System for supporting a user of an electrically driven vehicle
First Claim
1. A system for supporting a user of an electrically driven vehicle, comprising:
- a position information obtaining unit configured to obtain, during traveling, position information indicating a position of the vehicle;
an electric power amount estimating unit configured to estimate, during traveling, a remaining electric power amount of an electric power source of the vehicle;
a shortage risk estimating unit configured to estimate, during traveling, an estimated risk of electric power amount shortage on a basis of the estimated remaining electric power amount;
a notifying unit configured to notify a user in case the estimated risk of electric power amount shortage estimated by the shortage risk estimating unit exceeds a predetermined threshold;
a traffic information acquiring unit configured to acquire traffic information;
whereinthe required electric power amount estimating unit is configured to estimate a required electric power amount on a basis of traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquiring unit, and/orthe shortage risk estimating unit is configured to estimate the estimated risk of electric power amount shortage on the basis of traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquiring unit; and
a route calculation unit configured to calculate travel routes from a determined position to a destination position,whereinwhen the shortage risk estimating unit estimates that the estimated risk of electric power amount shortage exceeds a predetermined threshold due to traffic conditions on a current route which are indicated in the traffic information, the route calculation unit is configured to calculate one or more alternative routes from the determined position to the destination position, and the required electric power amount estimating unit is configured to estimate, for each of the one or more alternative routes, an alternatively required electric power amount required for traveling with the vehicle from the determined position to the destination position along the respective alternative route, andthe shortage risk estimating unit is configured to estimate, for each of the one or more alternative routes, a respective estimated risk of electric power amount shortage on the basis of the remaining electric power amount and the alternatively required electric power amount.
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Abstract
A system for supporting a user of an electrically driven vehicle comprises position information obtaining unit for obtaining, during traveling, position information indicating a position of the vehicle, electric power amount estimating unit for estimating, during traveling, a remaining electric power amount of an electric power source of the vehicle, shortage risk estimating unit for estimating, during traveling, an estimated risk of electric power amount shortage on the basis of the estimated remaining electric power amount, and notifying unit for notifying a user in case the estimated risk of electric power amount shortage estimated by the shortage risk estimating unit exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
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10 Claims
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1. A system for supporting a user of an electrically driven vehicle, comprising:
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a position information obtaining unit configured to obtain, during traveling, position information indicating a position of the vehicle; an electric power amount estimating unit configured to estimate, during traveling, a remaining electric power amount of an electric power source of the vehicle; a shortage risk estimating unit configured to estimate, during traveling, an estimated risk of electric power amount shortage on a basis of the estimated remaining electric power amount; a notifying unit configured to notify a user in case the estimated risk of electric power amount shortage estimated by the shortage risk estimating unit exceeds a predetermined threshold; a traffic information acquiring unit configured to acquire traffic information; wherein the required electric power amount estimating unit is configured to estimate a required electric power amount on a basis of traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquiring unit, and/or the shortage risk estimating unit is configured to estimate the estimated risk of electric power amount shortage on the basis of traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquiring unit; and a route calculation unit configured to calculate travel routes from a determined position to a destination position, wherein when the shortage risk estimating unit estimates that the estimated risk of electric power amount shortage exceeds a predetermined threshold due to traffic conditions on a current route which are indicated in the traffic information, the route calculation unit is configured to calculate one or more alternative routes from the determined position to the destination position, and the required electric power amount estimating unit is configured to estimate, for each of the one or more alternative routes, an alternatively required electric power amount required for traveling with the vehicle from the determined position to the destination position along the respective alternative route, and the shortage risk estimating unit is configured to estimate, for each of the one or more alternative routes, a respective estimated risk of electric power amount shortage on the basis of the remaining electric power amount and the alternatively required electric power amount. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A system for supporting a user of an electrically driven vehicle, comprising:
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a position information obtaining unit configured to obtain, during traveling, position information indicating a position of the vehicle; an electric power amount estimating unit configured to estimate, during traveling, a remaining electric power amount of an electric power source of the vehicle; a shortage risk estimating unit configured to estimate, during traveling, an estimated risk of electric power amount shortage on a basis of the estimated remaining electric power amount; a notifying unit configured to notify a user in case the estimated risk of electric power amount shortage estimated by the shortage risk estimating unit exceeds a predetermined threshold; a traffic information acquiring unit configured to acquire traffic information; wherein the required electric power amount estimating unit is configured to estimate a required electric power amount on a basis of traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquiring unit, and/or the shortage risk estimating unit is configured to estimate the estimated risk of electric power amount shortage on the basis of traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquiring unit; and a delay risk estimating unit configured to estimate, during traveling, an estimated risk of a delayed arrival time at a destination position on a basis of an intended arrival time being specified for the destination position and traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquiring unit, in particular wherein the destination position is a position of a specific support station and/or the intended arrival time is an intended arrival time at the specific support station. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A system for supporting a user of an electrically driven vehicle, comprising:
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a position information obtaining unit configured to obtain, during traveling, position information indicating a position of the vehicle; an electric power amount estimating unit configured to estimate, during traveling, a remaining electric power amount of an electric power source of the vehicle; a shortage risk estimating unit configured to estimate, during traveling, an estimated risk of electric power amount shortage on a basis of the estimated remaining electric power amount; a notifying unit configured to notify a user in case the estimated risk of electric power amount shortage estimated by the shortage risk estimating unit exceeds a predetermined threshold; a support station information acquiring unit configured to acquire support station information comprising at least one of position information indicating positions of one or more support stations and availability information indicating an availability status of the one or more support stations; wherein a required electric power amount estimating unit is configured to estimate, for each of one or more support stations indicated in the support station information, a required electric power amount required for traveling with the vehicle from a determined position to a position of the respective support station, and the shortage risk estimating unit is configured to estimate, for each of the one or more support stations indicated in the support station information, an estimated risk of electric power amount shortage, when traveling from the determined position to the position of the respective support station. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A system for supporting a user of an electrically driven vehicle, comprising:
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a position information obtaining unit configured to obtain, during traveling, position information indicating a position of the vehicle; an electric power amount estimating unit configured to estimate, during traveling, a remaining electric power amount of an electric power source of the vehicle; a shortage risk estimating unit configured to estimate, during traveling, an estimated risk of electric power amount shortage on a basis of the estimated remaining electric power amount; a notifying unit configured to notify a user in case the estimated risk of electric power amount shortage estimated by the shortage risk estimating unit exceeds a predetermined threshold; a support station information acquiring unit configured to acquire support station information comprising at least one of position information indicating positions of one or more support stations and availability information indicating an availability status of the one or more support stations; and a support station booking support unit configured to support booking of support stations that are available for booking operations using a communication network (N), wherein the support station booking support unit is configured to; issue a request for reservation directed to one of the support stations indicated in the support station information, in particular when the shortage risk estimating unit estimates that the estimated risk of electric power amount shortage exceeds a predetermined threshold, and/or issue a request for cancellation of a reservation directed to a support station indicated in the support station information, in particular when the estimated risk of electric power amount shortage for traveling with the vehicle from the determined position to the position of the respective support station exceeds a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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8. A system for supporting a user of an electrically driven vehicle, comprising:
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a position information obtaining unit configured to obtain, during traveling, position information indicating a position of the vehicle; an electric power amount estimating unit configured to estimate, during traveling, a remaining electric power amount of an electric power source of the vehicle; a shortage risk estimating unit configured to estimate, during traveling, an estimated risk of electric power amount shortage on the basis of the estimated remaining electric power amount; a notifying unit configured to notify a user in case the estimated risk of electric power amount shortage estimated by the shortage risk estimating unit exceeds a predetermined threshold; wherein the system comprises an on-board apparatus being mountable to the vehicle, the on-board apparatus comprising at least one of a position monitoring unit, a required electric power amount estimating unit, the electric power amount estimating unit, and the shortage risk estimating unit; the system comprises an external apparatus being communicably connectable with communication unit of the vehicle, the external apparatus comprising at least one of the position monitoring unit, the required electric power amount estimating unit, the electric power amount estimating unit, and the shortage risk estimating unit;
orthe system comprises an on-board apparatus being mountable to the vehicle and an external apparatus having communication unit being communicably connectable with communication unit of the vehicle, the on-board apparatus being configured to communicate with the external apparatus and comprising at least one of the position monitoring unit, the required electric power amount estimating unit, the electric power amount estimating unit, and the shortage risk estimating unit, and the external apparatus being configured to communicate with the on-board apparatus and comprising the other unit of the position monitoring unit, the required electric power amount estimating unit, the electric power amount estimating unit, and the shortage risk estimating unit.
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