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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Hiroshi Matsumori, Mishima, JP;
Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Mishima, JP;
Manabu Handa, Susono, JP;
Midori Sugiyama, Susono, JP;
Hirotaka Saito, Sunto-gun, JP;
Yuki Takahashi, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A communication device acquires schedule information in which a schedule of a user who uses a hybrid electric vehicle is recorded. The schedule information includes a traveling schedule for causing the hybrid electric vehicle to travel in a predetermined period. The predetermined period is a period from when fuel of an engine is refueled to a predetermined deterioration time. When a traveling distance in a long-distance traveling schedule is a first distance, an ECU increases a usage ratio of the engine in the predetermined period than when the traveling distance is a second distance that is longer than the first distance. The long-distance traveling schedule is a schedule included in the traveling schedule and in which the hybrid electric vehicle travels for a predetermined distance or longer.