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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1998
Toru Yano, Wako, JP;
Yutaka Tamagawa, Wako, JP;
Yoshikazu Oshima, Wako, JP;
Motoshi Ishikawa, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control system controls a hybrid vehicle having an engine for rotating a drive axle, an electric motor for assisting the engine in rotating the drive axle, and electric energy storage unit for supplying electric energy to the electric motor. The control system includes a demand drive power calculating unit for calculating a demand drive power for the hybrid vehicle depending on operating conditions of the hybrid vehicle, an engine output power calculating unit for calculating an output power of the engine which corresponds to the demand drive power, a remaining capacity detecting unit for detecting a remaining capacity of the electric energy storage unit, an electric motor output power calculating unit for calculating an output power of the electric motor depending on the demand drive power and the remaining capacity of the electric energy storage unit, and an engine corrective quantity calculating unit for calculating a corrective quantity to reduce the output power of the engine in order to equalize the sum of the calculated output power of the electric motor and the calculated output power of the engine to the demand drive power. An output control unit controls a drive power of the electric motor based on the calculated output power of the electric motor and reducing the output power of the engine based on the calculated corrective quantity.