Automatic determination of an emission value for a motor vehicle
First Claim
1. Process for the automatic determination of an emission value of a motor vehicle, with the following steps:
- Providing a fuel sensor, an identification device for registering an account identification, and an data storage device containing an account database itself containing at least one account information item for each of a multitude of accounts,Determination of a quantity of fuel that has been put into a tank and/or has been consumed by the motor vehicle by means of the fuel sensor,Determination of an account identification by means of the identification device,Association of the determined account identification with the determined quantity of fuel,Determination of at least one account information of an account associated with the account identification from the account database in the data storage device, wherein the account information at least comprises an account-specific emission key, whereby an emission quantity per the quantity of fuel determined is stored for the account,Determination of an emission value on the basis of the determined quantity of fuel and at least the determined account information of the account associated with the account identification.
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Abstract
The invention concerns the automatic determination of an emission value for a motor vehicle. For this purpose, a system for the automatic determination of an emission value for a motor vehicle 4 is described that comprises the following: a fuel quantity sensor 1, an identification device 3 for registering an account identification, an account database 7 containing at least one account information item for each of a multitude of accounts 8, and a determination device 6, where: the fuel quantity sensor 1 determines a fuel quantity added to the tank and transmits it to the determination device 6; an account identification registered by the identification device 3 is transmitted to the determination device 6 and is associated with the fuel quantity added to the tank; and where the determination device 6 determines the emission value on the basis of the fuel quantity added to the tank and at least one account information item of the account 8 associated with the account identification. This permits a simple and reliable determination of the emission value that also meets with a high degree of acceptance by the users.
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15 Claims
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1. Process for the automatic determination of an emission value of a motor vehicle, with the following steps:
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Providing a fuel sensor, an identification device for registering an account identification, and an data storage device containing an account database itself containing at least one account information item for each of a multitude of accounts, Determination of a quantity of fuel that has been put into a tank and/or has been consumed by the motor vehicle by means of the fuel sensor, Determination of an account identification by means of the identification device, Association of the determined account identification with the determined quantity of fuel, Determination of at least one account information of an account associated with the account identification from the account database in the data storage device, wherein the account information at least comprises an account-specific emission key, whereby an emission quantity per the quantity of fuel determined is stored for the account, Determination of an emission value on the basis of the determined quantity of fuel and at least the determined account information of the account associated with the account identification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. System for the automatic determination of an emission value for a motor vehicle having a fuel tank, comprising:
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a fuel quantity sensor, an identification device for registering an account identification, a data storage device having stored therein an account database containing at least one account information item for each of a multitude of accounts, and a data processing system, including a determination device where; the determination device is adapted to take a fuel quantity value that is representative of the fuel quantity that was added to the tank and/or consumed by the vehicle as determined by the fuel quantity sensor and, an account identification registered by the identification device, and associating the determined fuel quantity value with the account identification, and determining an emission value on the basis of the determined fuel quantity value, and the at least one account information item of the account associated with the account identification, and wherein the account information at least comprises an account-specific emission key, whereby an emission quantity per the quantity of fuel determined is stored for the account. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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