Systems and methods for communicating optimal driving information
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsMichael Joseph Levy, Alexander Thomas Riegelman
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Abstract
Systems and methods for communicating optimal driving information through a vehicle display of a vehicle are configured to control position of an actual speed indicator along a scalar element of a display as a function of an actual speed of the vehicle; determine, in response to an actual acceleration of the vehicle, an optimal acceleration for changing vehicle speed; and control position of an optimal speed indicator along the scalar element as a function of the determined optimal acceleration.
Claims20
A vehicle display system for use with a vehicle, the vehicle display system comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- determine an actual speed of the vehicle;
- control a position of an actual speed indicator along a length of a scalar element of a display as a function of the actual speed, wherein the length of the scalar element represents potential speeds of the vehicle;
- determine an optimal acceleration for changing vehicle speed;
- and
- control a position of an optimal speed indicator along the length of the scalar element as a function of the determined optimal acceleration;
- wherein the instructions, in being configured to cause the processor to control the position of the optimal speed indicator and to control the position of the actual speed indicator, are configured to:
- increase a distance between the optimal speed indicator and the actual speed indicator when the actual acceleration exceeds the optimal acceleration;
- and
- decrease a distance or maintain a minimum distance between the optimal speed indicator and the actual speed indicator when the actual acceleration does not exceed the optimal acceleration.
A method for communicating information with a vehicle display system for use with a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining an actual speed of the vehicle with a speed sensor;
- displaying position of an actual speed indicator along a length of a scalar element of a display as a function of the actual speed;
- determining an optimal acceleration for changing vehicle speed;
- and
- displaying position of an optimal speed indicator along the length of the scalar element as a function of the determined optimal acceleration;
- wherein the steps of displaying the position of the optimal speed indicator and displaying the position of the actual speed indicator include:
- displaying an increase in distance between the optimal speed indicator and the actual speed indicator when the actual acceleration exceeds the optimal acceleration;
- and
- displaying a decrease in distance or a constant minimum distance between the optimal speed indicator and the actual speed indicator when the actual acceleration does not exceed the optimal acceleration.
A computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- determine an actual speed of a vehicle;
- control position of an actual speed indicator along a length of a scalar element of a display as a function of the actual speed;
- determine, in response to an actual acceleration of the vehicle, an optimal acceleration for changing vehicle speed;
- and
- control position of an optimal speed indicator along the length of the scalar element as a function of the determined optimal acceleration
- wherein the instructions, in being configured to cause the processor to control the position of the optimal speed indicator and to control the position of the actual speed indicator, are configured to:
- increase a distance between the optimal speed indicator and the actual speed indicator when the actual acceleration exceeds the optimal acceleration;
- and
- decrease a distance or maintain a minimum distance between the optimal speed indicator and the actual speed indicator when the actual acceleration does not exceed the optimal acceleration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.