Hybrid vehicle and control method for hybrid vehicle

A hybrid vehicle comprising:

• a differential device constituted with a first rotating element, a second rotating element, and a third rotating element;
• a first motor coupled to the first rotating element;
• an engine coupled to the second rotating element;
• a second motor coupled to a power transmission path between the third rotating element and a drive shaft;
• an engagement device disposed in the power transmission path and configured to change a power transmission state between the differential device and the drive shaft;
• an electronic control unit configured to:
• (a) control the first motor and the second motor when an engagement state of the engagement device changes, such that a first angular acceleration and a second angular acceleration reach a first target value and a second target value respectively, the first angular acceleration and the second angular acceleration being two angular accelerations of the engine, the first motor, and the second motor;
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• (b) correct the first target value and the second target value such that the first target value and the second target value satisfy a constraint condition, by setting the first target value and the second target value as a coordinate pair in an acceleration plane where axes of the acceleration plane are the first angular acceleration and the second angular acceleration and the constraint condition is a line on the acceleration plane that limits the coordinate pair and adjusting the coordinate pair when the first target value and the second target value do not satisfy the constraint condition;
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• an electric storage device configured to supply and receive electric power to and from the first motor and the second motor, wherein
• the first angular acceleration is the angular acceleration of the engine,
• the second angular acceleration is the angular acceleration of the second motor,
• an upper limit and a lower limit are applied to a torque of the first motor and the second motor,
• the engagement device includes a transmission,
• the constraint condition includes a first condition, a second condition, a third condition, and a fourth condition,
• the electronic control unit is configured to apply the constraint condition to the first target value and the second target value in the order of the first condition, the second condition, the third condition, and the fourth condition,
• the first condition is applied to the first target value such that a speed of the engine is a predetermined value when the engagement state of the engagement device changes,
• the second condition is applied to the second target value such that gear shift of the transmission proceeds,
• the third condition includes at least one of
• (i) a condition that is set by performing coordinate transformations of dischargeable electric power and chargeable electric power as lines on the angular acceleration plane the dischargeable electric power being a upper limit of the discharging electric power of the electric storage device, and the chargeable electric power being a upper limit of the charging electric power of the electric storage device, and
• (ii) a condition that is applied to the first target value such that the speed of the engine does not exceed a specified upper limit and lower limit, and
• the fourth condition is set by performing the coordinate transformations of the upper limit and the lower limit of the torque of the first motor and the second motor as lines on the angular acceleration plane.

A control method for a hybrid vehicle including a differential device constituted with a first rotating element, a second rotating element, and a third rotating element, a first motor coupled to the first rotating element, an engine coupled to the second rotating element, a second motor coupled to a power transmission path between the third rotating element and a drive shaft, an engagement device disposed in the power transmission path and configured to change a power transmission state between the differential device and the drive shaft, an electric storage device configured to supply and receive electric power to and from the first motor and the second motor, and an electronic control unit,

• the control method comprising:
• (a) controlling the first motor and the second motor by the electronic control unit when an engagement state of the engagement device changes, such that a first angular acceleration and a second angular acceleration reach a first target value and a second target value respectively, the first angular acceleration and the second angular acceleration being two angular accelerations of the engine, the first motor, and the second motor;
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• (b) calculating, by the electronic control unit, the first target value and the second target value by applying a constraint condition to at least one of the first target value and the second target value by setting the first target value and the second target value as a coordinate pair in an acceleration plane where axes of the acceleration plane are the first angular acceleration and the second angular acceleration and the constraint condition is a line on the acceleration plane that limits the coordinate pair, wherein
• the first angular acceleration is the angular acceleration of the engine,
• the second angular acceleration is the angular acceleration of the second motor,
• an upper limit and a lower limit are applied to a torque of the first motor and the second motor,
• the engagement device includes a transmission,
• the constraint condition includes a first condition, a second condition, a third condition, and a fourth condition,
• the control method further includes applying the constraint condition to the first target value and the second target value in the order of the first condition, the second condition, the third condition, and the fourth condition,
• the first condition is applied to the first target value such that a speed of the engine is a predetermined value when the engagement state of the engagement device changes,
• the second condition is applied to the second target value such that gear shift of the transmission proceeds,
• the third condition includes at least one of
• (i) a condition that is set by performing coordinate transformations of dischargeable electric power and chargeable electric power as lines on the angular acceleration plane, the dischargeable electric power being a upper limit of the discharging electric power of the electric storage device, and the chargeable electric power being a upper limit of the charging electric power of the electric storage device, and
• (ii) a condition that is applied to the first target value such that the speed of the engine does not exceed a specified upper limit and lower limit, and
• the fourth condition is set by performing the coordinate transformations of the upper limit and the lower limit of the torque of the first motor and the second motor as lines on the angular acceleration plane.