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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2021
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Takanori Nakashima, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Eto, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a control apparatus including a travelling control unit configured to control an engine travelling and a non-engine travelling of a hybrid vehicle, and perform switching from the non-engine travelling to the engine travelling in a case where a depression amount of an accelerator of the hybrid vehicle exceeds a predetermined depression threshold while the hybrid vehicle travels based on the non-engine travelling, and a switching suppression unit configured to suppress the switching from the non-engine travelling to the engine travelling by the travelling control unit while the hybrid vehicle travels in a short time depression area where depression of the accelerator does not continue for a period equal to or longer than a predetermined period of time.