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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2011
Applicant:
Keita Sato, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Keita Sato, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 50/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 20/106 (2013.01); B60W 20/40 (2013.01); B60W 50/06 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2710/244 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6286 (2013.01); Y10S 903/903 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine, a battery storing electric power generated by operating the engine, and an ECU allowing the engine to stop in the state where a remaining capacity of the battery is larger than a first threshold value. When the engine is started by a factor different from a reduction in the remaining capacity of the battery in the state where the remaining capacity of the battery is smaller than the first threshold value, ECU causes the engine to operate and causes the battery to be charged until the remaining capacity of the battery increases to a second threshold value which is larger than the first threshold value.