Patent ID: 9395202
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G01C

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing information in a vehicle, comprising: Outputting a fuel amount in the fuel tank of the vehicle, Outputting a volume of the fuel tank of the vehicle, Reading data on gas stations from a database, wherein the data have an identification for each gas station and/or a geographic position of each gas station and wherein the data have a price associated with the particular gas station for a fuel for the vehicle, Determining a distance value for each gas station, wherein the distance value is determined from map data, Determining driving cost based on consumption of the fuel for the distance value, Determining cost of fueling for each gas station based on the fuel amount and the volume and the price of the fuel, Determining total cost based on the driving cost and the cost of fueling, and Visually outputting a ranking of gas stations based on the total cost.