Method and device for evaluating vehicle's fuel consumption efficiency
First Claim
1. A method for evaluating fuel consumption efficiency of a vehicle driven by a driver, comprising:
- a. collecting data associated with said driver'"'"'s driving performance from a plurality of sensors comprised in said vehicle;
b. identifying, by a processor, a plurality of driving events based on the data collected and determining weighted effects of the driving events, wherein the weightings are based upon a specific driver'"'"'s own performance, wherein each of the weighted effects is the impact of each of these events upon the vehicle'"'"'s fuel consumption when the vehicle is being driven by said driver;
c. estimating, by said processor, the driver'"'"'s performance in at least one driving event from among the identified plurality of driving events, wherein that at least one event when poorly performed is associated with increased fuel consumption, taking into account the weighted effects; and
d. based on the estimated driver'"'"'s performance of the at least one driving event, making an evaluation of a fuel consumption efficiency of the vehicle driven by said driver and providing said evaluation as a readable output to said driver.
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Abstract
A method is provided for evaluating fuel consumption efficiency of a vehicle driven by a driver. The method comprises the steps of: a) collecting data associated with said driver'"'"'s driving performance from a plurality of sensors comprised in the vehicle; b) identifying a plurality of driving events based on the collected data; c) estimating the driver'"'"'s performance in at least one driving event from among the identified plurality of driving events, wherein that at least one event if poorly performed is associated with increased fuel consumption; and d) based on the estimated driver'"'"'s performance of the at least one driving event, evaluating a fuel consumption efficiency of the vehicle driven by that driver.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for evaluating fuel consumption efficiency of a vehicle driven by a driver, comprising:
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a. collecting data associated with said driver'"'"'s driving performance from a plurality of sensors comprised in said vehicle; b. identifying, by a processor, a plurality of driving events based on the data collected and determining weighted effects of the driving events, wherein the weightings are based upon a specific driver'"'"'s own performance, wherein each of the weighted effects is the impact of each of these events upon the vehicle'"'"'s fuel consumption when the vehicle is being driven by said driver; c. estimating, by said processor, the driver'"'"'s performance in at least one driving event from among the identified plurality of driving events, wherein that at least one event when poorly performed is associated with increased fuel consumption, taking into account the weighted effects; and d. based on the estimated driver'"'"'s performance of the at least one driving event, making an evaluation of a fuel consumption efficiency of the vehicle driven by said driver and providing said evaluation as a readable output to said driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 11)
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6. A device for evaluating fuel consumption efficiency of a vehicle driven by a driver and comprising:
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a. a plurality of sensors comprised in said vehicle, adapted to collect data associated with said driver'"'"'s driving performance; and b. a processor adapted to; (i) identify a plurality of driving events based on the collected data and based on the collected data and determine weighted effects of the driving events, wherein the weightings are based upon a specific driver'"'"'s own performance, wherein each of the weighted effects is the impact of each of these events upon the vehicle'"'"'s fuel consumption when the vehicle is being driven by said driver; (ii) estimate the driver'"'"'s performance in at least one driving event that when poorly performed is associated with increased fuel consumption, from among the plurality of identified driving events taking into account the weighted effects; and (iii) evaluate the fuel consumption efficiency of the vehicle driven by said driver. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 12)
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9. A computer program product encoding a computer program stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for executing a set of instructions by a computer system comprising one or more computer processors for carrying out a process for evaluating fuel consumption efficiency of a vehicle driven by a driver, and comprising the steps of:
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collecting from a plurality of sensors comprised in the vehicle, data associated with the driver'"'"'s driving performance; identifying a plurality of driving events based on the data collected and determining weighted effects of the driving events, wherein the weightings are based upon a specific driver'"'"'s own performance, wherein each of the weighted effects is the impact of each of these events upon the vehicle'"'"'s fuel consumption when the vehicle is being driven by said driver; estimating the driver'"'"'s performance in at least one driving event from among the identified plurality of driving events, wherein that at least one event when poorly performed, is associated with increased fuel consumption, taking into account the weighted effect; and based on the estimated driver'"'"'s performance of the at least one driving event, evaluating a fuel consumption efficiency of the vehicle driven by the driver. - View Dependent Claims (10, 13)
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