# US 10,311,653 B2 · Hybrid vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,311,653 B2 - Document ID: US10311653B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/465,831 - Filed: 2017-03-22 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-30 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Keita Hashimoto; Ryuta Ishida; Hiroaki Takeuchi; Hiroaki Arakawa; Shinji Ichikawa; Shigeki Kinomura; Akio Uotani; Kazuyuki Kagawa; Yusuke Kinoshita - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10311653B2 ## CPC - B60L 58/12: responding to state of charge [SoC] - B60K 6/46: Series type - B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor - B60K 35/20: Output arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor - B60K 35/65: Instruments specially adapted for specific vehicle types or users, e.g. for left- or right-hand drive - B60L 53/16: Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles - B60L 53/665: {Methods related to measuring, billing or payment} - B60W 20/00: Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles {(hybrid vehicle design, B60K6/00; electric vehicles B60L)} - B60W 20/15: Control strategies specially adapted for achieving a particular effect - B60W 40/09: Driving style or behaviour - G01C 21/3605: {Destination input or retrieval} - G01C 21/3682: {output of POI information on a road map (G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence)} - G01C 21/3685: {the POI's being parking facilities} - G01C 21/3694: {Output thereof on a road map} - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - G07C 5/08: Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time - B60K 6/26: characterised by the motors or the generators - B60K 6/28: characterised by the electric energy storing means, e.g. batteries or capacitors - B60K 6/365: with the gears having orbital motion - B60K 6/445: Differential gearing distribution type - B60K 6/48: Parallel type - B60K 35/22: Display screens - B60K 35/29: Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions - B60K 2006/4825: {Electric machine connected or connectable to gearbox input shaft} - B60K 2360/1438: Touch screens - B60K 2360/186: Displaying information according to relevancy - B60L 50/51: characterised by AC-motors - B60L 2220/14: Synchronous machines - B60L 2220/42: with use of more than one motor - B60L 2240/622: by satellite navigation - B60L 2240/642: Slope of road - B60L 2240/68: Traffic data - B60L 2250/16: by display - B60L 2270/10: Emission reduction - B60W 2556/10: Historical data - B60W 2556/45: External transmission of data to or from the vehicle - B60W 2756/10: Involving external transmission of data to or from the vehicle - B60Y 2200/92: Hybrid vehicles - G01C 21/3664: {Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures} - Y02T 10/62: Hybrid vehicles - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - Y10S 903/905: Combustion engine - Y10S 903/906: Motor or generator - Y10S 903/907: Electricity storage, e.g. battery, capacitor - Y10S 903/91: Orbital, e.g. planetary gears - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract A use index IDX indicative of a degree of use of external charging is calculated and transmitted to a vehicle external system. The vehicle external system provides a service or imposes a penalty based on the use index IDX. In a case where the degree of use of external charging is determined to be low based on the use index IDX, if the vehicle external system provides a non-preferential service or imposes a heavy penalty as compared with a case where the degree of use of external charging is determined to be high, a driver or an owner of a vehicle takes an action by which the use index is determined to indicate a high degree of use of external charging. As a result, the use of external charging can be promoted. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hybrid vehicle comprising: an engine; a fuel tank configured to supply fuel to the engine; a motor; a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor; a charger configured to carry out external charging that charges the battery by use of an external power source; and a communication device configured to: receive a communication request from a vehicle external system, requesting information related to a use index indicative of a degree of use of external charging over a predetermined time period; acquire the use index from an electronic control unit that calculates the use index; transmit, to the vehicle external system, the use index in response to the communication request; and receive, from the vehicle external system, information on at least one of a non-preferential service or a penalty in a case where the degree of use of external charging is determined to be lower than in a case where the degree of use of external charging is determined to be higher based on the use index. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising an electronic control unit configured to use any one of the following i) to xiv) as the use index: i) a ratio of the number of times of charging to the number of trips; ii) a ratio of a total time for which the charger is connected to the external power source to a total time for which the vehicle is stopped with system off; iii) a ratio of a total distance of EV travel to a total distance of HV travel; iv) a ratio of a total time of EV travel to a total time of HV travel; v) a ratio of the total distance of EV travel to a total travel distance; vi) a ratio of the total time of EV travel to a total travel time; vii) a ratio of a total charging amount of charging of the battery by the charger to a total supply quantity to the fuel tank; viii) a ratio of an integrated value of an energy charged to the battery by electric power from the external power source to an integrated value of an energy consumed by travel; xi) a ratio of an integrated value of an energy consumed by EV travel to an integrated value of an energy consumed by HV travel; x) a total time for which the charger is connected to the external power source; xi) a total charging amount of charging of the battery by the charger; xii) a ratio of a traveled total travel distance to a total discharge amount of carbon dioxide; xiii) a ratio of the number of times that the external charging has been carried out in charging chances in which the vehicle is in a state where the external charging is able to be carried out to the number of the charging chances; and xiv) an inverse number of a quantity of fuel used by an internal combustion engine after external charging. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising an electronic control unit configured to calculate the use index based on at least one of the following i) to xiv): i) a ratio of the number of times of charging to the number of trips; ii) a ratio of a total time for which the charger is connected to the external power source to a total time for which the vehicle is stopped with system off; iii) a ratio of a total distance of EV travel to a total distance of HV travel; iv) a ratio of a total time of EV travel to a total time of HV travel; v) a ratio of the total distance of EV travel to a total travel distance; vi) a ratio of the total time of EV travel to a total travel time; vii) a ratio of a total charging amount of charging of the battery by the charger to a total supply quantity to the fuel tank; viii) a ratio of an integrated value of an energy charged to the battery by electric power from the external power source to an integrated value of an energy consumed by travel; ix) a ratio of an integrated value of an energy consumed by EV travel to an integrated value of an energy consumed by HV travel; x) a total time for which the charger is connected to the external power source; xi) a total charging amount of charging of the battery by the charger; xii) a ratio of a traveled total travel distance to a total discharge amount of carbon dioxide; xiii) a ratio of the number of times that the external charging has been carried out in charging chances in which the vehicle is in a state where the external charging is able to be carried out to the number of the charging chances; and xiv) an inverse number of a quantity of fuel used by an internal combustion engine after external charging. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the information on at least one of the non-preferential service or the penalty includes at least one of permission of use of a priority lane on a road including a plurality of lanes, permission of use of a special-purpose lane on a road including a plurality of lanes, permission of entry to a parking lot, permission of use of a priority parking space in a parking lot, or permission of use of a special-purpose parking space in a parking lot, in response to the use index.