Vehicle and control method for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9216726-B2
Application number	US-201113978975-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 27, 2011
Priority date	Jan 27, 2011
Publication date	Dec 22, 2015
Grant date	Dec 22, 2015

Abstract

An ECU executes a program including the steps of: executing fuel-cut control when an IG OFF operation has been performed and when a vehicle is traveling; executing deceleration control when vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a threshold value; ending the deceleration control and permitting restart of an engine when the vehicle speed has become lower than the threshold value; and controlling a first MG and the engine when an IG ON operation has been performed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle, comprising:
a drive wheel;
an internal combustion engine;
a first rotating electric machine for starting said internal combustion engine;
a power transmission device coupled between said first rotating electric machine and said drive wheel;
an input unit for receiving, from a driver, either a stop command or a start command for a system of a vehicle; and
a control unit for controlling said vehicle in accordance with a command from said input unit, wherein
when said stop command has been received at said input unit while said vehicle is traveling, said control unit stops a fuel injection, and
when said start command has been received at said input unit, said internal combustion engine is not restarted with resuming said fuel injection by said control unit while a speed of said vehicle is higher than a threshold value, and is restarted by said control unit after the speed of said vehicle becomes lower than said threshold value.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a power storage device for transmitting and receiving power to and from said first rotating electric machine, wherein
said first rotating electric machine generates power when said internal combustion engine in a stop state is started while said vehicle is traveling.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a braking device for restricting rotation of said drive wheel using frictional force, wherein
when said stop command has been received at said input unit while said vehicle is traveling, said control unit controls said braking device to reduce the speed of said vehicle using said frictional force.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
said power transmission device includes an automatic transmission, and
when said stop command has been received at said input unit while said vehicle is traveling, said control unit controls said automatic transmission to reduce the speed of said vehicle by increasing a gear ratio of said automatic transmission.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second rotating electric machine for restricting rotation of said drive wheel using motor torque, wherein
when said stop command has been received at said input unit while said vehicle is traveling, said control unit controls said second rotating electric machine to reduce the speed of said vehicle using said motor torque.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a drive shaft for rotating said drive wheel, wherein
said power transmission device mechanically couples three elements, which are said drive shaft, an output shaft of said internal combustion engine, and a rotation shaft of said first rotating electric machine, and utilizes any one of said three elements as a reaction force element, thereby allowing for transmission of motive power between the other two elements.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
said power transmission device includes a clutch for switching a state of said first rotating electric machine and said drive wheel between a power transmission state and a power interruption state.

8. A control method for a vehicle used in a vehicle including a drive wheel, an internal combustion engine, a first rotating electric machine for starting said internal combustion engine, and a power transmission device coupled between said first rotating electric machine and said drive wheel, the control method comprising the steps of:
determining whether either a stop command or a start command for a system of the vehicle has been received from a driver or not;
when said stop command has been received while said vehicle is traveling, stopping a fuel injection; and
when said start command has been received, not restarting said internal combustion engine with resuming the fuel injection while a speed of said vehicle is higher than a threshold value, and restarting said internal combustion engine after the speed of said vehicle becomes lower than said threshold value.

Assignees

• Yaguchi Hideaki
• Hoshiba Takeshi
• Kimura Akihiro
• Naito Masahiro
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yaguchi Hideaki
• Hoshiba Takeshi
• Kimura Akihiro
• Naito Masahiro

Classifications

• B60W2540/06

  Ignition switch · CPC title

• B60W30/192 Primary

  Mitigating problems related to power-up or power-down of the driveline, e.g. start-up of a cold engine · CPC title

• B60W10/06

  including control of combustion engines · CPC title

• B60W10/184

  with wheel brakes · CPC title

• Y10S903/93

  Conjoint control of different elements · CPC title