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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2007
Applicants:
Osamu Harada, Toyota, JP;
Daigo Ando, Nisshin, JP;
Inventors:
Osamu Harada, Toyota, JP;
Daigo Ando, Nisshin, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 9/00 (2006.01); B60K 13/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle is equipped with an engine and a motor generator (MG) serving as a power source for driving the vehicle. A catalytic converter is provided in an exhaust pipe of the engine. An HV-ECU estimates a possible EV-running distance based on an SOC of a power storage device for comparison with a traveling distance (L) to a destination set by a navigation device. When the possible EV-running distance is longer than the traveling distance (L), the HV-ECU outputs a control signal (CTL) instructing prohibition of warm-up of the catalytic converter, to an EG-ECU.