US 12,214,797 B2
Vehicle information providing system
Kentaro Hamada, Toyota (JP); and Kotaro Hoshihara, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/307,797.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-075449 (JP), filed on Apr. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0075948 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60L 53/65 (2019.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2023.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60L 53/65 (2019.02); B60Q 1/543 (2022.05); G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60K 2360/169 (2024.01); B60K 2360/188 (2024.01); B60K 2360/797 (2024.01); B60L 2270/12 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/20 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2530/209 (2020.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle information providing system for providing information on a vehicle having a driving force source capable of selecting and using a plurality of kinds of driving energy sources, the vehicle information providing system comprising:
a driving energy source information identifying section that identifies information on a driving energy source stored in a driving energy source storage part;
an instruction information generating section that generates instruction information to instruct a providing state of vehicle information according to the information on the driving energy source identified by the driving energy source information identifying section; and
an information providing section that changes the providing state of the vehicle information according to the instruction information generated by the instruction information generating section, wherein
the information providing section is a vehicle body color changing section capable of changing a color of a body of the vehicle, and
the change in the providing state of the vehicle information is a change in the color of the body of the vehicle by the vehicle body color changing section.