# US 2013/0158767 A1 · Output restriction control device, hybrid vehicle, output restriction control method, and computer program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0158767 A1 - Document ID: US20130158767A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/819,096 - Filed: 2011-10-20 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2010-10-21 - Assignees: Hino Motors, Ltd. - Inventors: Tomohiko Araki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130158767A1 ## CPC - B60K 6/48: Parallel type - B60L 15/20: for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed - B60L 50/16: with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion - B60W 10/06: including control of combustion engines - B60W 10/08: including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators - 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 30/18163: {Lane change; Overtaking manoeuvres} - B60W 50/087: {where the control system corrects or modifies a request from the driver} - B60L 2210/30: AC to DC converters - B60L 2210/40: DC to AC converters - B60L 2240/421: Speed - B60L 2240/423: Torque - B60L 2240/443: Torque - B60L 2250/16: by display - B60W 2540/103: Accelerator thresholds, e.g. kickdown - B60W 2540/20: Direction indicator values - B60W 2540/215: Selection or confirmation of options - B60W 2556/00: Input parameters relating to data - B60W 2710/0672: Torque change rate - B60W 2710/085: Torque change rate - B60W 2710/1022: Input torque - B60W 2710/1027: Input torque change rate - Y02T 10/62: Hybrid vehicles - Y02T 10/64: Electric machine technologies in electromobility - 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 10/72: Electric energy management in electromobility - Y10S 903/93: Conjoint control of different elements - 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 - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract To improve the drivability of a driver while performing an output restriction. A hybrid vehicle has an output restriction control unit that releases or restores an output restriction in accordance with a predetermined operation by the driver, and a predetermined release rate or a predetermined restoration rate can be set for the release or the restoration of the output restriction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An output restriction control device mounted on a hybrid vehicle having an engine and an electric motor, which is drivable by the engine or the electric motor or drivable by cooperation of the engine and the electric motor, the output restriction control device comprising: an output restriction means that restricts torque output from the engine and/or the electric motor, wherein the output restriction means releases or restores an output restriction in accordance with a predetermined operation of a driver, and a predetermined release rate or a predetermined restoration rate is settable for release or restoration of the output restriction, respectively. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The output restriction control device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined operation is an operation of an accelerator and an operation of a direction indicator, and the output restriction means immediately releases the output restriction with respect to a driver's sudden operation of an accelerator over a predetermined accelerator opening level, gently restores the output restriction based on a predetermined restoration rate in restoration from the sudden accelerator operation, gently releases the output restriction based on a predetermined release rate with respect to a driver's operation of a direction indicator, and gently restores the output restriction based on a predetermined restoration rate when the operation of the direction indicator is terminated. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The output restriction control device according to claim 2, wherein, when at least some of a series of controls to restore from release of the output restriction caused by the operation of the accelerator and a series of controls to restore from release of the output restriction caused by the operation of the direction indicator are performed in parallel, a side in which a torque value of a control result is larger is adopted. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The output restriction control device according to claim 2, wherein, when either control of a series of controls to restore from release of the output restriction caused by the operation of the accelerator and a series of controls to restore from release of the output restriction caused by the operation of the direction indicator is performed, the other control is not performed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The output restriction control device according to claim 1, further comprising: an output restriction release display unit displaying that the output restriction means releases the output restriction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A hybrid vehicle having the output restriction control device according to claim 1. ### Claim 7 An output restriction control method for an output restriction control device mounted on a hybrid vehicle having an engine and an electric motor, which is drivable by the engine or the electric motor or drivable by cooperation of the engine and the electric motor and having an output restriction means restricting torque output from the engine and/or the electric motor, comprising: an output restriction control step of releasing or restoring an output restriction in accordance with a predetermined operation of a driver, in which a predetermined release rate or a predetermined restoration rate is settable for release or restoration of the output restriction, respectively. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A computer program for causing an information processing device to implement a function of the output restriction control device according to claim 1.