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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2010
Yuko Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Ikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Norihiro Nishiuma, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitsugu Sawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kumazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Irie, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Ikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Norihiro Nishiuma, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitsugu Sawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kumazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Irie, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A travel interval division part and a low fuel consumption travel pattern generation part are included, the travel interval division part dividing, based on a reference travel pattern indicating a speed and a travel time period in a case where a vehicle travels without consideration of energy consumption and based on travel route information indicating a travel route that the vehicle travels, the travel route into a plurality of travel intervals at a plurality of reference points, the low fuel consumption travel pattern generation part determining a low fuel consumption travel pattern in which a travel time period of each travel interval falls within a predetermined range of a travel time period of each travel interval of the reference travel pattern and a cumulative speed increase amount in each travel interval is smaller than that of the reference travel pattern.