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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2015
Masaaki Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Yanagita, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Yanagita, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An operation mode control device for controlling an operation mode of a movable body including a battery having a residual capacity-output property including a local minimum value and a local maximum value on a side of a lower residual capacity than the local minimum value, a motor operable by electric power supplied by the battery, and an engine, wherein the operation mode control device is configured to control to switch between a first mode, in which only power of the motor operates, and a second mode, in which both the power of the motor and power of the engine operate, wherein the operation mode is controlled to have an operation range, in which the second mode is performed when an output is on the side of lower residual capacity than the local minimum value.