Patent ID: 9428125
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: B60K,B60R,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for warning reduction in fuel efficiency of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a driving sensor configured to sense driving of the vehicle; a window position sensor configured to sense an opened degree among a plurality of detectable opened degree ranges of each window in the vehicle; a controller configured to enable a fuel efficiency reduction predictor to start predicting, in real time, reduction in fuel efficiency depending on the opened degree of each window sensed by the window position sensor only when the window position sensor senses that a window of the vehicle is opened, upon sensing the driving of the vehicle by the driving sensor; a warning determiner configured to generate a warning signal depending on a sum of reduction in fuel efficiency for the windows, which is predicted by the fuel efficiency reduction predictor, exceeding a threshold value; and a warner configured to issue a warning to a driver depending on a warning signal from the warning determiner.