Method of inhibiting the automatic stop control system of the heat engine of a vehicle in congested traffic
First Claim
1. Method of controlling the stopping and starting of a heat engine with which a vehicle is equipped, comprising:
- controlling stopping of the engine when the vehicle is in an engine stop request phase and not in predefined operating conditions opposed to a stopping of said engine, andcontrolling starting of the engine when the vehicle is in an engine start request phase and not in predefined operating conditions opposed to the starting of said engine,wherein said operating conditions of the vehicle opposed to the stopping of said engine comprise conditions of slow traffic, these conditions of slow traffic being the object of specific identification criteria, so that the engine is not stopped in the slow traffic conditions,wherein the operating conditions of the vehicle opposed to the stopping of said engine include;
a condition wherein the moving speed of the vehicle is more than a first threshold value, wherein said first threshold value is more than zero, anda condition wherein the speed of the vehicle since the last time the engine has been started has not exceeded a second threshold value, wherein said second threshold value is more than zero, and the speed of the vehicle is equal or more than a third threshold value which is lower than the first predetermined threshold value, wherein said third threshold value is more than zero, so as to take into account the traffic conditions and notably a traffic jam situation.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of controlling the stopping and starting of a heat engine (2) of a vehicle. The invention is of the type in which (i) it is necessary for the vehicle to be in an engine stop request phase, and not in pre-defined operating conditions that oppose the stopping of the engine (2), in order for the engine (2) to be stopped or (ii) it is necessary for the vehicle to be in an engine start request phase, and not in pre-defined operating conditions that oppose the starting of the engine (2), in order for the engine to be started. The invention is characterized in that the vehicle operating conditions that oppose the stopping of the engine (2) comprise slow congested traffic conditions constituting specific identification criteria.
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1. Method of controlling the stopping and starting of a heat engine with which a vehicle is equipped, comprising:
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controlling stopping of the engine when the vehicle is in an engine stop request phase and not in predefined operating conditions opposed to a stopping of said engine, and controlling starting of the engine when the vehicle is in an engine start request phase and not in predefined operating conditions opposed to the starting of said engine, wherein said operating conditions of the vehicle opposed to the stopping of said engine comprise conditions of slow traffic, these conditions of slow traffic being the object of specific identification criteria, so that the engine is not stopped in the slow traffic conditions, wherein the operating conditions of the vehicle opposed to the stopping of said engine include; a condition wherein the moving speed of the vehicle is more than a first threshold value, wherein said first threshold value is more than zero, and a condition wherein the speed of the vehicle since the last time the engine has been started has not exceeded a second threshold value, wherein said second threshold value is more than zero, and the speed of the vehicle is equal or more than a third threshold value which is lower than the first predetermined threshold value, wherein said third threshold value is more than zero, so as to take into account the traffic conditions and notably a traffic jam situation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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