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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2008
Eiji Fukushiro, Nagoya, JP;
Koji Yamamoto, Okazaki, JP;
Toshiya Hashimoto, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device () comprises a driving device () including an engine () and a rotary electric machine (), a power circuit () connected to the rotary electric machine (), a control part (), and an ecoswitch (). The CPU () of the control part () comprises a low fuel consumption travel instruction judgment module () for judging on or off of the ecoswitch (), an operation condition switch module () for switching the operation condition of the rotary electric machine on the basis of the on or off of the ecoswitch (), an engine state judgment module () for judging whether or not the engine () is in a started state or a stopped state, and a damping control module () for carrying out damping control when the engine () is stalled or stopped.