Ecological driving system
First Claim
1. An ecological driving system in a vehicle, the ecological driving system comprising:
- state detecting means for detecting states including a first state and a second state of the vehicle;
computing means for computing (i) first data on a fuel consumption in the first state and (ii) second data on a fuel consumption in the second state; and
reporting means for reporting the first data and the second data, mutually distinctively,wherein the state detecting means uses a vehicle speed, an acceleration, and an opening of an accelerator as criteria to detect states including;
an idling state, including the first state and the second state, where an engine of the vehicle idles;
a void acceleration state where the accelerator is opened with the vehicle speed not increased;
a sudden acceleration state where the vehicle accelerates suddenly;
a normal driving state where the vehicle drives normally; and
a constant-speed driving state where the vehicle drives at a constant speed; and
wherein the computing means computes, with respect to a fuel consumption, data in the idling state, data in the void acceleration state, data in the sudden acceleration state, data in the normal driving state, and data in the constant- speed driving state, andthe reporting means reports the five computed data, mutually distinctively.
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Abstract
There is a need for making a user fully conscious about environmentally friendly driving. In an ecological driving system, a CPU allows a display apparatus to distinctively display fuel consumption according to the following idling states. One idling state results from engine warm-up. Another is useless idling state. Still another idling state results when a vehicle waits for turning to the left at an intersection or stops at a roadside. Yet another idling state results when the vehicle waits for turning to the right at an intersection. Still yet another idling state results when the vehicle waits forward at an intersection or stops due to traffic congestion.
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25 Claims
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1. An ecological driving system in a vehicle, the ecological driving system comprising:
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state detecting means for detecting states including a first state and a second state of the vehicle; computing means for computing (i) first data on a fuel consumption in the first state and (ii) second data on a fuel consumption in the second state; and reporting means for reporting the first data and the second data, mutually distinctively, wherein the state detecting means uses a vehicle speed, an acceleration, and an opening of an accelerator as criteria to detect states including; an idling state, including the first state and the second state, where an engine of the vehicle idles; a void acceleration state where the accelerator is opened with the vehicle speed not increased; a sudden acceleration state where the vehicle accelerates suddenly; a normal driving state where the vehicle drives normally; and a constant-speed driving state where the vehicle drives at a constant speed; and wherein the computing means computes, with respect to a fuel consumption, data in the idling state, data in the void acceleration state, data in the sudden acceleration state, data in the normal driving state, and data in the constant- speed driving state, and the reporting means reports the five computed data, mutually distinctively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An ecological driving system in a vehicle, the ecological driving system comprising:
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a state detecting unit configured to individually detect, based on at least one of (i) a vehicle speed, (ii) an acceleration, and (iii) an opening of an accelerator, an idling state where an engine of the vehicle idles and a void acceleration state where the accelerator is opened with the vehicle speed not increased; a computing unit configured to compute first data on a fuel consumption in the idling state and second data on a fuel consumption in the void acceleration state; and a reporting unit configured to report the first data and the second data, mutually distinctively. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An ecological driving system in a vehicle, the ecological driving system comprising:
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a state detecting unit configured to individually detect states including a first state and a second stated based on at least one of (i) a vehicle speed, (ii) an acceleration, and (iii) an opening of an accelerator, the first state being an idling state where an engine of the vehicle idles, the second state being a void acceleration state where the accelerator is opened with the vehicle speed not increased; a computing unit configured to individually accumulate the detected states in terms of points to thereby compute accumulation values; and a reporting unit configured to report the computed accumulation values. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An ecological driving system in a vehicle, the ecological driving system comprising:
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a state detecting unit configured to individually detect states of the vehicle including a first state and a second state; a computing unit configured to individually compute (i) data on a fuel consumption in the first state and (ii) data on a fuel consumption in the second state; and a reporting unit configured to report information to allow a user of the vehicle to be conscious of an ecological driving based on (i) the computed data on the fuel consumption in the first state and (ii) the computed data on the fuel consumption in the second state.
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