Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle control system
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Application No.: US15173940Application Date: 2016-06-06
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Publication No.: US10436128B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Masanori Shinohara , Kohei Tochigi
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2015-118192 20150611
- Main IPC: F02D29/02
- IPC: F02D29/02 ; F02N11/08

Abstract:
A control system of a vehicle includes: an engine; a plurality of accessories including an air conditioner; a battery; a generator; and an ECU configured to automatically stop the engine, control the generator to charge or discharge the battery, inhibit the engine from being automatically stopped, calculate a first stop time as a length of time for which the engine can be automatically stopped, during operation of the air conditioner, calculate a first electric quantity as an estimated quantity of electricity consumed, calculate a second stop time as a length of time for which the vehicle is predicted to be stopped in the future, calculate a second electric quantity as an estimated quantity of electricity consumed, and determine the SOC target value, based on the first electric quantity and the second electric quantity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160363060A1 VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-12-15
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