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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2024
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Akito Uchida, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 31/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 31/001 (2013.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/168 (2024.01);
Abstract
A vehicle, with an engine, includes an engine control unit. The engine control unit is configured to control the engine in a circuit mode in which a traveling performance of the vehicle is improved, on a basis of a request transmitted from a portable terminal, when the portable terminal operated by a user of the vehicle determines that a current position of the vehicle equipped with the engine is in a circuit.