Idling stop control device, vehicle and vehicle control method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasaki Matsunaga, Junichi Morimura, Yasunari Kido
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Abstract
An idle reduction control device mounted on a vehicle equipped with an engine and a brake comprises: a pumping operation detector that detects a pumping operation of the brake; and an engine controller that controls a start and a stop of the engine. The engine controller stops the engine after elapse of a predetermined time since a stop of the vehicle, when a number of the pumping operations during a deceleration period before the stop of the vehicle is less than a predetermined value.
Claims6
An idle reduction control device mounted on a vehicle equipped with an engine and a brake, comprising:
- a pumping operation detector that detects a pumping operation of the brake;
- and
- an engine controller that controls a start and a stop of the engine,
- wherein the engine controller stops the engine after elapse of a predetermined time since a stop of the vehicle, when a number of the pumping operations during a deceleration period before the stop of the vehicle is less than a predetermined value, and
- the engine controller stops the engine before elapse of the predetermined time since the stop of the vehicle, when the number of the pumping operations during the deceleration period is equal to or greater than the predetermined value.
A vehicle equipped with an engine and a brake, comprising:
- a pumping operation detector that detects a pumping operation of the brake;
- and
- an engine controller that controls a start and a stop of the engine,
- wherein the engine controller stops the engine after elapse of a predetermined time since a stop of the vehicle, when a number of the pumping operations during a deceleration period before the stop of the vehicle is less than a predetermined value, and
- the engine controller stops the engine before elapse of the predetermined time since the stop of the vehicle, when the number of the pumping operations during the deceleration period is equal to or greater than the predetermined value.
A vehicle control method of controlling a vehicle equipped with an engine and a brake, the vehicle control method comprising:
- (a) detecting a pumping operation of the brake;
- and
- (b) stopping the engine after elapse of a predetermined time since a stop of the vehicle, when a number of the pumping operations during a deceleration period before the stop of the vehicle is less than a predetermined value, and stopping the engine before elapse of the predetermined time since the stop of the vehicle, when the number of the pumping operations during the decelerations period is equal to or greater than the predetermined value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.