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Idling stop control system for vehicle

  • US 9,574,538 B2
  • Filed: 03/25/2015
  • Issued: 02/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An idling stop control system for a vehicle, which stops an idling of an engine of the vehicle so as to automatically stop the engine in the case where a predetermined condition on automatic stop of the engine is established, and releases the automatic stop of the engine so as to restart the engine in the case where a predetermined condition on restart of the engine is established in accordance with a driving condition of the vehicle, the idling stop control system comprising:

  • a front information recognition unit that recognizes an object in front of the vehicle and assigning one of a plurality of predetermined types to the object; and

    a restart determination unit that determines the restart of the engine depending on the assigned type of the object in front of the vehicle, even if the restart condition of the engine is not established during the automatic stop of the engine, wherein;

    in response to a determination that the assigned type of the object is a first predetermined type of the plurality of predetermined types and the front information recognition unit detects a position change of the object, the idling stop control system performs the restart of the engine,in response to a determination that the assigned type of the object is one of the plurality of predetermined types not including the first predetermined type, the idling stop control system prohibits the restart of the engine, andin response to a determination that the assigned type of the object immediately in front of the vehicle is a motorcycle and the front information recognition unit recognizes that another vehicle in front of the motorcycle and in the same lane as the vehicle is at a stop, the restart determination unit determines to prohibit the restart of the engine even if the motorcycle moves.

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