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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2010
Applicant:
Satoru Mizuno, Okazaki, JP;
Inventor:
Satoru Mizuno, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/416 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Each time that starting of a vehicle engine is completed, a vehicle control system derives an estimated amount by which the charge in the vehicle battery is less than a predetermined upper limit value of stored charge, and subtracts the estimated amount from the difference between the upper limit value and a lower limit value of stored charge, to obtain an initial allowable discharge amount. An automatic engine stop/restart function is thereafter enabled or inhibited in accordance with whether a net amount of discharge from the battery, since completion of the preceding engine start, exceeds the initial allowable discharge amount.