Vehicle with fuel cells mounted thereon and control method of the vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShigeto Kajiwara, Mitsuhiro Nada
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Abstract
An object is to allow for the move of a vehicle even in the event of an abnormality in a lid sensor. A control method of a vehicle with a fuel cell mounted thereon comprises: (a) if a signal of a lid sensor that is configured to detect opening and closing of a lid door for a gas filler port of the vehicle indicates that the lid door is open, then prohibiting move of the vehicle; and (b) if it is judged that the lid sensor has a defect or if a predetermined special operation is performed, then eliminating prohibition of the move of the vehicle despite that the signal of the lid sensor indicates that the lid door is open.
Claims10
A control method of a vehicle with a fuel cell mounted thereon, comprising:
- (a) if a signal of a lid sensor that is configured to detect opening and closing of a lid door for a gas filler port of the vehicle indicates that the lid door is open, then prohibiting move of the vehicle;
- and
- (b) if it is judged that the lid sensor has a defect or if a predetermined special operation is performed, then eliminating prohibition of the move of the vehicle despite that the signal of the lid sensor indicates that the lid door is open.
A vehicle with a fuel cell mounted thereon, comprising:
- a gas filler port that is configured to supply a fuel gas into the vehicle;
- a lid box that is configured to protect the gas filler port;
- a lid door that is a cover of the lid box;
- a lid sensor that is configured to detect opening and closing of the lid door;
- a controller configured to control move of the vehicle;
- and
- a starter switch that is configured to switch between activation and inactivation of the vehicle,
- after the starter switch is on, the controller to performs:
- (a) if a signal of a lid sensor that is configured to detect opening and closing of a lid door for a gas filler port of the vehicle indicates that the lid door is open, then prohibiting move of the vehicle;
- and
- (b) if it is judged that the lid sensor has a defect or if a predetermined special operation is performed, then eliminating prohibition of the move of the vehicle despite that the signal of the lid sensor indicates that the lid door is open.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.