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VEHICLE INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE

  • US 20150345977A1
  • Filed: 05/31/2013
  • Published: 12/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle information providing device comprising:

  • a history information accumulation unit that sequentially acquires at least one of driving location information, power consumption information and charging location information from vehicle-mounted devices installed on a plurality of vehicles that each have an electric motor as a drive source and accumulates this as driving history information;

    an input unit for inputting a departure point to a destination point for searching for a route;

    a range setting unit that sets a predetermined range, including the departure point that is input by the input unit, as a departure point range and sets a predetermined range, including the destination point that is input by the input unit, as a destination point range;

    a presentation route determination unit that extracts from the driving history information that is accumulated by the history information accumulation unit, searches for a route that was driven from the departure point range to the destination point range, from among the routes that the vehicle has driven on driven by the plurality of vehicles, and determines the searched route as a presentation route;

    a presentation information determination unit that determines at least either the power that was consumed when actually driving the presentation route or the charging hubs that were traversed when actually driving the presentation route by referencing the driving history information that is accumulated in the history information accumulation unit; and

    a presentation information provision unit that provides information regarding a presentation route that is determined the presentation route determination unit, as well as information regarding the power consumption and information regarding the charging hubs that are determined by the presentation information determination unit.

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