Control system and control method of vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Sato, Hiroaki Tabuchi
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Abstract
A control system of a vehicle includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to (a) measure characteristics of a battery installed on the vehicle, (b) determine whether the battery is a designated battery or a non-designated battery, based on at least one of the characteristics, and (c) determine whether an idling stop function of the vehicle is permitted to be executed, based on a threshold value of at least one of the characteristics of the battery. The threshold value is set to a first threshold value when the battery is determined as the designated battery, and set to a second threshold value that is different from the first threshold value when the battery is determined as the non-designated battery.
Claims16
A control system of a vehicle, comprising:
- an electronic control unit configured to:
- (a) measure characteristics of a battery installed on the vehicle;
- (b) determine whether the battery is a designated battery for an exclusive use in an idling stop vehicle or a non-designated battery, based on at least one of the characteristics;
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- (c) determine whether an idling stop function of the vehicle is permitted to be executed, based on a threshold value of at least one of the characteristics of the battery, the threshold value being set to a first threshold value when the battery is determined as the designated battery, and set to a second threshold value that is different from the first threshold value when the battery is determined as the non-designated battery.
A method of controlling a vehicle including a battery and an electronic control unit, the method comprising:
- measuring, by the electronic control unit, characteristics of the battery installed on the vehicle;
- determining, by the electronic control unit, whether the battery is a designated battery for an exclusive use in an idling stop vehicle or a non-designated battery, based on at least one of the characteristics;
- and
- determining, by the electronic control unit, whether an idling stop function of the vehicle is permitted to be executed, based on a threshold value of at least one of the characteristics of the battery, the threshold value being set to a first threshold value when the battery is determined as the designated battery, and set to a second threshold value that is different from the first threshold value when the battery is determined as the non-designated battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.