Patent ID: 11971266
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  Y | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A navigation method for an electric vehicle comprising:
searching, by at least one processor, for at least one route;
receiving, from a recording unit, gradient information for a road recorded therein;
receiving, from a power information holding unit, electrical power consumption information of the electric vehicle with consideration of a gradient information and regenerative electrical energy information of the electric vehicle with consideration of the gradient information;
receiving, from a current location acquisition unit, a current location of the electric vehicle;
calculating, by a navigation control unit, electrical power consumption of the electric vehicle, which was searched for the at least one route, based on at least the gradient information and power information including the regenerative electrical energy information of the electric vehicle with consideration of the gradient information; and
displaying, by a display unit, a route to the destination and a warning when a remaining amount of electric power will become insufficient to the destination based on the calculation by the navigation control unit.