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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Truelite Trace, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sung Bok Kwak, Cupertino, CA (US);
Youri Bae, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
TrueLite Trace, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A novel fuel waste variable identification and analysis system is capable of analyzing real-time on-board diagnostics (OBD) information of a vehicle from a remote monitoring station unit. This novel system analyzes, quantifies, and/or predicts various fuel waste variables for a particular vehicle and its driver. Preferably, various fuel waste variables are normalized with a novel metric called 'RPG,' or 'engine rotation per minute per gallon of fuel.' Utilizing the RPG as a normalizing factor for fuel waste variable measurements uniquely enables a realistic representation of a driver's fuel wasting behaviors in context of the particular vehicle's inherent, native, and average fuel consumption characteristics. Furthermore, the RPG-normalized fuel waste variables can be quantified as gallons of “wasted fuel” in computer-generated driving pattern analysis reports from the fuel waste variable identification and analysis system to motivate the vehicle operators and the drivers for higher operational fuel efficiencies.