Patent ID: 7761203
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: B60L,G01D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A power consumption recording apparatus mounted on a vehicle, comprising: a first detection means for sequentially detecting a plurality of power consumption events by the vehicle corresponding to a plurality of travels as a result of traveling a section by the vehicle more than once; a second detection means for sequentially detecting at least one of a plurality of time attributes corresponding to the plurality of travels on the section by the vehicle and a plurality of occupant counts corresponding to the plurality of travels for the time attributes; and a recording means for classifying the plurality of power consumption events detected by the first detection means into a plurality of groups based on power consumption magnitudes and recording a representative power consumption representative of the plurality of power consumption events belonging to each of the plurality of groups and a time attribute or an occupant count corresponding to occurrence of a power consumption belonging to a given group in association with each other.