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Vehicle operation support system and vehicle operation support method

  • US 8,768,624 B2
  • Filed: 05/26/2010
  • Issued: 07/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle drive support system which conducts route search from an origin to a destination by taking positions of charging stations for a battery mounted on a vehicle into consideration, the vehicle drive support system comprising:

  • a charging station information processing unit; and

    a route search processing unit,wherein, the charging station information processing unit manages charging station information for managing attribute information containing position information of a plurality of charging stations, andwherein, when forming a route from the origin to the destination of at least one section having the origin or a waypoint as a start point and a waypoint or the destination as an end point, in route search from a start point of a section to an end point of the section, in order to cause a residual quantity in the battery at time when the vehicle has reached the end point to be at least a quantity with which the vehicle can travel to one of the charging stations, the route search processing unit executes selection of the charging station to be passed and searching of a route from the start point of the section to the end point of the section via the selected charging station by referring to the charging station information.

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