Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle controller
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Application No.: US14975034Application Date: 2015-12-18
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Publication No.: US09862279B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Keisuke Morisaki
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2015-020954 20150205
- Main IPC: B60L11/18
- IPC: B60L11/18 ; G01C21/34

Abstract:
A vehicle consumes electric power of a battery when traveling in a first mode and sustains a storage power amount of the battery when traveling in a second mode. The travel planning unit forms a travel plan that assigns one of the first mode and the second mode to each zone included in a route. A control unit sets a travel mode of the vehicle to the first mode when the vehicle deviates from the route that is in accordance with the formed travel plan.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160231123A1 VEHICLE CONTROLLER Public/Granted day:2016-08-11
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