Travel support system, method, and program
AssigneeAisin Aw Co., Ltd.
InventorKazuya Kato
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Abstract
A travel support system for a vehicle includes: a required power amount obtaining unit determining a required power amount in a rechargeable battery required for travel of a predetermined section of a route; a remaining power amount obtaining unit determining a remaining power amount as the amount of power currently remaining in the rechargeable battery; an excess power amount obtaining unit determining an excess power amount as a portion of the remaining power amount in the rechargeable battery in excess of the required power amount; and a communication unit notifying a user of the vehicle of information indicating the availability of an electrical component of the vehicle in traveling the predetermined section, based on the excess power amount.
Claims20
A travel support system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a required power amount obtaining unit obtaining a required power amount as an amount of power required of a rechargeable battery for travel of a route from a current location of the vehicle to a destination using only the rechargeable battery as a power source;
- a remaining power amount obtaining unit obtaining a remaining power amount as the amount of power currently remaining in the rechargeable battery;
- an excess power amount obtaining unit obtaining an excess power amount as a portion of the remaining power amount in the rechargeable battery in excess of the required power amount;
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- a communication unit notifying a user of the vehicle of availability information indicating the availability for use of one or more auxiliary electrical devices of the vehicle in traveling the route from the current location to the destination, based on the excess power amount.
A travel support method for a vehicle having an electric motor for driving drive wheels of the vehicle and a rechargeable battery for providing power to the motor, comprising the steps of:
- utilizing a computer, determining a current location of the vehicle;
- utilizing a computer, determining a required power amount required of the rechargeable battery for travel of a route from the determined current location of the vehicle to a destination using only the rechargeable battery as a power source;
- utilizing a computer, determining a current remaining power amount as an amount of power currently remaining in the rechargeable battery;
- utilizing the computer, determining an excess power amount as a portion of the remaining power amount in the rechargeable battery in excess of the required power amount;
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- utilizing a communication unit, notifying a user of the vehicle of information indicating the availability of one or more auxiliary electrical devices of the vehicle in traveling the route from the current location to the destination, based on the excess power amount.
A travel support program encoded on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program causing a computer to execute the functions of:
- determining a required power amount required of a rechargeable battery for travel of a route from a current location of the vehicle to a destination using only the rechargeable battery as a power source;
- determining a current remaining power amount as an amount of power currently remaining in the rechargeable battery;
- determining an excess power amount as a portion of the remaining power amount in the rechargeable battery in excess of the required power amount;
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- notifying a user of the vehicle of information indicating the availability of an auxiliary, electrical device of the vehicle in traveling the route from the current location to the destination, based on the excess power amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.