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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Hichirosai Oyobe, Toyota, JP;
Makoto Nakamura, Okazaki, JP;
Inventors:
Hichirosai Oyobe, Toyota, JP;
Makoto Nakamura, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When an ignition key is turned ON, a control apparatus predicts the arrival time to a chargeable location (such as home). When the control apparatus determines that the expected arrival time is in the nighttime, it sets SOC control upper and lower limit values for an EV traveling-importance mode that are lower than SOC control upper and lower limit values for an HV traveling-importance mode, and controls an SOC of a battery based on the upper and lower limit values.