Patent ID: 9638542
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G01C,G01S

Claim:
1. A method of displaying fuel information for a vehicle, comprising: obtaining fuel tank capacity information of the vehicle; obtaining current fuel level information of the vehicle; obtaining fuel economy information of the vehicle; obtaining point information of one or more points, each point information of each point comprising location information; measuring, by a position measuring device which includes a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver, a current vehicle position based on GPS signals; calculating routes to the one or more points based on location information of the one or more points and the current vehicle position; estimating first fuel amounts for reaching the one or more points based on the calculated routes, fuel economy information; selecting one or more fuel stations within a predetermined range of the calculated routes based on location information of the one or more fuel stations; estimating second fuel amounts for reaching at the one or more fuel stations based on the obtained locations of the fuel stations, the fuel economy information and the current vehicle position; obtaining fuel price information of the one or more fuel stations from a network; and displaying, on a display screen, the point information, the locations of the fuel stations, the fuel price information, the fuel tank capacity information and the current fuel level information along one or more segments of parameter.