Method for controlling hybrid vehicle and hybrid vehicle
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorAtsushi TEZUKA
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Abstract
A hybrid vehicle includes a motor serving as a drive source, a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor, and an engine capable of supplying electric power to the battery by driving a generator. In the hybrid vehicle, the engine is operated when a magnitude of background noise exceeds a noise threshold value, in a case where an operation parameter for operating the engine when a value of the operation parameter falls below a forced operating threshold value is larger than the forced operating threshold value, the operation parameter being a parameter whose value increases as an operation time of the engine increases.
Claims15
-14. (canceled)
A method for controlling a hybrid vehicle, wherein:
- providing the hybrid vehicle, which comprises:
- a motor serving as a drive source,
- a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor, and
- an engine capable of supplying electric power to the battery by driving a generator;
- and
- operating the engine when a magnitude of background noise exceeds a noise threshold value, in a case where an operation parameter for operating the engine when a value of the operation parameter falls below a forced operating threshold value is larger than the forced operating threshold value, the operation parameter being a parameter whose value increases as an operation time of the engine increases.
A hybrid vehicle comprising:
- a motor serving as a drive source;
- a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor;
- an engine capable of supplying electric power to the battery by driving a generator;
- and
- a controller configured to control the engine, wherein:
- the controller is configured to operate the engine, when a magnitude of background noise exceeds a noise threshold value, in a case where an operation parameter for operating the engine when a value of the operation parameter falls below a forced operating threshold value is larger than the forced operating threshold value, the operation parameter being a parameter whose value increases as an operation time of the engine increases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.