Environmentally Friendly Navigation Techniques
- Technology Benefits
- Calculate fuel consumption and emissions for a travel route Conserve fuel & make travel more cost-efficient and eco-friendly
- Technology Application
- System can be employed as an on-board VNS, portable navigation system or installed into cellular phonesPartnerships with original equipment manufacturer (OEM) companies
- Detailed Technology Description
- None
- Supplementary Information
- Patent Number: US8255152B2
Application Number: US2009564563A
Inventor: Barth, Matthew | Boriboonsomsin, Kanok
Priority Date: 24 Sep 2008
Priority Number: US8255152B2
Application Date: 22 Sep 2009
Publication Date: 28 Aug 2012
IPC Current: G01C002100
US Class: 701400 | 701123 | 701410 | 701423 | 701533
Assignee Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
Title: Environmentally friendly driving navigation
Usefulness: Environmentally friendly driving navigation
Summary: Environment-friendly and fuel saving travel route identification system.
Novelty: Environment-friendly and fuel saving travel route identification system calculates fuel consumption and/or emission factors, and link travel time for selected route using road condition parameter and vehicle energy/emission data-model
- Industry
- Automotive
- Sub Category
- Driver Assistant
- Application No.
- 8255152
- Others
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Tech ID/UC Case
25293/2009-174-2
Related Cases
2009-174-2
- *Abstract
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Background:
Current navigation systems offer “shortest-distance” or “shortest-time” functions to help avoid traffic congestion but neither of them determine the most fuel efficient route. With rising gas prices and vehicle emissions, a more advanced navigation system with additional functions, such as an environmentally-friendly feature, is needed. This accomplishment can make a huge improvement on increasing fuel costs and air pollution. The in-vehicle navigation system is also expected to competitively penetrate the US market in the next couple years with annual sales quadrupling to $13M.
Brief Description:
UCR researchers have developed an innovative vehicle navigation system (VNS) that will allow users to choose a route that is the most gas efficient and emanates less emissions. The energy- and emissions-minimization function is incorporated on top of distance- and time-minimizing functions that currently exists in the traditional VNS. This new intelligent transportation system utilizes a state-of-the-art modal emissions model (CMEM) that encompasses real-world vehicle activity patterns, and can calculate the fuel consumption and emission values of each vehicle trajectory.
- *Applications
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- System can be employed as an on-board VNS, portable navigation system or installed into cellular phones
Partnerships with original equipment manufacturer (OEM) companies
- *IP Issue Date
- Aug 28, 2012
- *Principal Investigator
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Name: Matthew Barth
Department:
Name: Kanok Boriboonsomsin
Department:
- Country/Region
- USA
