SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING VEHICLE EFFICIENCY
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Abstract
Systems and methods of monitoring vehicle sensors to determine and report fuel/energy efficiency are disclosed. The vehicle'"'"'s route may be calculated by a GPS-enabled head unit or similar device together with appropriate mapping and navigation software. Monitoring fuel/energy efficiency may be achieved by measuring the mileage and fuel/energy use across the route. This information may be transmitted through a mobile network to a central server for use in mapping and navigation programs to provide the most cost effective and/or fuel/energy efficient route. Another implementation would use the fuel efficiency information to calculate estimated fuel/energy efficiency along particular routes using particular vehicles. Additionally, knowing the route traveled and the actual and expected fuel/energy efficiency, the head unit may display a warning of a loss of fuel/energy efficiency as well as a potential cause of the fuel efficiency loss.
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24. A method for generating a route for navigating a vehicle, the method comprising:
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obtaining, by an electronic circuit for a plurality of vehicles, indications of (i) a respective route traveled, (ii) a detected fuel/energy efficiency over the route traveled, and (iii) an expected fuel/energy efficiency for the route traveled; executing, by the electronic circuit, an algorithm for generating fuel/energy efficiency indications using at least the indications (i), (ii), and (iii); receiving, by the electronic circuit from a vehicle, a request for a route from a first location to a second location; generating, by the electronic circuit, a navigation route for travelling from the first location to the second location using the generated fuel/energy efficiency indications, wherein the generated navigation route consumes the least fuel/energy of a plurality of routes between the first location to the second location; and transmitting, by the electronic circuit, to the vehicle, the generated navigation route to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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