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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, TW;
Inventor:
Keisuke Morisaki, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/00 (2006.01); F01D 15/00 (2006.01); F02D 29/06 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 20/12 (2016.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60K 6/445 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/12 (2016.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 2400/00 (2013.01); B60W 2550/14 (2013.01); B60W 2550/143 (2013.01); B60W 2550/402 (2013.01); B60W 2710/06 (2013.01); B60W 2710/08 (2013.01); B60W 2710/244 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6269 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6286 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7258 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01);
Abstract
In the first mode, the vehicle gives priority to traveling in which only the motor is driven. In the second mode, the vehicle drives at least one of the internal combustion engine and the motor to sustain a stored power amount of the storage battery. At least one of a plurality of zones includes a load unknown portion, in which the travel load cannot be calculated. The planning unit is configured to set a zone including the load unknown portion to the first mode.