SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING FUEL EFFICIENCY OF VEHICLE ON TERMINAL AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120139922A1
• Filed: 06/29/2011
• Published: 06/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: HEO, Sung Wook
• Application Number:
  US13/172,535
• Publication Number:
  US 20120139922A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/440
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/174 Economic driving
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/174 Economic driving
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/28 characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/84 Data processing systems or methods, management, administration

Abstract

A system for displaying fuel efficiency of a vehicle on a terminal and a method thereof are provided. The system for displaying fuel efficiency on a terminal, includes: a vehicle terminal calculating average fuel efficiency of a vehicle using vehicle data; and a vehicle information center averaging average fuel efficiencies of respective vehicles of the same vehicle type when the average fuel efficiencies of a plurality of vehicles are received from respective vehicle terminals of the plurality of vehicles to calculate and transmit a reference average fuel efficiency to each of the respective vehicles, in which the vehicle terminals compare the average fuel efficiencies with the reference average fuel efficiency and display the comparison result on a screen, respectively.

Claims

1. A system for displaying fuel efficiency on a terminal, comprising:

a vehicle terminal calculating average fuel efficiency of a vehicle using vehicle data; and

a vehicle information center averaging average fuel efficiencies of respective vehicles of the same vehicle type when the average fuel efficiencies of a plurality of vehicles which is received from each vehicle'"'"'s respective vehicle terminal to calculate and transmit a reference average fuel efficiency to each respective vehicles,

wherein the vehicle terminal compares the average fuel efficiency with the reference average fuel efficiency and displays the comparison result on a screen.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle terminal periodically transmits the average fuel efficiency of the vehicle to the vehicle information center.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle information center compares the average fuel efficiencies of respective vehicles with the reference average fuel efficiency to calculate and transmit fuel efficiency points by vehicle to each respective vehicle.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the fuel efficiency point by vehicle is a ranking of a vehicle'"'"'s average fuel efficiency in relation to other vehicles'"'"' fuel efficiencies of the same vehicle type.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the vehicle terminal comprises:

a wireless communication unit performing wireless communication with the vehicle information center;

a storage unit storing the average fuel efficiency, the reference average fuel efficiency and the fuel efficiency point;

an eco-coach switch turned-on/off by a user;

a display unit displaying the average fuel efficiency, the reference average fuel efficiency, and the fuel efficiency point on a screen; and

a control unit calculating the average fuel efficiency using the vehicle data, and controlling the display unit to display the average fuel efficiency, the reference average fuel efficiency, and the fuel efficiency point when the eco-coach switch is turned-on.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the vehicle terminal comprises:

a wireless communication unit performing wireless communication with the vehicle information center;

a storage unit storing the average fuel efficiency, the reference average fuel efficiency and the fuel efficiency point;

an eco-coach switch turned-on/off by a user;

a display unit displaying the average fuel efficiency, the reference average fuel efficiency, and the fuel efficiency point on a screen; and

a control unit calculating the average fuel efficiency using the vehicle data, and controlling the display unit to display the average fuel efficiency, the reference average fuel efficiency, and the fuel efficiency point when the eco-coach switch is turned-on.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle terminal displays the average fuel efficiency based on the reference average fuel efficiency via a grouped-column graph.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein the vehicle terminal displays the average fuel efficiency based on the reference average fuel efficiency via a grouped-column graph.

9. The system of claim 3, wherein the vehicle information center transfers the reference average fuel efficiency and the fuel efficiency points by vehicles to drivers of the respective vehicles using one of a group consisting of an electronic mail, a web page, a phone, or characters.

10. A method for displaying fuel efficiency on a terminal, comprising:

calculating, by a vehicle terminal, an average fuel efficiency of a vehicle using vehicle data;

averaging, by a vehicle information center, average fuel efficiencies of a plurality of vehicles of the same vehicle type to calculate and transmit a reference average fuel efficiency to the vehicle terminal of each of the respective vehicles; and

comparing, by each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, the vehicle'"'"'s average fuel efficiency with the reference average fuel efficiency and displaying the comparison result on a screen by the vehicle terminal on each of the respective vehicles.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

periodically transmitting the average fuel efficiency of the vehicle to the vehicle information center.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein transmitting reference average fuel efficiency to the respective vehicles allows the vehicle information center to compare the average fuel efficiencies of respective vehicles with the reference average fuel efficiency and calculate and transmit fuel efficiency points by vehicles to each vehicle respectively.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein displaying the comparison result further comprises displaying the average fuel efficiency based on the reference average fuel efficiency with a grouped-column graph.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein displaying the comparison result on a screen further comprises:

displaying the average fuel efficiency with a green grouped-column graph when the average fuel efficiency is equal to or greater than the reference average fuel efficiency by a first reference value;

displaying the average fuel efficiency with a yellow grouped-column graph when the average fuel efficiency is less than or equal to and equal to or greater than the reference average fuel efficiency by the first reference value and a second reference value, respectively; and

displaying the average fuel efficiency with a red grouped-column graph when the average fuel efficiency is less than the reference average fuel efficiency by the second reference value.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein each of the fuel efficiency points by vehicles is a ranking of a vehicle'"'"'s average fuel efficiency in relation to other vehicles'"'"' fuel efficiencies of the same vehicle type.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the vehicle information center further transfers the reference average fuel efficiency and the fuel efficiency points by vehicles to drivers of the respective vehicles using one of a group consisting of an electronic mail, a web page, a phone, or characters.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the vehicle information center further transfers the reference average fuel efficiency and the fuel efficiency points by vehicles to drivers of the respective vehicles using one of a group consisting of an electronic mail, a web page, a phone, or characters.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the vehicle information center transmits the reference average fuel efficiency and a fuel efficiency point of the vehicle to the vehicle at least once when power of the vehicle is turned-on to achieve communication connection between the vehicle terminal and the vehicle information center.

19. A system for displaying fuel efficiency on a terminal, comprising:

a vehicle terminal configured to calculate an average fuel efficiency of a vehicle using vehicle data; and

a vehicle information center configured to average a plurality of average fuel efficiencies of respective vehicles of the same vehicle type, the plurality of average fuel efficiencies received from a plurality of vehicles at the vehicle information center to calculate and transmit a reference average fuel efficiency to each of the respective vehicles,

wherein the vehicle terminal compares the average fuel efficiency with the reference average fuel efficiency and displays the comparison result on a screen.