Run efficiency measuring system, a vehicle and a certificate

Abstract

A run efficiency measuring system measures both investment into a vehicle for run and actual run performance by the vehicle. The investment means cost of energy, toll, and budgeted time, while the actual run performance means travel distance and saved time. Run efficiency is calculated on the measurements separately by difference in driver, between toll run and free run, and in unit price of energy. The measurement is summarized every time when one of the differences occurs, or day changes, or predetermined travel distance has been run. Vehicle is in wireless communication with IC card type certificate integrated with credit card which is inserted into card slot of the vehicle to identify driver for the individual run efficiency calculation, authentication as qualified driver, and ETC payment. Run efficiency data gotten in a vehicle can be taken over to next different vehicle for accumulation by way of memory of the certificate.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A vehicle with run efficiency display comprising:
 a first measuring unit configured to measure energy consumption of the vehicle;   a second measuring unit configured to measure a run of the vehicle;   a distinguishing unit configured to identify a specific driver who actually operates the vehicle among a plurality of drivers sharing the vehicle;   a data recorder;   a calculator configured to calculate the run of the vehicle per the energy consumption in response to the first measuring unit and the second measuring unit, the calculator calculating the run of the vehicle per the energy consumption with identification of the specific drivers added, respectively, in response to the distinguishing unit;   an accumulator configured to accumulate the calculated run of the vehicle per the energy consumption regardless of the identification of the plurality of drivers for storage into the data recorder;   an identifier configured to extract the calculated run of the vehicle per the energy consumption with respect to the specific driver in response to the identification by the distinguishing unit from the storage of run of the vehicle per the energy consumption in the data recorder; and   a display configured to display entire average of the stored run of the vehicle per the energy consumption regardless of the plurality of drivers in response to the-accumulator, wherein the display is further configured to display personal average of the extracted run of the vehicle per the energy consumption with respect to the specific driver identified by the distinguishing unit in response to the identifier in comparison with the entire average.   
     
     
         2 . The vehicle according to  claim 1  further comprising an integrated circuit (“IC”) card reader/writer configured to communicate with an integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification kept by the driver for the purpose of operating vehicles under license, the integrated circuit (“IC”) card reader/writer is configured to read identification data of the driver from the integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification to have the distinguish unit identify the driver. 
     
     
         3 . The vehicle according to  claim 2 , wherein the integrated circuit (“IC”) card reader/writer is further configured to transmit to the integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification the extracted run of the vehicle per the energy consumption with respect to the specific driver. 
     
     
         4 . The vehicle according to  claim 1 , wherein the-data recorder is further arranged to have the data recorder store the extracted run of the vehicle per the energy consumption for retrieval in response to the distinguishing unit identifying the specific driver afterword. 
     
     
         5 . The vehicle according to  claim 4 , wherein the identifier is further configured to newly extract the calculated run of the vehicle per the energy consumption with respect to the specific driver from the storage of run of the vehicle per the energy consumption newly accumulated and stored in the data recorder. 
     
     
         6 . A vehicle communicating with an integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification kept by a driver for the purpose of operating vehicles under license comprising:
 a first measuring unit configured to measure energy consumption of the vehicle; 
 a second measuring unit configured to measure a run of the vehicle; 
 a data recorder; 
 a calculator configured to calculate a run of the vehicle per energy consumption of the vehicle in response to the first measuring unit and the second measuring unit; 
 an accumulator configured to accumulate the calculated run of the vehicle per energy consumption of the vehicle for storage into the data recorder regardless of a driver; 
 a display configured to display entire average of the stored run of the vehicle per the energy consumption in response to the accumulator; 
 an integrated circuit (“IC”) card reader/writer configured to communicate with the integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification, the integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification having an identification data of the driver keeping the integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification and data of licensing the driver to operate vehicles, wherein a specific driver who keeps the integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification and actually operates the vehicle is identified by means of the identification data transmitted from the integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification through the integrated circuit (“IC”) card reader/writer, and wherein the calculator is further arranged to calculate the run of the vehicle per the energy consumption with the identification data of the specific drivers added, respectively, in response to the distinguishing unit integrated circuit (“IC”) card reader/writer; and 
 an identifier configured to extract the calculated run of the vehicle per the energy consumption with respect to the specific driver from the storage of run of the vehicle per the energy consumption in the data recorder in accordance with the identification data for the display to display personal average of the extracted run of the vehicle per the energy consumption with respect to the specific driver in comparison to the display of the entire average. 
 
     
     
         7 . The vehicle according to  claim 6 , wherein the integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification is integrated with a credit card, and wherein the vehicle further comprises a an authenticating unit configured to carry out credit card payment at a toll gate of an electronic toll collection system. 
     
     
         8 . The vehicle according to  claim 6 , wherein the integrated circuit (“IC”) card reader/writer includes a slot into which the integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification is inserted for communication with the integrated circuit (“IC”) card reader/writer. 
     
     
         9 . The vehicle according to  claim 6 , wherein the data recorder is further arranged to have the data recorder store the extracted run of the vehicle per the energy consumption for retrieval in response to the distinguishing unit identifying the specific driver afterword. 
     
     
         10 . The vehicle according to  claim 9 , wherein the identifier is further configured to newly extract the calculated run of the vehicle per the energy consumption with respect to the specific driver from the storage of run of the vehicle per the energy consumption newly accumulated and stored in the data recorder. 
     
     
         11 . The vehicle according to  claim 6 , wherein the integrated circuit (“IC”) card reader/writer is further configured to transmit to the integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification the extracted run of the vehicle per the energy consumption with respect to the specific driver. 
     
     
         12 . The vehicle according to  claim 6 , wherein the integrated circuit (“IC”) card reader/writer is further configured to receive former data of run per energy consumption with respect to the specific driver from the integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification. 
     
     
         13 . An integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification communicating with a vehicle, the integrated circuit (“IC”) card identification being kept by a driver for the purpose of operating vehicles under license, the IC card type identification comprising:
 an identification data of the driver keeping the integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification and data of licensing the driver to operate vehicles; 
 a memory configured to store personal data of run per energy consumption with respect to the driver; and 
 an antenna coil configured to communicate with the vehicle for transmitting the identification data to the vehicle and for transmitting to and receiving from the vehicle the personal data of run per energy consumption in the memory, 
 wherein the memory is configured to store the personal data of run per energy consumption extracted, in response to the identification data, from data storage in the vehicle accumulating the data of run per energy consumption regardless of plurality of drivers who operate the vehicle, and 
 wherein the identification data has the vehicle extract the personal data of run per energy consumption with respect to the driver in response to the transmission of the identification data to the vehicle through the antenna, and the identification data has the vehicle display personal average of the personal data of run per energy consumption with respect to the driver, in response to the transmission of the identification data to the vehicle through the antenna, in comparison with entire average of the data storage in the vehicle. 
 
     
     
         14 . The integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification according to  claim 13 , wherein the integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification is integrated with a credit card to carry out credit card payment at a toll gate of an electronic toll collection system. 
     
     
         15 . The integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification according to  claim 13 , wherein the data of run per energy consumption in the memory to be transmitted to the vehicle by the antenna coil is the data of run per energy consumption formerly received from the vehicle by the antenna coil. 
     
     
         16 . The integrated circuit (“IC”) card type identification according to  claim 13 , wherein the antenna coil is further configured to receive the data of run per energy consumption formerly transmitted to the vehicle plus the data of run per energy consumption newly accumulated by the vehicle with respect to the driver for renewing the memory.