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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2016.01); B60K 6/46 (2007.10); B60K 6/54 (2007.10); B60W 20/40 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60K 6/46 (2013.01); B60K 6/54 (2013.01); B60W 20/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
An engine ECU executes a control routine including steps of performing output variation control for periodically varying the output of an engine, if control of the engine is not being stopped, at the time of a communication abnormality, and a predetermined time elapses from the time of occurrence of the communication abnormality, and a step of performing fuel-cut control, when the engine speed falls outside a predetermined range.