Hybrid electric vehicle and method of controlling the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsGyu Ri Lee, Do Hwa Kim, Hui Un Son, Sung II Jung, Jae Young Park, Yong Joo Lee, Seong Wook Moon, Sung Bae Jeon
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Abstract
A hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, a drive motor, and a controller configured to determine a boarding state or a leaving state of a passenger, to allow a vehicle to enter a first mode for pick-up driving or a second mode for drop-off driving, and to control the vehicle based on the entered mode and the boarding or leaving state after the entering, and a method of controlling the same.
Claims20
A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) comprising:
- an engine;
- a drive motor;
- and
- a controller configured to determine a boarding state or a leaving state of a passenger based on at least one of location information of the vehicle or internal information of the vehicle and whether the vehicle is stopped after the vehicle is started, to allow the vehicle to enter a mode among a first mode for pick-up driving or a second mode for drop-off driving based on the determined boarding state or the determined leaving state and time information, and to control the vehicle based on the entered mode and the boarding state or the leaving state after the entering.
A method of controlling a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), the method comprising:
- determining, by a controller, a boarding state or a leaving state of a passenger based on at least one of location information of the vehicle or internal information of the vehicle and whether the vehicle is stopped after the vehicle is started;
- and
- allowing, by the controller, the vehicle to enter a mode among a first mode for pick-up driving or a second mode for drop-off driving based on the determined boarding state or the determined leaving state and time information, and controlling the vehicle based on the entered mode and the boarding state or the leaving state after the entering.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.