SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPORTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A VEHICLE TO A REQUESTING USER

• US 20130231841A1
• Filed: 04/10/2013
• Published: 09/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ariel Inventions, LLC
• Original Assignee: Ariel Inventions, LLC
• Inventors: Rothschild, Leigh M.
• Application Number:
  US13/860,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20130231841A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/99
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/174 Economic driving
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/592 Data transfer involving external databases
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/28 characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/85 Arrangements for transferring vehicle- or driver-related data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/146 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/30 Driving style
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3469 Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/84 Data processing systems or methods, management, administration

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for providing a vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, vehicle sensor data is accessed. The vehicle sensor data is analyzed. A vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation is generated based at least in part on the analyzed vehicle sensor data.

Claims

1. A method for providing vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation for a vehicle, the method comprising:

accessing vehicle sensor data;

analyzing the accessed vehicle sensor data; and

generating the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation, the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation based in part on the analyzed vehicle sensor data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle sensor data includes at least one of vehicle emissions data, engine performance data and vehicle fluid data.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing driving style data corresponding to a driver of the vehicle;

wherein generating the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation is further based at least in part on the driving style data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

calculating an improvement in an energy efficiency of the vehicle after implementation of the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation; and

displaying information associated with the improvement in the energy efficiency of the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation to at least one of a wireless mobile device and a vehicle device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation at one of a wireless mobile device and a vehicle device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation includes a list of recommended vehicle adjustments.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing at least one of terrain information and traffic congestion information; and

generating the vehicle operation efficiency recommendation based at least in part on at least one of terrain information and traffic congestion information.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing weather information; and

generating the vehicle operation efficiency recommendation based at least in part on the weather information.

10. A system, comprising:

a device, the device including a processor, the processor;

accessing vehicle sensor data;

analyzing the accessed vehicle sensor data; and

providing a vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation, the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation based in part on the analyzed vehicle sensor data.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the vehicle sensor data includes at least one of vehicle emissions data, engine performance data and vehicle fluid data.

12. The system of claim 10, the processor further:

accessing driving style data corresponding to a driver of a vehicle; and

where generating the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation is further based at least in part on the driving style data.

13. The system of claim 10, the processor further:

calculating an improvement in an energy efficiency of a vehicle after implementation of the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation; and

displaying information associated with the improvement in the energy efficiency of the vehicle.

14. The system of claim 10, the device further comprising a transmitter, the transmitter sending the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation to at least one of a wireless mobile device and a vehicle device.

15. The system of claim 10, the processor further causing the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation to be displayed at one of a wireless mobile device and a vehicle device.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation includes a list of recommended vehicle adjustments.

17. The system of claim 10, the processor further:

generating the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation based at least in part on the vehicle sensor data.

18. The system of claim 10, the processor further:

accessing weather information; and

generating the vehicle operation efficiency recommendation based at least in part on the weather information.

19. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a server in communication with the device, the server comprising;

a memory, the memory storing vehicle sensor data;

a server processor, the server processor accessing the vehicle sensor data and generating a vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation based at least in part on the vehicle sensor data; and

a server transmitter, the server transmitter transmitting the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation to the device.

20. A computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

accessing vehicle sensor data;

analyzing the vehicle sensor data; and

generating a vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation, the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation based in part on the analyzed vehicle sensor data.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 20, wherein the vehicle sensor data includes at least one of vehicle emissions data, engine performance data and vehicle fluid data.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 20, the method further comprising:

accessing driving style data corresponding to a driver of a vehicle; and

generating the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation based at least in part on the driving style data.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 20, the method further comprising:

calculating an improvement in an energy efficiency of a vehicle after implementation of the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation; and

displaying information associated with the improvement in the energy efficiency of the vehicle.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 20, the method further comprising:

sending the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation to at least one of a wireless mobile device and a vehicle device.

25. The computer readable medium of claim 20, the method further comprising:

displaying the energy efficiency recommendation at one of a wireless mobile device and a vehicle device.

26. The computer readable medium of claim 20, the method further comprising:

accessing weather information; and

generating the vehicle operation energy efficiency recommendation based at least in part on the weather information.