Driver display of energy consumption as a monetary rate
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsChristopher J. Twarog, Goro Tamai, Anthony J. Corsetti
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Abstract
A computer processor is embedded in a vehicle and a display device embedded in the vehicle is communicatively coupled to the computer processor. The computer executes logic to receive a price per unit of energy that is stored in the vehicle, compute an energy consumption rate of the vehicle over a time period, multiply the price per unit by the energy consumption rate to determine a cost of the energy consumption rate over the time period, and display the cost of the energy consumption rate for the time period on the display device in the vehicle.
Claims22
A system, comprising:
- a computer processor embedded in a vehicle;
- a display device embedded in the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the computer processor;
- and
- logic executable by the computer processor, the logic configured to implement a method, the method comprising:
- receiving a price per unit of energy, the energy stored in the vehicle;
- computing, during a drive cycle and as a function of operator driving behavior, an energy consumption rate of the vehicle over a time period, the computing comprising determining, from an energy gauge in the vehicle, an amount of energy consumed for the time period;
- multiplying the price per unit by the energy consumption rate to determine a cost of the energy consumption rate over the time period;
- and
- displaying the cost of the energy consumption rate for the time period on the display device in the vehicle.
(canceled)
A method, comprising:
- receiving, via a computer processor embedded in a vehicle, a price per unit of energy, the energy stored in the vehicle;
- computing, during a drive cycle and as a function of operator driving behavior, an energy consumption rate of the vehicle over a time period, the computing comprising determining, from an energy gauge in the vehicle, an amount of energy consumed for the time period;
- multiplying the price per unit by the energy consumption rate to determine a cost of the energy consumption rate over the time period;
- and
- displaying the cost of the energy consumption rate for the time period on a display device in the vehicle.
(canceled)
A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, which when executed by a computer embedded in a vehicle causes the computer to implement a method, the method comprises:
- receiving a price per unit of energy, the energy stored in the vehicle;
- computing, during a drive cycle and as a function of operator driving behavior an energy consumption rate of the vehicle over a time period, the computing comprising determining, from an energy gauge in the vehicle, an amount of energy consumed for the time period;
- multiplying the price per unit by the energy consumption rate to determine a cost of the energy consumption rate over the time period;
- and
- displaying the cost of the energy consumption rate for the time period on a display device in the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.