Control system for electric vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHideaki Otsubo, Daijiro Kawasaki
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A control system for an electric vehicle configured to allow a driver to grasp the situation of the electric vehicle when launching the electric vehicle by operating a brake pedal, and to reduce electric consumption of a motor. A controller controls the motor to generate a signal torque when a brake pedal depressed to generate brake force is returned so as to allow the driver to sense a change in a behavior of the vehicle, and terminate generation of the signal torque by the motor before the brake force is reduced to zero.
Claims6
A control system for an electric vehicle having a prime mover including at least a motor, a brake device that is operated by a driver to generate a brake force, and a detector that collects data relating to the brake force, comprising:
- a controller that is configured to
- control the motor to generate a signal torque when the brake device operated to generate the brake force to stop the electric vehicle is returned to reduce the brake force to zero, so as to allow the driver to sense a change in a behavior of the electric vehicle resulting from returning the brake device, and
- terminate generation of the signal torque by the motor before the brake force is reduced to zero.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.