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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Mitsuru Yamaguchi, Ama, JP;
Masayuki Baba, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2016.01); B60K 6/40 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60K 6/40 (2013.01); B60W 2510/1005 (2013.01); B60W 2510/1015 (2013.01); B60W 2710/1011 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01);
Abstract
During BEV running that a vehicle is caused to run by using power of an electric motor, a determination threshold for determining whether to start an engine is corrected by estimating a shortage of driving force in advance based on a gear stage of an automatic transmission and a turbine rotation speed (that is, an AT input shaft rotation speed of the automatic transmission). Therefore, the engine is started at appropriate timing for a change in required MG torque, with the result that the shortage of driving force of the vehicle is suppressed.