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Travel support device, travel support method, and drive support system

  • US 9,604,633 B2
  • Filed: 10/08/2014
  • Issued: 03/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A travel support device that supports a vehicle having an internal combustion engine and a motor, which uses a battery, as drive sources to move from a current location to a destination, whereina travel route from the current location to the destination is divided into a plurality of sections,travel modes of the vehicle include an electric vehicle mode, which uses the motor as the drive source, and a hybrid vehicle mode, which uses at least the internal combustion engine as the drive source,a road load for traveling each section in the electric vehicle mode is set,the travel support device comprising:

  • a planner that plans, for each section, the travel mode by selecting one of the electric vehicle mode and the hybrid vehicle mode; and

    a setter, wherein when a planned section of the travel mode transitions from an electric vehicle mode-planned section to a hybrid vehicle mode-planned section, the setter sets the travel mode to continue traveling in the electric vehicle mode in the hybrid vehicle mode-planned section on condition that a remaining charge of the battery is less than a threshold.

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