ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An electric power control apparatus for a vehicle, the vehicle including an engine, an electric power generation unit rotating with a driving power supplied from the engine for generating an electric power, a battery charged by the electric power generated by the electric power generation unit, and a voltage detection unit detecting a battery voltage outputted from the battery, the electric power control apparatus comprising:
- a first determination section determining an activation of a jump start of the engine with an external power source;
a second determination section determining whether the external power source, which supplies a voltage higher than the battery voltage, is connected to the battery;
a third determination section determining whether the engine switches to an engine start completed state after the jump start of the engine under a condition that the activation of the jump start is determined by the first determination section and a connection of the external power source is determined by the second determination section;
a keep section keeping the electric power generation unit in an electric power generation deactivated state when the third determination section determines that the engine switches to the engine start completed state;
a fourth determination section determining whether the external power source is disconnected from the battery, based on a battery voltage detection signal acquired from the voltage detection unit, after the third determination section determines that the engine has switched to the engine start completed state; and
an instruction section instructing an immediate start of an electric power generation to the electric power generation unit when the external power source is determined to be disconnected from the battery by the fourth determination section.
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Abstract
An electric power control apparatus for a vehicle includes a first determination section determining an activation of a jump start, a second determination section determining a connection of an external power source having a higher voltage than a battery voltage of the vehicle, a third determination section determining whether the engine switches to an engine start completed state, a keep section keeping an electric power generation unit of the vehicle in an electric power generation deactivated state when determining that the engine switches to the engine start completed state, a fourth determination section determining a disconnection of the external power source, and an instruction section instructing an immediate activation of the electric power generation to the electric power generation unit when determining the disconnection of the external power source.
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4 Claims
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1. An electric power control apparatus for a vehicle, the vehicle including an engine, an electric power generation unit rotating with a driving power supplied from the engine for generating an electric power, a battery charged by the electric power generated by the electric power generation unit, and a voltage detection unit detecting a battery voltage outputted from the battery, the electric power control apparatus comprising:
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a first determination section determining an activation of a jump start of the engine with an external power source; a second determination section determining whether the external power source, which supplies a voltage higher than the battery voltage, is connected to the battery; a third determination section determining whether the engine switches to an engine start completed state after the jump start of the engine under a condition that the activation of the jump start is determined by the first determination section and a connection of the external power source is determined by the second determination section; a keep section keeping the electric power generation unit in an electric power generation deactivated state when the third determination section determines that the engine switches to the engine start completed state; a fourth determination section determining whether the external power source is disconnected from the battery, based on a battery voltage detection signal acquired from the voltage detection unit, after the third determination section determines that the engine has switched to the engine start completed state; and an instruction section instructing an immediate start of an electric power generation to the electric power generation unit when the external power source is determined to be disconnected from the battery by the fourth determination section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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