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Method, apparatus, signals, and medium for managing power in a hybrid vehicle

  • US 9,365,132 B2
  • Filed: 05/08/2014
  • Issued: 06/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing power in the hybrid vehicle, comprising:

  • determining, based at least in part on one or more operating conditions of the hybrid vehicle, an amount of operating power to be supplied in response to a drive signal generated based on operator input;

    determining, for each of a plurality of apportionments of the operating power between an engine of the hybrid vehicle and a motor-generator of the hybrid vehicle, an overall operating cost value, each overall operating cost value accounting for at least a cost value associated with the engine of the hybrid vehicle and one or more constraints of a storage element of the hybrid vehicle;

    selecting an apportionment of the operating power from among the plurality of apportionments of the operating power, the selected apportionment being the apportionment with a minimum determined overall operating cost value; and

    causing the operating power to be supplied by at least one of the engine and the motor-generator in accordance with the selected apportionment.

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