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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Julee Harlow, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrew Henry, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Spencer Henry, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sydney Schaaf, Detroit, MI (US);
Emily Obert, Ferndale, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/01 (2010.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/0825 (2013.01); G01S 19/01 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); H04L 12/40 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40215 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40273 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle having a decal attached thereto is provided herein. The vehicle includes a controller operably coupled with a powertrain of the vehicle and configured to calculate an energy efficiency performance score of the vehicle. A decal is disposed on the vehicle. One or more performance score indicators are disposed within the decal. A number of the one or more performance score indicators illuminate to represent the performance score.