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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kentaro Hamada, Toyota, JP;
Kotaro Hoshihara, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle information providing system is realized, which is capable of providing appropriate vehicle information depending on a used driving energy source. The kind of fuel used when refueling a vehicle is identified based on image information from a camera provided in a service station, and/or payment information for the refueling. The magnitude of the environmental burden caused by the identified fuel is specified so as to change, according thereto, a background color of an instrument panel of the vehicle. Also, a turn-on/turn-off state and a lighting color of an eco-lamp provided on a rear surface of the vehicle is changed. Thus, the appropriate vehicle information is provided in consideration of differences in the environmental burden depending on the used fuel even when the vehicle model is the same.