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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Lambert S. Berentsen, Jonestown, TX (US);

Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, MI (US);

James R. Kozloski, New Fairfield, CT (US);

Kevin C. McConnell, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 15/03 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03217 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1092 (2013.01); B60K 2350/965 (2013.01); B60W 2540/00 (2013.01); B60W 2550/14 (2013.01); B60W 2560/02 (2013.01); Y02T 10/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one or more embodiments of the present invention, one or more processors receive a fuel sensor reading from a fuel sensor on a vehicle. The processor(s) receive an environmental state of a route being taken by the vehicle to a destination and a biometric sensor reading that describes a biometric state of a driver of the vehicle. The processor(s) determine whether the remaining fuel will be sufficient for the vehicle to reach the destination subject to the constraints of the environmental state of the route being taken by the vehicle and the biometric state of the driver of the vehicle, and then modify an appearance of a fuel gauge on the vehicle based on whether the remaining fuel will be sufficient for the vehicle to reach the destination.


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