DRIVING SOURCE CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVING SOURCE CONTROL METHOD FOR HYBRID MOTOR VEHICLE AND HYBRID MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20130311028A1
• Filed: 02/09/2011
• Published: 11/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
• Inventors: Ohkuma, Hitoshi, Ito, Yoshiki, Saito, Masakazu, Tagawa, Masaaki, Hosoe, Yukihiro
• Application Number:
  US13/983,467
• Publication Number:
  US 20130311028A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/22
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/445 Differential gearing distribution type
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/06 including control of combustion engines
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/08 including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
• 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 20/13 in order to stay within battery power input or output limits; in order to prevent overcharging or battery depletion
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/244 Charge state
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/00 Input parameters relating to data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/081 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/18036 Reversing
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 903/93 Conjoint control of different elements

Abstract

To provide a driving source control for a hybrid motor vehicle capable of comfortably driving a motor generator by activating an internal combustion engine only at minimum necessary timings at a time of moving backward. It is a driving source control device 1 for a hybrid motor vehicle that moves by mounting an engine 2 and motor generators 4 and 5, in which a driving control unit 32 reduces a target rotational speed of the first motor generator 4, when a shift position detection unit 47 has acquired a backward moving command and a battery state of charge detection unit 36 has detected that a remaining charge amount SOC of a battery 21 is less than or equal to a setting value, at a time of an activation stopping state of the engine 2.

Claims

1. A driving source control device for controlling activations of an internal combustion engine and a motor generator of a hybrid motor vehicle that moves by mounting the internal combustion engine that rotates a rotational shaft with a combustion energy and the motor generator that rotates a rotational shaft with an electric energy, the driving source control device for the hybrid motor vehicle comprising:

a target driving force setting unit for setting a target value of a driving force for driving said motor vehicle;

a motor generator target activation speed acquisition unit for acquiring a target rotational speed of said rotational shaft of said motor generator, based on said target value of said driving force by said target driving force setting unit;

a stored charge amount detection unit for detecting a remaining charge amount of a battery for activating said motor generator;

a driving control unit for controlling activations of said internal combustion engine and said motor generator, based on said target rotational speed of said motor generator acquired by said motor generator target activation speed acquisition unit and said remaining charge amount of said battery detected by said stored charge amount detection unit; and

a command acquisition unit for acquiring an operation command of said motor vehicle;

wherein said driving control unit reduces said target rotational speed of said rotational shaft by said motor generator target activation speed acquisition unit, when said command acquisition unit has acquired a backward moving command and said stored charge amount detection unit has detected said remaining charge amount of said battery that is less than or equal to an internal combustion engine charging requiring setting value set in advance and requiring a charging by said internal combustion engine, at a time of an activation stopping state of said internal combustion engine.

2. The driving source control device for the hybrid motor vehicle as recited in claim 1, wherein said driving control unit reduces said target rotational speed of said rotational shaft by said motor generator target activation speed acquisition unit, when said command acquisition unit has acquired said backward moving command and said stored charge amount detection unit has detected said remaining charge amount of said battery that is less than or equal to a motor generator activation limiting setting value set in advance and greater than said internal combustion engine charging requiring setting value, at a time of the activation stopping state of said internal combustion engine.

3. The driving source control device for the hybrid motor vehicle as recited in claim 1, comprising an internal combustion engine target activation speed acquisition unit for acquiring a target rotational speed of said rotational shaft of said internal combustion engine, based on said target value of said driving force by said target driving force setting unit,

wherein:

(1) a case where it is possible to maintain an idling of said internal combustion engine at said target rotational speed of said rotational shaft of said internal combustion engine by said internal combustion engine target activation speed acquisition unit; and

(2) a case where said remaining charge amount of said battery by said stored charge amount detection unit is less than or equal to said internal combustion engine charging requiring setting value;

are set as activation conditions for said internal combustion engine when said command acquisition unit has acquired said backward moving command in the activation stopping state of said internal combustion engine; and

wherein said driving control unit activates said internal combustion engine when both of said conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied.

4. The driving source control device for the hybrid motor vehicle as recited in claim 3, wherein, in addition to said conditions (1) and (2), an activation condition for said internal combustion engine of (3) a case where said target value of said driving force by said target driving force setting unit is greater than or equal to an internal combustion engine driving force requiring setting value set in advance and requiring an activation of said internal combustion engine, is set;

wherein said driving control unit controls activations of said internal combustion engine and said motor generator, from respective ones of said target rotational speed of said rotational shaft acquired by said internal combustion engine target activation speed acquisition unit and said motor generator target activation speed acquisition unit, based on said target value of said driving force by said target driving force setting unit, and activates said internal combustion engine when either one of said condition (2) or said condition (3) is satisfied under an assumption that said condition (1) is satisfied, at a time said command acquisition unit has acquired a forward moving command in the activation stopping state of said internal combustion engine.

5. A hybrid motor vehicle comprising the driving source control device as recited in claim 1.

6. The hybrid motor vehicle as recited in claim 5, wherein said motor generator includes two sets of first and second motor generators, wherein said rotational shaft of a respective one of said first and second motor generators and said rotational shaft of said internal combustion engine and said driving shaft are coupled by a planetary gear mechanism.

7. A control method for controlling operation of a hybrid motor vehicle which includes:

an internal combustion engine that rotates a rotational shaft with a combustion energy;

a motor generator that rotates a rotational shaft with an electric energy;

a driving shaft for rotationally driving and running driving wheels of the motor vehicle by being coupled to the rotational shafts of said internal combustion engine and said motor generators;

a target driving force setting unit for setting a target value of a driving force for driving said motor vehicle;

a motor generator target activation speed acquisition unit for acquiring a target rotational speed of said rotational shaft of said motor generator, based on said target value of said driving force by said target driving force setting unit;

a stored charge amount detection unit for detecting a remaining charge amount of a battery for activating said motor generator; and

a command acquisition unit for acquiring an operation command of said motor vehicle;

the control method comprising reducing said target rotational speed of said rotational shaft by said motor generator target activation speed acquisition unit, when said command acquisition unit has acquired a backward moving command and said stored charge amount detection unit has detected said remaining charge amount of said battery that is less than or equal to an internal combustion engine charging requiring setting value set in advance and requiring a charging by said internal combustion engine, at a time of an activation stopping state of said internal combustion engine.

8. The control method as recited in claim 7, further comprising reducing said target rotational speed of said rotational shaft by said motor generator target activation speed acquisition unit, when said command acquisition unit has acquired said backward moving command and said stored charge amount detection unit has detected said remaining charge amount of said battery that is less than or equal to a motor generator activation limiting setting value set in advance and greater than said internal combustion engine charging requiring setting value, at a time of the activation stopping state of said internal combustion engine.

9. The control method as recited in claim 7, wherein said hybrid motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine target activation speed acquisition unit for acquiring a target rotational speed of said rotational shaft of said internal combustion engine, based on said target value of said driving force by said target driving force setting unit,

the method further comprising activating said internal combustion engine when both of:

(1) a case where it is possible to maintain an idling of said internal combustion engine at said target rotational speed of said rotational shaft of said internal combustion engine by said internal combustion engine target activation speed acquisition unit; and

(2) a case where said remaining charge amount of said battery by said stored charge amount detection unit is less than or equal to said internal combustion engine charging requiring setting value;

that are set as activation conditions for said internal combustion engine when said command acquisition unit has acquired said backward moving command in the activation stopping state of said internal combustion engine, are satisfied.

10. The control method as recited in claim 9, wherein said hybrid motor vehicle controls activations of said internal combustion engine and said motor generator, from respective ones of said target rotational speed of said rotational shaft acquired by said internal combustion engine target activation speed acquisition unit and said motor generator target activation speed acquisition unit, based on said target value of said driving force by said target driving force setting unit, and

wherein an activation condition for said internal combustion engine of (3) a case where said target value of said driving force by said target driving force setting unit is greater than or equal to an internal combustion engine driving force requiring setting value set in advance and requiring an activation of said internal combustion engine, is added to said conditions (1) and (2);

the control method including activating said internal combustion engine when either one of said condition (2) or said condition (3) is satisfied under an assumption that said condition (1) is satisfied, at a time said command acquisition unit has acquired a forward moving command in the activation stopping state of said internal combustion engine.