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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ryan Skaff, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Dale Gilman, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Paul Aldighieri, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60R 16/0236 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1092 (2013.01); Y02T 10/84 (2013.01);
Abstract
An information display system may include an information display including a gauge specifying energy consumption of a vehicle and an average efficiency indicator specifying an average of the energy consumption, and a controller, in communication with the information display, configured to calculate an average efficiency value based on an amount of the energy consumption per unit distance over time, and adjust the average efficiency indicator based upon the average efficiency value.