VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

• Main Authors: HASHIZUME TAKASHI, KIMATA RYUICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 11.03.2021
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LIGHTING; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NAVIGATION; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SURVEYING; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

To perform drive control of a hybrid vehicle depending on an environment.SOLUTION: A vehicle control device includes: a generator for generating power using an engine as a power source; a battery for storing electricity generated by the generator; a drive part for driving a vehicle with a motor using the battery as a power supply; and a control unit for controlling charging to the battery. The control unit stops the engine when the vehicle is within an engine operation prohibition area and when the remaining battery charge is equal to or more than a first threshold, and starts the engine when the remaining battery charge is less than a second threshold.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 【課題】環境に応じたハイブリッド車両の運転制御を行う。【解決手段】本発明に係る車両制御装置は、エンジンを動力源として発電するジェネレータと、ジェネレータにより発電した電気を蓄えるバッテリと、バッテリを電源とするモータで車両を駆動する駆動部と、バッテリへの充電を制御する制御部とを有している。制御部は、車両がエンジン運転禁止エリア内にいる場合、およびバッテリの残量が第１の閾値以上である場合にエンジンを停止し、バッテリの残量が第２の閾値未満である場合にエンジンを始動する。【選択図】図４