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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2016
Masatoshi Ogata, Toyota, JP;
Hirokazu Kato, Nisshin, JP;
Natsumi Oami, Toyota, JP;
Julien Vaissaud, Brussels, BE;
Kohnosuke Sobajima, Brussels, BE;
Remi Delefosse, Brussels, BE;
Masatoshi Ogata, Toyota, JP;
Hirokazu Kato, Nisshin, JP;
Natsumi Oami, Toyota, JP;
Julien Vaissaud, Brussels, BE;
Kohnosuke Sobajima, Brussels, BE;
Remi Delefosse, Brussels, BE;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE NV/SA, Zaventem, BE;
Abstract
A vehicle engine activation control system includes a starter connected to a battery; an idle stop control unit configured to automatically stop an engine and automatically reactivate the engine by the starter; an input unit configured to generate an operation request in response to input from a driver; an electric parking brake device including an electric motor connected to the battery, wherein the electric motor starts driving in response to the operation request; and a mediating unit configured to prohibit the reactivation of the engine by the idle stop control unit, when the electric motor is in a driving state in response to a predetermined operation request.