Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling engine therefor
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorJoon Young PARK
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Abstract
An engine operation control method of a hybrid vehicle for minimizing non-driving fuel consumption upon stopping includes steps of receiving traffic information including signal information of a front traffic signal lamp, determining whether a proceeding-signal change condition is satisfied based on the received signal information upon stopping, setting any one of different engine operation conditions according to the result of determination, and comparing the set engine operation condition with a current vehicle state to determine whether an engine operates or not.
Claims20
An engine operation control method of a hybrid vehicle, the engine operation control method comprising steps of:
- receiving traffic information including signal information of a front traffic signal lamp;
- determining whether a proceeding-signal change condition is satisfied based on the received signal information upon stopping;
- setting any one of different engine operation conditions according to the result of determination;
- and
- comparing the set engine operation condition with a current vehicle state to determine whether an engine operates or not.
A hybrid vehicle comprising:
- a first controller for receiving traffic information including signal information of a front traffic signal lamp;
- and
- a second controller for determining whether a proceeding-signal change condition is satisfied based on the received signal information upon stopping, setting any one of different engine operation conditions according to a result of determination whether the proceeding-signal change condition is satisfied, and comparing the set engine operation condition with a current vehicle state to determine whether an engine operates or not.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.