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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Akito Uchida, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle, with an engine, includes an engine control unit 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, wherein the engine control unit is configured to reject switching to the circuit mode regardless of the request, when the engine control unit determines that a part of combustion conditions among all combustion conditions for stable combustion of fuel supplied to the engine in the circuit mode is not satisfied.