Control device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10150469-B2
Application number	US-201715478604-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 4, 2017
Priority date	Apr 13, 2016
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

An electronic control unit is configured to calculate an amount of divergence of an actual MG rotational speed with respect to a reference rotational speed at the start-up of an internal combustion engine, and correct a generation timing of a compensation torque at the next start-up of the internal combustion engine based on the amount of divergence.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device for a vehicle, the vehicle including an internal combustion engine and an electric motor configured to output drive power for traveling, and a clutch disposed between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor, the control device comprising:
an electronic control unit configured to:
(i) intermittently operate the internal combustion engine,
(ii) output a compensation torque from the electric motor so as to cancel a deceleration torque generated when a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is raised by making the clutch engaged at start-up of the internal combustion engine,
(iii) calculate an amount of divergence of an actual rotational speed with respect to a reference rotational speed of the electric motor at the start-up of the internal combustion engine, and
(iv) execute a first correction of correcting at least one of a generation timing of the deceleration torque and a generation timing of the compensation torque at the next start-up of the internal combustion engine based on the amount of divergence, wherein
in the first correction, when the actual rotational speed is higher than the reference rotational speed, the electronic control unit is configured to:
(a) make the generation timing of the deceleration torque early when the generation timing of the deceleration torque is corrected, and
(b) make the generation timing of the compensation torque late when the generation timing of the compensation torque is corrected.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
in the first correction, when the actual rotational speed is lower than the reference rotational speed, the electronic control unit is configured to:
(1) make the generation timing of the deceleration torque late when the generation timing of the deceleration torque is corrected, and
(2) make the generation timing of the compensation torque early when the generation timing of the compensation torque is corrected.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the internal combustion engine is provided with a fuel injection valve configured to inject fuel directly into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, and the internal combustion engine is configured to execute ignition start-up of injecting fuel from the fuel injection valve into the combustion chamber of a cylinder of the internal combustion engine, and igniting the fuel, the cylinder being in a stopping state in an expansion stroke of the internal combustion engine, and wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to execute a second correction of correcting a start timing when the ignition start-up is executed at the next start-up of the internal combustion engine, based on the amount of the divergence.

4. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to execute correction such that the start timing of the ignition start-up is made late when the actual rotational speed is higher than the reference rotational speed, in the second correction.

5. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to execute correction such that the start timing of the ignition start-up is made early when the actual rotational speed is lower than the reference rotational speed, in the second correction.

6. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to calculate the reference rotational speed by executing smoothing processing on the rotational speed of the electric motor.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakanishi Naoki
• Tsutsumi Takahiko
• Takanami Youji

Classifications

• B60W2050/0083

  Setting, resetting, calibration · CPC title

• F02N11/04

  the motors being associated with current generators · CPC title

• B60W10/02

  including control of driveline clutches · CPC title

• F02N2200/022

  Engine speed · CPC title

• B60W10/08

  including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators · CPC title