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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2006
Gregory Jensen Boss, American Fork, UT (US);
Rick Allen Hamilton, Ii, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Michael Jack Martine, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Kevin C. Mcconnell, Austin, TX (US);
John Williams Miller, Suwanee, GA (US);
Gregory Jensen Boss, American Fork, UT (US);
Rick Allen Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Michael Jack Martine, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Kevin C. McConnell, Austin, TX (US);
John Williams Miller, Suwanee, GA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
This disclosure outlines a method, which enables a vehicle driver to achieve increased fuel efficiency by implementing least-cost route planning based on terrain data and derived from advanced mapping, logging and location based services. Actual fuel efficiency is recorded and correlated by vehicle conditions, time of day and date, and then referenced to achieve the most accurate least-cost route plan for the intended destination.