US 11,027,623 B2Granted

Information processing server and information processing system

AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.

InventorsYuji Takeuchi, Koji Sengoku

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Abstract

Provided is a system and the like which further improves the user-friendliness of checking the amount of energy charge (e.g., amount of refuelling) for a mobile body (e.g., a vehicle) by effectively utilizing a function of a mobile terminal (e.g., a smartphone). A present amount of refuelling ΔFa(i) (present amount of energy charge) is estimated based on a deviation ΔD(i) and a fuel consumption Fe(i) (travel efficiency) when the deviation ΔD(i) of a present drivable distance D(i) from a last drivable distance D(i−1) of a vehicle X becomes a threshold ΔDth (>0) or higher. Accordingly, without the inconvenience that the user of the vehicle X inputs the fuelling amount into a mobile terminal 2 every time of refuel to the vehicle X, the estimation result of the fuelling amount can be automatically accumulated.

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Dependent claims

An information processing server, comprising:

an information input unit configured to recognize a deviation of a present drivable distance determined according to a present actual remaining amount of energy at a present time point of a mobile body from a last drivable distance determined according to a last actual remaining amount of energy at a last time point of the mobile body, and a travel efficiency that is an amount of energy consumption per a unit travel distance of the mobile body or a travel distance per a unit energy consumption of the mobile body, the deviation and the travel efficiency being issued from a mobile terminal cooperating with the mobile body, the mobile terminal being separated from the mobile body;
a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the deviation recognized by the information input unit is equal to or higher than a threshold that is a positive value;
an estimation unit configured to estimate a present amount of energy charge completed between the last time point and the present time point in the mobile body, by dividing the deviation by the travel efficiency of the mobile body recognized by the information input unit or by subtracting the travel distance between the last time point and the present time point from the deviation and dividing by the travel efficiency, in the case where the determination unit determines that the deviation is equal to or higher than the threshold;
and
an information output unit configured to transmit the present amount of energy charge estimated by the estimation unit to the mobile terminal.

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An information processing system comprising a mobile terminal cooperating with a mobile body, and an information processing server,

the information processing server, comprising:
an information input unit configured to recognize a deviation of a present drivable distance determined according to a present actual remaining amount of energy at a present time point of the mobile body from a last drivable distance determined according to a last actual remaining amount of energy at a last time point of the mobile body, and a travel efficiency that is an amount of energy consumption per a unit travel distance of the mobile body or a travel distance per a unit energy consumption of the mobile body, the deviation and the travel efficiency being issued from the mobile terminal cooperating with the mobile body, the mobile terminal being separated from the mobile body;
a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the deviation recognized by the information input unit is equal to or higher than a threshold that is a positive value;
an estimation unit configured to estimate a present amount of energy charge completed between the last time point and the present time point in the mobile body, by dividing the deviation by the travel efficiency of the mobile body recognized by the information input unit or by subtracting the travel distance between the last time point and the present time point from the deviation and dividing by the travel efficiency, in the case where the determination unit determines that the deviation is equal to or higher than the threshold;
and
an information output unit configured to transmit the present amount of energy charge estimated by the estimation unit to the mobile terminal,
wherein the mobile terminal comprises an input interface configured to allow the mobile terminal to receive the amount of energy charge of the mobile body from a user or a device mounted on the mobile body.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Application: 15/865,811Filed 9 Jan 2018
Priority: JP JP2017-00798319 Jan 2017
Published: US 2018/0202826 A119 Jul 2018
Granted: 8 Jun 2021
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Classification15 codes

B60L 53/60
Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of…:…
G01C 21/3469
Special cost functions, i.e. other than distance or default speed limit of road segments: fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects
G09B 29/10
Maps; Plans; Charts; Diagrams, e.g. route diagram: map spot or coordinate position indicators; Map reading aids
G01C 21/3605
Input/output arrangements for on-board computers: destination input or retrieval

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