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Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2018
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Keizo Yamanaka, Wako, JP;

Hiroyuki Tomosugi, Wako, JP;

Yusuke Maino, Wako, JP;

Takayuki Iimura, Wako, JP;

Masahiro Yoshino, Wako, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); G01C 21/367 (2013.01); G01C 21/3682 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01);
Abstract

A replenishment recommendation system () is provided with a recommendation generation trigger point computation unit () configured to compute a recommendation generation trigger point given as a remaining amount of energy that triggers an energy replenishment recommendation to the driver to replenish energy based on past remaining amounts stored in a storage unit, and a recommendation generation unit () configured to display a replenishment recommendation indication on a display unit when a current energy remaining amount of the vehicle has become equal to or less than the recommendation generation trigger point. The storage unit stores, as the past remaining amount, a remaining amount of energy of the vehicle when a replenishment intent switch () is operated by a driver.


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