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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2012
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masato Amano, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yuki Oshitani, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yutaka Tsuji, Utsunomiya, JP;
Atsushi Izumiura, Utsunomiya, JP;
Akihiro Shinjo, Haga-gun, JP;
Keisuke Minatoya, Utsunomiya, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A diagnostic apparatus of a hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, an electricity storage device, a motor generating a driving force for a vehicle travel using at least electricity from the electricity storage device, a diagnostic unit diagnosing a vehicle state when an output of the internal combustion engine is zero, a state detection unit detecting a state of the electricity storage device, a remaining time acquisition unit acquiring a remaining time required until diagnostic completion, when the vehicle state is diagnosed by the diagnostic unit, a determination unit determining whether or not the diagnosis of the vehicle state is continued by the diagnostic unit, based on the state of the electricity storage device and the remaining time when the vehicle state is diagnosed by the diagnostic unit, and a control unit that controls continuation or stop of the vehicle state diagnosis according to the determination result.