Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle occupant information system for determining obtainable travel distances
- Patent Title (中): 用于确定可行程距离的车辆乘客信息系统
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Application No.: US12701638Application Date: 2010-02-08
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Publication No.: US08260534B2Publication Date: 2012-09-04
- Inventor: Chris Henderson , Daryl Smith
- Applicant: Chris Henderson , Daryl Smith
- Applicant Address: US TN Franklin
- Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Franklin
- Agency: Global IP Counselors, LLP
- Main IPC: G01F9/00
- IPC: G01F9/00

Abstract:
A vehicle occupant information controller includes a fuel volume determining section, a fuel economy determining section, a first distance determining section, a traveled distance determining section and a second distance determining section. The first distance determining section determines a first obtainable travel distance based on a remaining fuel volume from the fuel volume determining section and a fuel consumption rate from the fuel economy determining section. The traveled distance determining section determines a vehicle traveled distance between two locations. The second distance determining section determines a second obtainable travel distance based on a difference between a previous obtainable travel distance value and an adjusted vehicle traveled distance value, with the adjusted vehicle traveled distance value being equal to a product of the vehicle traveled distance and a distance adjustment factor that is selectively adjusted based on a ratio of the second obtainable travel distance to the first obtainable travel distance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110196600A1 VEHICLE OCCUPANT INFORMATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2011-08-11
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