# US 2018/0024173 A1 · Vehicle control apparatus

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- Number: US 2018/0024173 A1
- Document ID: US20180024173A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/655,242
- Filed: 2017-07-20
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-25
- Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Katsuyoshi KAKINUMA; Minoru NAGASAWA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180024173A1

## CPC

- G01R 19/16542: {for batteries (charge condition monitoring in G01R31/36)}
- B60K 28/12: responsive to conditions relating to doors or doors locks, e.g. open door
- B60W 30/192: Mitigating problems related to power-up or power-down of the driveline, e.g. start-up of a cold engine
- F02D 17/00: Controlling engines by cutting out individual cylinders; Rendering engines inoperative or idling (controlling or rendering inoperative by varying inlet or exhaust valve operating characteristics F02D13/00)
- F02D 41/042: {for stopping the engine}
- F02D 41/06: for engine starting or warming up {(F02D41/0255 takes precedence)}
- F02D 41/22: Safety or indicating devices for abnormal conditions {(in air/fuel ratio feedback systems F02D41/1495, in electric control linkage F02D11/107, in purge control systems F02M25/0809)}
- G01R 31/3647: {for determining the ability of a battery to perform a critical function, e.g. cranking}
- B60W 2520/04: Vehicle stop
- F02D 2200/503: Battery correction, i.e. corrections as a function of the state of the battery, its output or its type
- G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12)
- 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
- 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
- F02D: CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES (vehicle fittings, acting on a single sub-unit only, for automatically controlling vehicle speed B60K31/00; conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function, road vehicle drive control systems for purposes other than the control of a single sub-unit B60W)

## Abstract

The power supply determining part determines whether there is a power supplied from outside of the vehicle to the battery at start-up of the engine. The alarming part alarms to prompt a driver to manually operate the automatic stop control part when it is determined that there is a power supplied from the outside by the power supply determining part.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle control apparatus comprising:
a power supply device;
an automatic stop control part that automatically operates a stop state maintaining mechanism of a vehicle, the stop state maintaining mechanism maintaining a stop state of the vehicle;
a power supply determining part that determines whether or not a power is supplied from an outside the vehicle to the power supply device of the vehicle; and
an alarming part that performs an alarm for prompting a vehicle user to manually operate the stop state maintaining mechanism when the power supply determining part determines that there is the power supplied from the outside the vehicle.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
a state determining part that determines a state of the power supply device,
wherein the alarming part performs the alarm when the state determining part determines that the power supply device is abnormal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vehicle control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in a case where the alarming part was in the mode for performing the alarm when the ignition of the vehicle is OFF last time, the alarming part does not perform the alarm when the power supply determining part determines that the power is not supplied from the outside of the vehicle.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vehicle control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a sensor that detects that a hood of the vehicle is open or shut, wherein the power supply determining part determines that there is the power supplied from outside of the vehicle when the hood of the vehicle is open when the engine is started up.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The vehicle control apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the state determining part determines whether or not the start of the engine failed last time and determines that the power supply device is abnormal when the state determining part determines that the start of the engine failed last time.