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US 2019/0193714 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for controlling mild hybrid electric vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorYoungMin KIM
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling mild hybrid electric vehicle may include: an engine; a mild hybrid starter and generator (MHSG) starting the engine or generating power by an output of the engine; a data receiving device receiving at least vehicle speed data, vehicle location data and traffic information; and a controller configured to control a state of charge (SOC) criteria for idle stop restriction based on the data supplied from the data receiving device.
Claims11
An apparatus for controlling a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- an engine;
- a battery;
- a mild hybrid starter and generator (MHSG) coupled to the engine and starting the engine or generating power by an output of the engine;
- a data receiving device receiving data of at least one of a vehicle speed, a vehicle location and traffic information;
- and
- a controller connected to the engine, the battery, the MHSG, and the data receiving device and configured to control a state of charge (SOC) criteria of the battery set for an idle stop restriction of the engine, based on the data supplied from the data receiving device;
- wherein, when the vehicle speed is less than a predetermined speed, the controller is configured to determine whether the vehicle is in a predetermined location, and
- when the vehicle is determined by the controller to be in the predetermined location, the controller is configured to increase the SOC criteria set for the idle stop restriction of the engine from a default SOC value to a predetermined SOC value.
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A method for controlling a mild hybrid electric vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining, by a controller, whether a speed of the vehicle including an engine is less than a predetermined speed;
- when the speed of the vehicle is less than the predetermined speed, determining, by the controller, whether the vehicle is in a predetermined location based on a vehicle location information and a traffic information;
- and
- when the vehicle is determined, by the controller, to be in the predetermined location, increasing, by the controller, a state of charge (SOC) criteria of a battery in the vehicle for idle stop restriction of the engine, from a default SOC value of the battery to a predetermined SOC value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.