Ranking carbon footprints of vehicles to determine driving behavior modifications
AssigneeToyota Connected North America, Inc.
InventorsOlarinre Salako, Mehmet Cil, Varun Prasad, Daniel Ellis Holman, Shravanthi Denthumdas, Danny Bargas, Jennifer Lerman, Brian M. Kursar
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Abstract
An example operation includes one or more of: determining a first subgroup of a group of vehicles and a second subgroup of the group of vehicles, wherein the second subgroup has a higher carbon footprint than the first subgroup; and determining a driving behavior modification of a vehicle in the second subgroup based on a driving behavior of one or more vehicles in the first subgroup.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- identifying a first group of vehicles having a first carbon footprint and a second group of vehicles having a second carbon footprint that is greater than the first carbon footprint;
- identifying a vehicle in the second group of vehicles having a carbon footprint that exceeds an average carbon footprint for the second group of vehicles;
- identifying a similar vehicle of the first group of vehicles having a similar carbon footprint as the vehicle;
- determining to reduce carbon emissions of the vehicle based on driving behavior of the similar vehicle;
- and
- activating a mode of an engine of the vehicle based on a determination to reduce carbon footprint and instructing the engine to conserve fuel more efficiently based on the activated mode.
A system, comprising:
- a processor that, when executing one or more instructions stored in an associated memory, is configured to:
- identify a first group of vehicles having a first carbon footprint and a second group of vehicles having a second carbon footprint that is greater than the first carbon footprint;
- identify a vehicle in the second group of vehicles having a carbon footprint that exceeds an average carbon footprint for the second group of vehicles;
- identify a similar vehicle of the first group of vehicles having a similar carbon footprint as the vehicle;
- determine to reduce carbon emissions of the vehicle based on driving behavior of the similar vehicle;
- and
- activate a mode of an engine of the vehicle based on a determination to reduce carbon footprint and instruct the engine to conserve fuel more efficiently based on the activated mode.
A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
- identifying a first group of vehicles having a first carbon footprint and a second group of vehicles having a second carbon footprint that is greater than the first carbon footprint;
- identifying a vehicle in the second group of vehicles having a carbon footprint that exceeds an average carbon footprint for the second group of vehicles;
- identifying a similar vehicle of the first group of vehicles having a similar carbon footprint as the vehicle;
- determining to reduce carbon emissions of the vehicle based on driving behavior of the similar vehicle;
- and
- activating a mode of an engine of the vehicle based on a determination to reduce carbon footprint and instructing the engine to conserve fuel more efficiently based on the activated mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.