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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2012
Hirotatsu Kitabatake, Susono, JP;
Hideaki Komada, Gotenba, JP;
Yosuke Suzuki, Susono, JP;
Yuji Iwase, Mishima, JP;
Hirotatsu Kitabatake, Susono, JP;
Hideaki Komada, Gotenba, JP;
Yosuke Suzuki, Susono, JP;
Yuji Iwase, Mishima, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control system is provided to improve a response of shifting operation of a drive mode while avoiding a shortage of drive force. The control system is applied to a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine and two motors, and configured to select a drive mode from a mode where the vehicle is powered by the engine and a mode where the vehicle is powered by at least one of the motors while stopping the engine. The control system predicts a fact that the engine is expected to be started based on a detection value representing a running condition of the vehicle, during propulsion of the vehicle by the two motors while stopping the engine; shifts a drive mode to a mode where the vehicle is powered by one of the motors without using a power of the other motor to be used to start the engine; and starts the engine upon satisfaction of a condition for propelling the vehicle by the power of the other motor.
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