Tomtom Telematics B.v.

Lars Dietzel

Paul Roeland Verheijen

Jasper Johannes Anthonius Pauwelussen

Steffen Orlowsky

Christoph Ebert

Marco Leupold

Rene Liebscher

A method and apparatus for providing an indication to a driver of a geared vehicle that the vehicle is not in an optimal gear is disclosed. The method comprises determining a current gear of the vehicle and determining a current speed of a drive unit of the vehicle. An indication is then provided to the driver of the vehicle that the vehicle is not in an optimal gear when: (i) the determined current speed of the drive unit is greater than a predetermined threshold; and (ii) the determined current gear of the vehicle is less than a maximum gear of the vehicle. A method and apparatus is also disclosed for determining a score indicative of the amount of time during a journey on a road network that a geared vehicle is driven in an optimal gear.

Apparatus and method for providing optimal gear advice

A method and apparatus is disclosed for determining the available gears of a geared vehicle based on the ratios of vehicle speed to engine speed, together with a method and apparatus for determining the current gear in which a geared vehicle is being driven based on the current ratio of vehicle speed to engine speed.

Apparatus and method for gear detection

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Schkopau, Germany

Lars Dietzel