Patent ID: 9026343
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B60K,B60W,G01C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. In a vehicle computing system, a method, comprising: obtaining an optimized vehicle route based on a vehicle starting location, a vehicle ending location and data from one or more sources, the one or more sources of data indicative of one or more vehicle attributes and one or more GPS data types including route length or one or more route characteristics; generating a vehicle operational profile representing one or more vehicle operating parameters as a function of time or distance, wherein the operational profile is based in part on the one or more route characteristics of the optimized route and includes vehicle operating parameter values of one or more of acceleration, speed, and gear selection along the optimized vehicle route or segments thereof that will meet or exceed a preselected fuel efficiency goal; and during vehicle travel, monitoring data including vehicle operating parameter data including at least one selected from a group consisting of acceleration, speed, and gear selection; comparing the monitored data with the vehicle operational profile; and notifying the vehicle operator via a human-machine interface if the monitored data deviates from the operational profile in a manner that will adversely affect fuel efficiency.