US 12,214,798 B2
Remaining battery level display method
Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Mishima (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on May 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/323,419.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-144356 (JP), filed on Sep. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0083451 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/169 (2024.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A remaining battery level display method of
displaying a remaining battery level of a rental electric vehicle, comprising:
setting an allocated battery capacity allocated to a user of a plurality of users of the rental electric vehicle; and
displaying, on a display of the rental electric vehicle, remaining level information based on the allocated battery capacity, wherein the displaying of the remaining level information includes:
displaying, as 100%, a remaining battery level at a start of rental to the user of the plurality of users, displaying, as 0%, a remaining battery level lower than an actual remaining battery level at the start of the rental by the allocated battery capacity, and
displaying the remaining battery level so as to decrease between 100% and 0% in accordance with a decrease in the actual remaining battery level for the allocated battery capacity for the user of the plurality of users.