Conservational vehicle routing
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1. A computer implemented method comprising:
- determining a low fuel condition;
calculating a projected remaining travelable distance;
locating one or more refueling stations within the remaining travelable distance; and
presenting, via the VCS, a remaining travelable distance along a current route before a point-of-no-return is reached, the point-of-no-return correlating to a point past which no known refueling points can be reached with a current amount of fuel.
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Abstract
A route-determination method includes gathering road-related data in a vehicle navigation system (VNS) for a plurality of routes between two locations. This may include weighting two or more of the possible routes in the VNS based at least on the road-related data. Also, this may include adjusting the weighting in the VNS for each weighted route based on projected fuel consumption and determining an optimal fuel usage route in the VNS based on the adjusted weighting. Further, this may include outputting at least one optimal fuel usage route.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method comprising:
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determining a low fuel condition; calculating a projected remaining travelable distance; locating one or more refueling stations within the remaining travelable distance; and presenting, via the VCS, a remaining travelable distance along a current route before a point-of-no-return is reached, the point-of-no-return correlating to a point past which no known refueling points can be reached with a current amount of fuel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions that cause a processor executing the instructions to perform the method comprising:
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determining a low fuel condition; calculating a projected remaining travelable distance; locating one or more refueling stations within the remaining travelable distance; and presenting, via the VCS, a remaining travelable distance along a current route before a point-of-no-return is reached, the point-of-no-return correlating to a point past which no known refueling points can be reached with a current amount of fuel. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A vehicle system comprising:
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a processor; and a display in communication with the processor and operable to be controlled by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to present, via the display, a remaining travelable distance along a current route before a point-of-no-return is reached, the point-of-no-return correlating to a point past which no known refueling points can be reached with a current amount of fuel. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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