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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2011
Yasushi Amano, Aichi-gun, JP;
Takaji Umeno, Nisshin, JP;
Shuji Tomura, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Toyota, JP;
Naoya Kanada, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshida, Anjyo, JP;
Yasushi Amano, Aichi-gun, JP;
Takaji Umeno, Nisshin, JP;
Shuji Tomura, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Toyota, JP;
Naoya Kanada, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshida, Anjyo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A power frequency distribution predicting unit predicts the power frequency distribution of a vehicle in a case where the vehicle travels a route with reference to the history of the vehicle power Pv when the vehicle traveled the route in the past. An operation condition setting unit sets the range of the required vehicle power Pvto operate the engine as an engine operation condition for controlling the energy balance between generated power and generated electric power of an electric rotating machine in a case where the vehicle travels the route to be at a preset value according to the power frequency distribution predicted by the power frequency distribution predicting unit. An operation control unit controls the operation of the engine according to the range of the required vehicle power Pvto operate the engine set by the operation condition setting unit.