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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Paul Aldighieri, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Jeffrey Allen Greenberg, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David L. Watson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dale Gilman, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Ryan Skaff, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Dale Scott Crombez, Livonia, MI (US);
Christopher Adam Ochocinski, Canton, MI (US);
Paul Aldighieri, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Jeffrey Allen Greenberg, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David L. Watson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dale Gilman, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Ryan Skaff, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Dale Scott Crombez, Livonia, MI (US);
Christopher Adam Ochocinski, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Driver braking performance feedback may be conveyed to a vehicle operator as a braking efficiency score using a vehicle display system. The display system may include a vehicle display for displaying a braking efficiency indicator or gauge corresponding to the braking efficiency score. The braking efficiency score may be based on a comparison of the total regenerative braking energy recaptured during at least one braking event to a either a maximum amount of braking energy that may be recaptured during the at least one braking event or an actual total braking energy expended during the at least one braking event. The braking efficiency score may be displayed upon the completion of a braking event or upon a completion of a trip including a plurality of braking events. The display may also convey a distance corresponding to a portion of a trip distance achieved through regenerative braking.