Navigation system for electric automobile
US5815824A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 6, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S903/903
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A navigation system suitable for use in an electric automobile, especially hybrid electric automobiles, easily and properly controls charging state of a battery in the electric automobile while making use of characteristic features of the navigation system. The navigation system is mounted on the electric automobile. A destination, to which one wants to drive by the automobile, is inputted as drive plan information. Based on a distance planned to be driven by the automobile to the destination and a remaining capacity of the battery determined by remaining capacity detector, it is determined whether the automobile can reach the destination with the remaining capacity of the battery.
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