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US 8,478,468 B2Granted
Carbon dioxide feedback for automobile
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsAmanda J. Kalhous, Norman J. Weigert, Jarvis Chau, Glenn B. Bryksaw
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Abstract
A carbon dioxide feedback system and a method of providing carbon dioxide feedback in a computer system is provided. The method includes computing an amount of carbon dioxide generation avoided by a vehicle at a processor, calculating a number of equivalent trees based on the computation, and displaying the number of equivalent trees on a display device.
Claims14
A method of providing carbon dioxide generation feedback in a computer system, comprising:
- computing an amount of carbon dioxide generation avoided by a vehicle at a processor;
- calculating a number of equivalent trees affected based on the computation;
- and
- displaying the number of equivalent trees on a display device.
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A carbon dioxide feedback system, comprising:
- a computer memory;
- and
- one or more processors in communication with the computer memory, the one or more processors configured to perform a method comprising:
- computing an amount of carbon dioxide generation avoided by a vehicle;
- calculating a number of equivalent trees based on the computation;
- and
- generating display signals that display the number of equivalent trees on a display device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.