Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle processor and method for tracking and reporting vehicle use and associated fuel cost
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Application No.: US14881875Application Date: 2015-10-13
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Publication No.: US10311656B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Omar Makke , Haysam M. Kadry
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Frank Lollo
- Main IPC: G01C21/36
- IPC: G01C21/36 ; G06F17/30 ; G07C5/06 ; G06F16/29 ; B60K35/00 ; G06Q10/02 ; G06Q50/06 ; G07C5/00 ; G07C5/08

Abstract:
A vehicle computing system includes a vehicle human-machine interface (HMI) and a vehicle processor coupled to the HMI and programmed to store trip information for multiple trips including consumed fuel cost for vehicle operation in response to a trip purpose input from the HMI. The trip purpose may be a business or personal purpose, for example. A fuel queuing model based on at least two fuel prices and corresponding fuel quantities may be used to determine the consumed fuel cost associated with fuel consumed from the vehicle fuel tank. Trip information, such as date, distance traveled, origin, destination, and consumed fuel cost may be output to a display, a wirelessly connected smartphone, and/or a remote server in response to a request from the HMI.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170103589A1 VEHICLE PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AND REPORTING VEHICLE USE AND ASSOCIATED FUEL COST Public/Granted day:2017-04-13
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