Information providing apparatus for vehicle, and method therefor
First Claim
1. An information providing apparatus for vehicle comprising:
- a remaining capacity detecting section that detects a remaining capacity of a battery;
a power consumption amount detecting section that detects a power consumption amount of the battery;
a power consumption amount history generating section that generates a power consumption amount history on the basis of the power consumption amount detected by the power consumption amount detecting section;
a charge necessity judgment information generating section that generates, on the basis of the power consumption amount history generated by the power consumption amount history generating section, power consumption prediction information which is information for judging whether charging of the battery is necessary;
a providing section that provides, to a user, both information of the remaining capacity of the battery and the power consumption prediction information, the information of the remaining capacity of the battery and the power consumption prediction information being correlated with each other;
a charge status detecting section that detects a charge status of the battery;
a charge history generating section that generates a charge history on the basis of the charge status of the battery detected by the charge status detecting section; and
an estimating section that estimates a time when charging of the battery starts by the user as a charge start reference time, on the basis of the charge history generated by the charge history generating section,wherein, in a case where an ignition is turned off, the charge necessity judgment information generating section predicts, as a power consumption prediction amount, a power consumption amount which is an amount of power consumed from a time when the ignition is turned off to the charge start reference time, and generates the power consumption prediction information on the basis of the predicted power consumption prediction amount.
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Abstract
An information providing apparatus for vehicle has a remaining capacity detecting section 110 that detects a remaining capacity of a battery; a power consumption amount detecting section 130 that detects a power consumption amount of the battery; a power consumption amount history generating section 130 that generates a power consumption amount history on the basis of the power consumption amount detected by the power consumption amount detecting section 130; a charge necessity judgment information generating section 130 that generates, on the basis of the power consumption amount history generated by the power consumption amount history generating section 130, charge necessity judgment information which is information for user'"'"'s judgment about whether or not charging of the battery is necessary; and a providing section 150 that provides information of the remaining capacity of the battery and the charge necessity judgment information with these information correlated with each other to the user. The information providing apparatus can properly provide the information for user'"'"'s judgment about whether or not charging of the battery to the user.
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8 Claims
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1. An information providing apparatus for vehicle comprising:
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a remaining capacity detecting section that detects a remaining capacity of a battery; a power consumption amount detecting section that detects a power consumption amount of the battery; a power consumption amount history generating section that generates a power consumption amount history on the basis of the power consumption amount detected by the power consumption amount detecting section; a charge necessity judgment information generating section that generates, on the basis of the power consumption amount history generated by the power consumption amount history generating section, power consumption prediction information which is information for judging whether charging of the battery is necessary; a providing section that provides, to a user, both information of the remaining capacity of the battery and the power consumption prediction information, the information of the remaining capacity of the battery and the power consumption prediction information being correlated with each other; a charge status detecting section that detects a charge status of the battery; a charge history generating section that generates a charge history on the basis of the charge status of the battery detected by the charge status detecting section; and an estimating section that estimates a time when charging of the battery starts by the user as a charge start reference time, on the basis of the charge history generated by the charge history generating section, wherein, in a case where an ignition is turned off, the charge necessity judgment information generating section predicts, as a power consumption prediction amount, a power consumption amount which is an amount of power consumed from a time when the ignition is turned off to the charge start reference time, and generates the power consumption prediction information on the basis of the predicted power consumption prediction amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An information providing method for a vehicle comprising:
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generating a power consumption amount history on the basis of a power consumption amount of a battery; generating, on the basis of the power consumption amount history, power consumption prediction information which is information for judging whether charging of the battery is necessary; providing, to a user, both of information of a remaining capacity of the battery and the power consumption prediction information, with the information of the remaining capacity of the battery and the power consumption prediction information being correlated with each other; detecting a charge status of the battery; generating a charge history on the basis of the detected charge status of the battery; estimating a time when charging of the battery starts by the user as a charge start reference time, on the basis of the generated charge history, and in a case where an ignition is turned off, predicting, as a power consumption prediction amount, a power consumption amount which is an amount of power consumed from a time when the ignition is turned off to the charge start reference time, and generating the power consumption prediction information on the basis of the predicted power consumption prediction amount.
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