Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle

• US 20040176211A1
• Filed: 12/18/2003
• Published: 09/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Ukai, Asao, Shibata, Tomohiro, Kitajima, Shinichi, Nakamoto, Yasuo
• Granted Patent: US 6,956,298 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 477/3
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/485 Motor-assist type
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/08 including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/24 including control of energy storage means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/26 for electrical energy, e.g. batteries or capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/00 Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles hybrid vehicle design, B60K6/00; electric vehicles B60L
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/244 Charge state
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/08 Electric propulsion units
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/242 for electrical energy
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility

Abstract

A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle includes an engine and a motor as power sources of the hybrid vehicle, an energy storage device for storing electrical energy converted, by the motor, from the output power of the engine or the kinetic energy of the hybrid vehicle, and a control device which is adapted to obtain, at every stop of the hybrid vehicle, a first difference between the state of charge of the energy storage device at the immediately previous stop of the hybrid vehicle and the current state of charge, and to change an amount of power generation by the motor depending on the first difference when driving of the hybrid vehicle is not performed by the motor or when a regenerative deceleration operation is not performed by the motor.

Claims

1. A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle comprising:

an engine and a motor as power sources of the hybrid vehicle;

an energy storage device for storing electrical energy converted, by the motor, from the output power of the engine or the kinetic energy of the hybrid vehicle; and

a control device which is adapted to obtain, at every stop of the hybrid vehicle, a first difference between the state of charge of the energy storage device at the immediately previous stop of the hybrid vehicle and the current state of charge, and to change an amount of power generation by the motor depending on the first difference when driving of the hybrid vehicle is not performed by the motor or when a regenerative deceleration operation is not performed by the motor.

2. A control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control device is further adapted to obtain, at every stop of the hybrid vehicle, a second difference between the initial state of charge of the energy storage device at the beginning of a running operation of the hybrid vehicle and the current state of charge, and to change an amount of driving power of the motor depending on the second difference.

3. A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle comprising:

an engine as a power source of the hybrid vehicle;

a motor for supplying supplementary power to the engine;

an energy storage device for storing electrical energy converted, by the motor, from the output power of the engine or the kinetic energy of the hybrid vehicle; and

a control device,

wherein the control device comprises;

a running state determining section for determining the running state of the hybrid vehicle;

a state of charge calculating section for calculating the state of charge of the energy storage device;

a first difference calculating section for calculating, at every stop of the hybrid vehicle, a first difference between the state of charge of the energy storage device at the immediately previous stop of the hybrid vehicle and the current state of charge using outputs from the running state determining section and the state of charge calculating section; and

a motor control changing section for comparing the first difference with a predetermined reference value and for changing a control operation for the motor when the first difference is greater than the predetermined reference value.

4. A control apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the control device further comprises a second difference calculating section for calculating, at every stop of the hybrid vehicle, a second difference between the initial state of charge of the energy storage device at the beginning of a running operation of the hybrid vehicle and the current state of charge, and

wherein the motor control changing section is adapted to change an amount of the supplementary power supplied from the motor to the engine depending on the second difference.

5. A control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the reference value is determined depending on a vehicle speed.

6. A control apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the control device further comprises a zone determining section for determining whether the current state of charge of the energy storage device is in a normal use zone, in an over-discharged zone, or in an over-charged zone, and

wherein the motor control changing section is adapted to change the control operation for the motor when the state of charge of charge of the energy storage device is in a normal use zone.

7. A control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the motor control changing section is adapted to change an amount of power generation by the motor when the motor is driven as a generator by the engine.

8. A control apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the motor is adapted to be controlled in an acceleration mode, in a deceleration mode, and in a cruise mode, and

wherein the motor control changing section is adapted to change the amount of power generation by the motor at least during the cruise mode.