Patent ID: 7726360
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. A fuel supply station information distributing system comprising: at least one movable member side device, each mounted on a movable member, keeping movable member information that is information about the movable member, and updating the movable member information as needed; at least one fuel supply station side device, each installed in a fuel supply station for supplying movable members with fuel, keeping station information that is information about the fuel supply station, and updating the station information as needed; and a fuel supply station information distributing server connected to the movable member side devices and the fuel supply station side devices through a network, creating fuel supply station information associated with each of the movable members based on the movable member information received from one movable member side device and the station information received from the fuel supply station side devices, and distributing the fuel supply station information thus created to the one movable member side device, wherein the movable member information includes a remaining amount of fuel of the movable member and a geographical position of the movable member, and the station information includes an amount of fuel storage at the fuel supply station and a geographical position of the fuel supply station, wherein the fuel supply station information distributing server calculates for each movable member a prospective remaining amount of fuel when the movable member arrives at the fuel supply station, based on information including the remaining amount of fuel of the movable member, the geographical position of the movable member and the geographical position of the fuel supply station creates the fuel supply station information about an amount of fuel that can be supplied at the fuel supply station to the movable member in consideration of the amount of fuel storage at the fuel supply station and the prospective remaining amount of fuel when the movable member arrives at the fuel supply station, and distributes the fuel supply station information thus created to the movable member side device, and wherein the movable member side device is connected to a display device for displaying predetermined information, and causes the display device to display the fuel supply station information upon receiving the fuel supply station information from the fuel supply station information distributing server.