# US 11,440,409 B2 · Vehicle system and hybrid vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,440,409 B2 - Document ID: US11440409B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/897,368 - Filed: 2020-06-10 - Published: 2020-12-31 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-26 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Naoki Yui - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11440409B2 ## CPC - B60K 6/24: characterised by the combustion engines - B60L 50/15: with additional electric power supply (with capacitors charged by engine-driven generators B60L50/40; with batteries charged by engine-driven generators B60L50/61) - 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 6/387: Actuated clutches, i.e. clutches engaged or disengaged by electric, hydraulic or mechanical actuating means - B60K 6/442: Series-parallel switching type - B60K 35/22: Display screens - B60K 35/81: for controlling displays - B60L 50/16: with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion - B60L 50/61: by batteries charged by engine-driven generators, e.g. series hybrid electric vehicles - B60L 58/12: responding to state of charge [SoC] - B60L 58/13: Maintaining the SoC within a determined range - B60L 58/16: responding to battery ageing, e.g. to the number of charging cycles or the state of health [SoH] - B60L 58/26: by cooling - B60W 20/20: Control strategies involving selection of hybrid configuration, e.g. selection between series or parallel configuration - B60K 35/28: characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver - B60K 35/60: Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) - B60K 37/20: Dashboard panels - B60K 2006/4808: {Electric machine connected or connectable to gearbox output shaft} - B60K 2360/169: Remaining operating distance or charge - B60K 2360/172: Driving mode indication - B60L 2220/42: with use of more than one motor - B60L 2240/34: Cabin temperature - B60L 2240/545: Temperature - B60L 2240/662: Temperature - B60L 2250/16: by display - B60L 2260/26: Transition between different drive modes - B60W 2050/146: {Display means} - B60W 2510/0676: Engine temperature - B60W 2510/244: Charge state - B60W 2510/246: Temperature - B60Y 2200/92: Hybrid vehicles - B60Y 2400/112: Batteries - B60Y 2400/43: Engines - B60Y 2400/60: Electric Machines, e.g. motors or generators - Y02T 10/64: Electric machine technologies in electromobility - Y02T 10/72: Electric energy management in electromobility - Y02T 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric 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 - 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 - 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 - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A vehicle system is a vehicle system mountable in a hybrid vehicle, which includes an internal combustion engine, a rotary electric machine connected to an axle, and a storage battery for supplying electric power for traveling to the rotary electric machine, comprising: a display; a determiner configured to determine whether it is possible to switch from a first mode to a second mode on the basis of an SOC of the storage battery, the first mode being a mode in which electric power traveling of performing traveling by causing the rotary electric machine to drive only using electric power supplied by the storage battery, the second mode being a mode in which the electric power traveling is prioritized more than in the first mode; and a display controller configured to cause the display to display an image regarding whether switching to the second mode is possible. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle system mountable in a hybrid vehicle, which includes an internal combustion engine, a rotary electric machine connected to an axle, and a storage battery for supplying electric power for traveling to the rotary electric machine, comprising: a display; a determiner configured to, based on a State Of Charge (SOC) of the storage battery and at least one of a temperature of the storage battery or a cooling water temperature, determine whether a switch from a first mode to a second mode is possible, the first mode comprising electric power traveling of performing traveling by causing the rotary electric machine to drive only using electric power supplied by the storage battery without causing the internal combustion engine to operate shifted to engine operation traveling of performing traveling by causing the internal combustion engine to operate according to an increase of drive power, the second mode comprising the electric power traveling prioritized more than in the first mode; a switcher configured to switch between the first mode and the second mode on the basis of an instruction of a driver and a determination result of the determiner; and a display controller configured to cause the display to display an image regarding whether switching to the second mode is possible, wherein the determiner is further configured to determine whether the switch to the second mode is possible based on a threshold value set in advance for the SOC, and the display controller is further configured to cause the display to display an image in which the SOC of the storage battery and the threshold value can be recognized as the image regarding whether switching to the second mode is possible. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein the display controller is configured to cause the display to display an image in which the threshold value is represented in a switching portion of a display form in a graph in which the SOC is displayed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein the determiner is configured to adjust the threshold value on the basis of at least one of a temperature of the storage battery or a cooling water temperature. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein the determiner is configured to sequentially determine whether switching to the second mode is possible on the basis of an SOC of the storage battery and at least one of a temperature of the storage battery or a cooling water temperature. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein the display controller is configured to cause the display to display the image regarding whether switching to the second mode is possible regardless of whether there is an instruction to switch to the second mode. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where switching to the second mode is not possible, the display controller is configured to cause the display to display an image indicating a reason why the switching is not possible. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The vehicle system according to claim 6, wherein the display controller is configured to cause the display to display the image indicating a reason why the switching is not possible in a case where there is an instruction to switch to the second mode and switching to the second mode is not possible. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A hybrid vehicle in which the vehicle system according to claim 1, the internal combustion engine, the rotary electric machine connected to the axle, and the storage battery that is configured to supply electric power for traveling to the rotary electric machine are mounted.