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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2013
Kentaro Asai, Toyota, JP;
Toshiyuki Aga, Nagoya, JP;
Masamichi Tani, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
AISIN AW CO., LTD., Anjo-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An information provision apparatus including: a provision control unit () configured to provide a vehicle passenger with energy replenishment information relating to energy replenishment of a vehicle-driving energy supply source () that is capable of storing regenerative energy regenerated from rotational energy of a vehicle wheel, when a remaining energy amount of the energy supply source () falls below a determination reference value; and a modification unit () configured to modify a provision condition that is a condition on which the provision control unit () provides the energy replenishment information, so that after the energy replenishment information is once provided when the remaining energy amount falls below the determination reference value, the energy replenishment information is less likely to be provided than before the energy replenishment information is once provided.