Vehicle and method of controlling vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakahiko Hirasawa, Masashi Yoshimi
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a feeding system supplying an electric power to an external device disposed outside the vehicle, a controller controlling the operation of the feeding system, and a shift sensor detecting the position of a shift lever and outputting the detection result to the controller. The controller prohibits feeding from the feeding system to the external device when the position of the shift lever is changed.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a feeding system supplying an electric power to an external device disposed outside the vehicle;
- a controller controlling operation of the feeding system;
- and
- a shift sensor detecting a position of a shift lever and outputting the detection result to the controller,
- wherein the controller prohibits feeding from the feeding system to the external device when the position of the shift lever is changed.
A control method of controlling operation of a feeding system mounted on a vehicle and supplying an electric power to an external device disposed outside the vehicle, comprising:
- detecting a position of a shift lever using a shift sensor;
- and
- prohibiting feeding from the feeding system to the external device when the position of the shift lever is changed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.