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Patent No.:

US 10576966 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2017

Control system for hybrid vehicle

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Takahito Endo, Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Yasuhiro Oshiumi, Gotemba, JP;

Kensei Hata, Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Yasuyuki Kato, Numazu, JP;

Yushi Seki, Susono, JP;

Katsuya Iwazaki, Susono, JP;

Akira Murakami, Gotemba, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;

Attorney:

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Primary Examiner:

Khoi H Tran

Assistant Examiner:

Rodney P King

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/40 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 20/20 (2016.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60W 20/10 (2016.01); B60W 20/17 (2016.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/40 (2013.01); B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 20/17 (2016.01); B60W 20/20 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0248 (2013.01); G05D 1/0251 (2013.01); G05D 1/0255 (2013.01); G05D 1/0257 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01); B60W 2400/00 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0604 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0638 (2013.01); B60W 2510/081 (2013.01); B60W 2510/083 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2520/105 (2013.01); B60W 2520/125 (2013.01); B60W 2520/14 (2013.01); B60W 2530/18 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0666 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0677 (2013.01); B60W 2710/083 (2013.01); B60W 2710/244 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01); Y10S 903/91 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control system for hybrid vehicles to properly select an operating mode during autonomous operation is provided. An operating mode of the hybrid vehicle is selected from a hybrid mode and an electric vehicle mode. A controller that is configured to: determine an existence of a passenger in a vehicle compartment; select the electric vehicle mode in a case that the hybrid vehicle is operated autonomously while carrying the passenger; and select the hybrid mode in a case that the hybrid vehicle is operated autonomously without carrying the passenger.

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