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Vehicle control device and method for idle stop control for the same

  • US 20110005486A1
  • Filed: 09/21/2010
  • Published: 01/13/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle control device for a vehicle system configured to automatically stop an internal combustion engine of a vehicle when a predetermined stop condition is satisfied and automatically start the automatically stopped internal combustion engine when a predetermined start condition is satisfied, the vehicle control device comprising:

  • a stop point detection unit configured to detect a stop point, at which the vehicle possibly stops, based on map information stored in a map information storage unit, while the vehicle travels;

    a traveling information control unit configured to store traveling information, which includes a state of the vehicle stopping at a stop point and a state of the vehicle passing by the stop point, in the traveling information storage unit; and

    a stop determination unit configured to determine whether to stop the internal combustion engine when the vehicle stops at a stop point based on the traveling information of the stop point stored in the traveling information storage unit.

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