated accumulated consumption, program instructions that detect a level of the calculated accumulated mileage, program instructions that assign a score corresponding to the detected level of the calculated accumulated mileage, wherein the score is associated with a given driver'"'"'s fuel efficiency, and program instructions that display graphical images on a display unit that correspond to the detected level of the calculated accumulated mileage and assigned scores of one or more drivers.
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