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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Shigeki Kinomura, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An electronic control unit (ECU) controls a vehicle capable of externally discharging an electric power via a discharge connector. The vehicle includes: an on-board inverter that adjusts the voltage of an alternating current (AC) power; and a vehicle inlet that discharges to the discharge connector the AC power output from the power converter when the discharge connector is connected to the vehicle inlet. The vehicle inlet has a CP terminal through which a control pilot (CPLT) signal is transmitted when the vehicleis charged externally. The ECU includes a processor. The processor determines the voltage of the AC power output from the on-board inverter, based on the voltage of the CP terminal.