Patent ID: 8417401
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,G01C,G09B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A map display apparatus comprising: a display device that displays a map of an area around a vehicle; a battery remaining amount acquisition device that acquires a remaining amount of a battery that supplies electric power to a motor that produces a drive force for the vehicle; a calculation condition acquisition device that acquires, of a first calculation condition for calculating a range in which the vehicle can perform one-way travel as a travelable range and a second calculation condition for calculating a range in which the vehicle can perform round-trip travel as a travelable range, a currently set calculation condition as a condition for calculating a travelable range; a travelable range calculation device that calculates a travelable range, wherein the vehicle can perform one of one-way travel and round-trip travel after the battery is charged depending on the calculation condition acquired by the calculation condition acquisition device, for each of a plurality of various charge times on the basis of the remaining amount of the battery acquired by the battery remaining amount acquisition device; and a travelable range display device that simultaneously displays on the display device a plurality of travelable ranges calculated by the travelable range calculation device and the charge times respectively corresponding to the plurality of travelable ranges.