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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Norman Ulrey, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Dearborn, MI (US);
William Charles Ruona, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2018.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B60W 40/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/02 (2006.01); G01F 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/0816 (2013.01); B60K 37/02 (2013.01); B60W 40/00 (2013.01); G01F 9/023 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1092 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2550/145 (2013.01); Y02T 10/84 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for compensating an instantaneous fuel economy reading for stored energy. One method comprises, when a vehicle undergoes a sufficient change in one or more of square of vehicle speed and vehicle altitude, estimating a conversion factor for fuel due to stored vehicle energy and adjusting the instantaneous fuel economy reading by the estimated conversion factor. The adjusted instantaneous fuel economy reading may be displayed to an operator of the vehicle.