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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yuma Miyamoto, Toyota, JP;
Kohki Ohkoshi, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Takahashi, Toyota, JP;
Akinori Kawamura, Okazaki, JP;
Taisuke Hayashi, Miyoshi, JP;
Takashi Fukai, Obu, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle includes a solar panel and a vehicle control device. The vehicle control device is configured to control supply of electric power generated by the solar panel, configured to count the number of power supply operations in which the electric power is supplied from the solar panel to a target device that is a power supply destination, configured to determine whether the number of power supply operations satisfies a first condition, to configured execute power supply from the solar panel to the target device when determination is made that the number of power supply operations satisfies the first condition. The vehicle control device is configured not to execute the power supply from the solar panel to the target device when determination is made that the number of power supply operations does not satisfy the first condition.