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Vehicle controlling system

  • US 8,880,318 B2
  • Filed: 04/30/2010
  • Issued: 11/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle controlling system comprising:

  • an engine serving as a power source of a vehicle;

    an electric storage device;

    an assist device that assists an operation of a driver by consuming power from the electric storage device so as to operate a running device that changes the running condition of the vehicle; and

    a starting device that consumes power from the electric storage device so as to start the engine, whereinwhen at least either one of a running environment in which it is predicted that the operation to the operation member of the running device is to be performed and a running environment in which it is predicted that the assist device is to be operated is present ahead during the execution of an inertial running in which the engine is stopped to allow the vehicle to run with inertia, the engine is started by the starting device before the operation of the assist device.

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