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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Yuruki Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiko Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Hisanori Yamasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Keita Hatanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yuruki Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiko Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Hisanori Yamasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Keita Hatanaka, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A high-order control unit provided in a control device for a hybrid vehicle includes an elevation MAP that is used in common for up and down lines and in which at least two predetermined elevation values on a running track are described, and an energy estimation unit that estimates a target charge/discharge amount SOC_ref with respect to a power storage device on the basis of a traveling direction signal Rev expressing a traveling direction of a vehicle, distance information Dis from a distance translation unit, and information on the elevation MAP, to control a power generation device on the basis of the target charge/discharge amount SOC_ref.