Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for providing optimal gear advice
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Application No.: US15528767Application Date: 2015-11-26
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Publication No.: US10436602B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Paul Roeland Verheijen , Jasper Johannes Anthonius Pauwelussen , Christoph Ebert , Steffen Orlowsky , Marco Leupold , Lars Dietzel
- Applicant: TomTom Telematics B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Amsterdam
- Assignee: TOMTOM TELEMATICS B.V.
- Current Assignee: TOMTOM TELEMATICS B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Amsterdam
- Priority: GB1420988.6 20141126; GB1504227.8 20150312
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/077830 WO 20151126
- International Announcement: WO2016/083535 WO 20160602
- Main IPC: G01P1/00
- IPC: G01P1/00 ; G01C21/36 ; B60R16/023 ; B60W40/09 ; G07C5/00 ; G07C5/08 ; B60K31/00 ; F16H59/44 ; F16H59/46 ; F16H61/02 ; B60W50/14 ; B60W30/18 ; G08G1/01 ; G07C5/02 ; G07C5/06 ; G08G1/0962 ; G08G1/0967 ; G08G1/0968 ; G08G1/052 ; F16H63/42 ; B60W50/00 ; F16H59/70 ; F16H59/36

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for providing an indication to a driver of a geared vehicle that the vehicle is not in an optimal gear is disclosed. The method comprises determining a current gear of the vehicle and determining a current speed of a drive unit of the vehicle. An indication is then provided to the driver of the vehicle that the vehicle is not in an optimal gear when: (i) the determined current speed of the drive unit is greater than a predetermined threshold; and (ii) the determined current gear of the vehicle is less than a maximum gear of the vehicle. A method and apparatus is also disclosed for determining a score indicative of the amount of time during a journey on a road network that a geared vehicle is driven in an optimal gear.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170314679A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OPTIMAL GEAR ADVICE Public/Granted day:2017-11-02
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