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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10787165 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2017

Hybrid vehicle and method of changing operation mode for the same

Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Joon Young Park, Seoul, KR;

Jung Min Cha, Incheon, KR;

Jea Mun Lee, Seoul, KR;

Assignees:

HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;

KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Brinks Gilson & Lione

Primary Examiner:

Tan Q Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/16 (2016.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 30/182 (2020.01); B60W 20/12 (2016.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/16 (2016.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.02); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 20/12 (2016.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60L 2240/44 (2013.01); B60L 2240/54 (2013.01); B60L 2260/26 (2013.01); B60L 2270/12 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0089 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2552/05 (2020.02); B60W 2552/15 (2020.02); B60W 2554/00 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02); B60W 2555/80 (2020.02); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02); B60W 2710/06 (2013.01); B60W 2710/244 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for controlling a hybrid vehicle is disclosed. The method comprises calculating, for a low-emission area on the vehicle's current travel, a first energy to travel the low-emission area in a first driving mode, determining whether the hybrid vehicle is capable of traveling the low-emission area in the first driving mode using current energy of a vehicle battery, and when it is determined that the hybrid vehicle is incapable of traveling the low-emission area in the first driving mode using current energy of the vehicle batter, initiating a battery charging operation before the vehicle enters the emission-restricted area.

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