Method for controlling a hybrid drive of a vehicle and a computer program for controlling a hybrid drive of a vehicle
AssigneeContinental Automotive GmbH
InventorsMartin Jehle, Johannes Moritz Maiterth, Akos Semsey
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Abstract
A method for controlling a hybrid drive of a vehicle includes detecting a traffic and/or street situation ahead of the vehicle, and based on the detected situation, determining an upcoming increase of a performance requirement to be expected from the hybrid drive and increasing a withdrawal rate of an electrical energy source of the hybrid drive. This increase occurs before the performance requirement is realized. The performance requirement may be realized according to the increase of the withdrawal rate, e.g., in conformity with a performance requirement which may be entered via an interface, for example an accelerator pedal.
Claims10
A method for controlling a hybrid drive of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting a driving situation ahead of the vehicle, the driving situation including at least one of a traffic situation and a road situation;
- determining an upcoming expected increase in a power request of the hybrid drive based on the detected driving situation;
- increasing an energy extraction rate that is extracted from an electrical energy source of the hybrid drive before the power request is implemented according to the determined increase;
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- implementing the power request of the hybrid drive after the energy extraction rate has been increased.
A computer program product for controlling a hybrid drive, the computer program product comprising computer instructions stored in non-transitory computer-readable media and executable by a processor to:
- detect an upcoming driving situation, the upcoming driving situation including at least one of an upcoming traffic situation and an upcoming road situation;
- based on the detected upcoming driving situation, determine an upcoming expected increase in a power request of the hybrid drive;
- increase an energy extraction rate based on the determined upcoming expected increase in power request of the hybrid drive;
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- implement the power request of the hybrid drive after the energy extraction rate has been increased.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.