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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2008
Applicants:
Hiroaki Sekiyama, Setagaya-ku, JP;
Yoshihiro Oe, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroaki Sekiyama, Setagaya-ku, JP;
Yoshihiro Oe, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel economy driving assistance apparatus includes advice provision means for providing a driver with driving advice that contributes to improvement of fuel economy of a vehicle; driving tendency estimation means for estimating a driving tendency of the driver in each driving situation; and advice mode changing means for changing a mode of the driving advice, according to the driving tendency of the driver estimated by the driving tendency estimation means.