Vehicle controller
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakeaki Suzuki
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Abstract
A vehicle controller for use with a vehicle is configured to control the vehicle. The vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, an electric generator, an auxiliary machine, an electricity storage device, and a DC-DC converter. The controller is configured to execute an automatic stop process of stopping combustion control of the internal combustion engine in response to an automatic stop request of the internal combustion engine, and an increase process of operating, when the automatic stop process is executed, the DC-DC converter to increase an amount of electricity supplied to the electricity storage device, thereby increasing an electricity generation amount of the electric generator.
Claims6
A vehicle controller for use with a vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine, an electric generator, which converts rotational force of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine into electricity, an auxiliary machine, to which an output voltage of the electric generator is applied, a rechargeable battery, and a DC-DC converter, which is connected between the rechargeable battery and a set of the electric generator and the auxiliary machine, the controller being configured to control the vehicle by executing:
- an automatic stop process of stopping combustion control of the internal combustion engine in response to an automatic stop request of the internal combustion engine, and
- an increase process of increasing, when the automatic stop process is executed, an output voltage of the DC-DC converter toward the rechargeable battery with an output voltage of the electric generator to the auxiliary machine and the DC-DC converter maintained, thereby increasing an electricity generation amount of the electric generator.
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