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US 9,849,773 B2Granted
Generation control apparatus
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Tagami, Toru Nakasako
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Abstract
A hybrid vehicle includes a battery, a generating unit having an internal combustion engine and a generator which generates electric power by operating the internal combustion engine to supply the generated electric power to a motor or the battery, and the motor which is driven by the electric power supplied from at least one of the battery and the generating unit. A generation control apparatus for the hybrid vehicle evaluates the driving condition of the vehicle from viewpoints of the energy consumption at the motor, the NV performance of the vehicle and the generation efficiency of the generating unit and determines whether or not the operation of the generating unit is necessary based on an evaluation parameter of any one or more viewpoints.
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A generation control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle including:
- a rechargeable battery which supplies electric power to a motor which is a drive source of the hybrid vehicle,
- a generating unit which has an internal combustion engine and a generator which generates electric power by operating the internal combustion engine to supply the generated electric power to the motor or the battery, and
- the motor which is driven by the electric power supplied from at least one of the battery and the generating unit,
- wherein the generation control apparatus comprises:
- a driving condition evaluation portion for evaluating a driving condition of the hybrid vehicle from each of viewpoints of energy consumption at the motor, a noise vibration (NV) performance of the hybrid vehicle and generation efficiency of the generating unit;
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- a generating operation determination portion for determining whether or not the operation of the generating unit is necessary based on an evaluation parameter of any one or more viewpoints obtained from the driving condition evaluation portion,
- wherein the generating operation determination portion permits the operation of the generating unit when at least one of an energy consumption evaluation parameter which results from executing an evaluation from a viewpoint of the energy consumption at the motor, an NV evaluation parameter which results from executing an evaluation from a viewpoint of the NV performance of the hybrid vehicle and a generation efficiency evaluation parameter which results from executing an evaluation from a viewpoint of the generation efficiency of the generating unit exceeds a first threshold which is set for each evaluation parameter.
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A generation control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle including:
- a rechargeable battery which supplies electric power to a motor which is a drive source of the hybrid vehicle,
- a generating unit which has an internal combustion engine and a generator which generates electric power by operating the internal combustion engine to supply the generated electric power to the motor or the battery, and
- the motor which is driven by the electric power supplied from at least one of the battery and the generating unit,
- wherein the generation control apparatus comprises:
- a driving condition evaluation portion for evaluating a driving condition of the hybrid vehicle from each of viewpoints of energy consumption at the motor, a noise vibration (NV) performance of the hybrid vehicle and generation efficiency of the generating unit;
- a generating operation determination portion for determining whether or not the operation of the generating unit is necessary based on an evaluation parameter of any one or more viewpoints obtained from the driving condition evaluation portion,
- a charge target deriving portion for deriving a highest state of charge out of states of charge of the battery which is necessary for the motor to output energy or an output which is indicated by each evaluation parameter;
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- an operation control portion for controlling the operation of the internal combustion engine so that a state of charge of the battery gets closer to the state of charge which is derived by the charge target deriving portion.
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A generation control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle including:
- a rechargeable battery which supplies electric power to a motor which is a drive source of the hybrid vehicle,
- a generating unit which has an internal combustion engine and a generator which generates electric power by operating the internal combustion engine to supply the generated electric power to the motor or the battery, and
- the motor which is driven by the electric power supplied from at least one of the battery and the generating unit,
- wherein the generation control apparatus comprises:
- a driving condition evaluation portion for evaluating a driving condition of the hybrid vehicle from each of viewpoints of energy consumption at the motor, a noise vibration (NV) performance of the hybrid vehicle and generation efficiency of the generating unit;
- a generating operation determination portion for determining whether or not the operation of the generating unit is necessary based on an evaluation parameter of any one or more viewpoints obtained from the driving condition evaluation portion, and
- a generation amount determination portion for determining a highest unit generation amount out of unit generation amounts calculated according to each evaluation parameter, as a generation amount per unit time of the generating unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.