Electronic device and control method for the electronic device

• US 9,557,186 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2013
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Yonghwan, Kim, Sujin
• Primary Examiner(s): TARCZA, THOMAS H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dunn, Alex C
• Application Number:
  US14/760,771
• Publication Number:
  US 20150369620A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,476 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3469 Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096838 where the user preferences are taken into account or the user selects one route out of a plurality
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/167 Control of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device capable of providing route information and a control method thereof. An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a user input unit configured to receive destination information, a retrieval unit configured to retrieve an eco-driving route capable of minimizing the fuel consumption amount of a vehicle among driving routes for reaching a location corresponding to the destination information, and a controller configured to modify a prestored fuel table based on an actually consumed fuel amount while driving the vehicle, wherein the retrieval unit retrieves the eco-driving route using the modified fuel table.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a user input unit configured to receive destination information;

a memory unit configured to store a plurality of fuel tables corresponding to each of a plurality of cause information, wherein the cause information includes at least one of driving habit information of a driver and status information of a vehicle;

a retrieval unit configured to retrieve an eco-driving route capable of minimizing the fuel consumption amount of a vehicle among driving routes for reaching a location corresponding to the destination information; and

a controller configured to;

select a fuel table among the plurality of fuel tables based on the at least one of the driving habit information of a driver and the status information of the vehicle;

modify the selected fuel table based on an actually consumed fuel amount while driving the vehicle; and

control the retrieval unit to retrieve an eco-driving route corresponding to the modified fuel table,

wherein the controller monitors the actually consumed fuel amount with preset time intervals while driving the vehicle independently from retrieving the eco-driving route, and modifies the selected fuel table using the monitored result.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller subtracts a difference value between an expected fuel consumption amount contained in the selected fuel table and the actually consumed fuel amount to modify the selected fuel table.

3. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the controller monitors the cause information at the same time when monitoring the actually consumed fuel amount.

4. The electronic device of claim 3,

wherein the retrieval unit retrieves the eco-driving route corresponding to the modified fuel table different from an eco-driving route corresponding to the selected fuel table, when the actually consumed fuel amount is greater than a preset reference amount.

5. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the cause information further comprises information associated with at least one of a driving route slope, a signal light layout level and a road characteristic.

6. The electronic device of claim 5,

wherein the road characteristic is associated with whether the road being driven by the vehicle is an express highway or general road, and

the controller monitors an actually consumed fuel amount based on the unit of kilometer when the vehicle is driven on an express highway and a consumed fuel amount based on the unit of kilometer when the vehicle is driven on a general road, and

the controller controls the retrieval unit to retrieve a driving route corresponding to the road characteristic for which the actually consumed fuel amount is less than the other between the express highway and general road based on the monitored result.

7. The electronic device of claim 5,

wherein the status information of the vehicle is associated with at least one of a type of engine, a deterioration level of engine, and a tire pressure.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit,

wherein the retrieval unit retrieves at least one another driving route along with the eco-driving route, and

the controller controls the display unit to display a plurality of driving routes retrieved by the retrieval unit, and outputs expected fuel consumption amounts for the plurality of driving routes, respectively.

9. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the controller stores the modified fuel table in a memory separately from the selected fuel table.

10. The electronic device of claim 9,

wherein the controller generates at least one of different modified fuel tables to correspond to drivers who drive the vehicle, respectively, to store it in the memory, and reflects a fuel amount actually consumed by the vehicle on the modified fuel table corresponding to a first driver when the first driver drives the vehicle among drivers who drive the vehicle.

11. The electronic device of claim 10,

wherein the retrieval unit retrieves different eco-driving routes based on different drivers who drive the vehicle based on different modified fuel tables based on the driving habit information of a driver among a plurality of drivers who drive the vehicle.

12. The electronic device of claim 10,

wherein the controller retrieves a fuel table corresponding to the first driver among the different modified fuel tables using the identification information of the first driver,

and the identification information of the first driver is received from an external device through near field communication, received from the user through the display unit, or received through the first driver'"'"'s voice.

13. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the controller receives at least one disposition information from a driver who drives the vehicle, and

receives a fuel table corresponding to the disposition information from a cloud server using wireless communication, and

the retrieval unit retrieves the eco-driving route using at least one of the fuel table received from the cloud server and the prestored fuel table.

14. The electronic device of claim 13,

wherein the controller outputs a plurality of question items capable of determining the disposition of a driver who drives the vehicle on the display unit, and acquires the disposition information through information input to the question items, respectively.

15. The electronic device of claim 13,

wherein the controller modifies a fuel table received from the cloud server based on an actually consumed fuel amount while driving the vehicle when an eco-driving route retrieved using the fuel table received from the cloud server is selected.

16. A control method of an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving destination information;

selecting a fuel table among the plurality of fuel tables based on the at least one of information of a driver and the status information of the vehicle;

retrieving an eco-driving route corresponding to a selected fuel table;

monitoring an actually consumed fuel amount while driving the eco-driving route;

modifying the selected fuel table using the monitored result; and

controlling the retrieval unit to retrieve an eco-driving route corresponding to the modified fuel table,

wherein said monitoring step monitors the actually consumed fuel amount with preset time intervals while driving the vehicle independently from retrieving the eco-driving route, and modifies the selected fuel table using the monitored result.

17. The method of claim 16,

wherein said modifying step modifies the selected fuel table by adding or subtracting the actually consumed fuel amount to or from the selected fuel table.

18. The method of claim 16,

wherein said retrieving step retrieves at least one different driving route along with the eco-driving route, and displays the plurality of retrieved driving routes on a display unit, and selects any one of the plurality of routes.

19. An electronic device, comprising:

a user input unit configured to receive destination information;

a retrieval unit configured to retrieve an eco-driving route capable of minimizing a fuel consumption amount of a vehicle among driving routes for reaching a location corresponding to the destination information; and

a controller configured to;

receive driving habit information of a driver;

download a plurality of fuel tables from a server based on the driving habit information of a driver;

select a fuel table among the plurality of fuel tables based on the at least one of driving habit information of a driver and the status information of the vehicle;

modify the selected fuel table based on an actually consumed fuel amount while driving the vehicle;

control the retrieval unit to retrieve an eco-driving route corresponding to the modified fuel table.

20. The electronic device of claim 19,

wherein the controller is configured to display a plurality of question items which are received from the server on a display unit such that the driving habit information is received.