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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2010
Kuniaki Niimi, Toyota, JP;
Kuniaki Niimi, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control system for a vehicle that is equipped with an internal combustion engine and a generator driven by the internal combustion engine to generate electric power and that is able to supply an external device with electric power generated by the generator during a stop of the vehicle includes: a detecting unit that detects a coolant temperature of the internal combustion engine; and an efficiency control unit that controls the internal combustion engine so that, during a stop of the vehicle, an operating state of the internal combustion engine approaches an operating state where an efficiency of the internal combustion engine becomes a predetermined efficiency as a difference between the coolant temperature and a predetermined upper limit temperature increases.