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| 20080227590 | Vehicle, driving apparatus and control method of both - During a standstill, a prescribed rotation speed N | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080236911 | Power output apparatus and method for controlling the same, and vehicle and drive system - When the shift stage of a transmission is not being changed, a change gear ratio Gr of a transmission is calculated by setting an inputted rotation speed Nm | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080300099 | Power Output Apparatus, Motor Vehicle Equipped with Power Output Apparatus, Control System for Power Output Apparatus, and Control Method of Power Output Apparatus - In the presence of a torque change request (step S | 12-04-2008 |
| 20100087288 | VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE - The intermittence prohibition vehicle speed Vpr is set to the smallest of the standard intermittence prohibition vehicle speed Vpr | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100094497 | ELECTRICAL POWERED VEHICLE INCORPORATING MOTOR AND INVERTER, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In an electrical powered vehicle including a control device for generating an input/output power command value for a power storage device and a control device for controlling a power conversion device and a rotating electric machine, provided separately, when there is a sudden change in the rotational speed of a rotating electric machine, the input/output power command value of a power storage device intrinsically set by an HV-ECU is corrected corresponding to the change in the rotational speed of the rotating electric machine by a control device MG-ECU detecting the rotational speed of the rotating electric machine, without having to wait for modification of the input/output power command value from the HV-ECU. Accordingly, there can be prevented excessive charging and excessive discharging of a power storage device induced by delay in modifying the input/output power command value caused by transmission delay between control devices when the rotational speed of the rotating electric machine suddenly changes. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20110040436 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A power supply system includes a main power storage device and a plurality of sub power storage devices. A converter is connected to selected one of the sub power storage devices to convert voltage between the selected sub power storage device and an electric power feeding line bidirectionally. When a request for switching the selected sub power storage device in use is generated, a converter steps up voltage on the electric power feeding line to a predetermined voltage, and thereafter a process for switching relays is performed. The predetermined voltage is higher than any of a voltage output from the main power storage device and a voltage output from a sub power storage device to be newly connected to the converter. Further, during the process for switching connection of the relays, upper limits on electric power input/output to/from the selected sub power storage device are set to 0. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110087395 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A power supply system includes a main power storage device and a plurality of sub power storage devices. A converter is connected to selected one of the sub power storage devices to convert voltage between the selected sub power storage device and an electric power feeding line bidirectionally. When a request for switching the selected sub power storage device in use is generated, upper limits on electric power input/output to/from the selected sub power storage device are continuously varied. Thus, discontinuous variation of electric power input/output to/from the power supply system during the process for switching the selected sub power storage device can be avoided. Consequently, sudden change in a behavior of an electrically powered vehicle can be avoided. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110178664 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A power supply system includes a main power storage device and a plurality of sub power storage devices. A converter is connected to a selected one of the sub power storage devices to convert voltage between the selected sub power storage device and an electric power feeding line bidirectionally. In response to decrease in SOC of the selected sub power storage device being used, a request to switch the sub power storage device is generated and accordingly a switching process for a relay is performed. Here, while a process for starting or stopping an engine is being performed, the request to switch will not be generated even when decrease in SOC is detected. Likewise, while a process for switching the sub power storage device is being performed, the process for starting or stopping the engine will not be started even when a request to start or stop the engine is generated. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110208383 | ELECTRIC POWERED VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A power supply system includes a main power storage device and a plurality of sub power storage devices. A converter is connected to a selected one of the sub power storage devices to perform voltage conversion bidirectionally between the selected sub power storage device and an electric power feeding line. A control device executes charging control for controlling input of electric power from a load device to the main power storage device and selected sub power storage device, and switching control for switching electrical connection between the plurality of sub power storage devices and electric power feeding line, according to a braking request of the electric powered vehicle. The control device prohibits or limits, until completion of one of the charging control and switching control, the other control. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110257915 | APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING STATE OF CHARGE, METHOD OF CALCULATING STATE OF CHARGE, AND ELECTRIC SYSTEM - When the sum of a first state of charge of a first battery stack and a second state of charge of a second battery stack is large, a higher state of charge is selected as a priority state of charge. When the sum of first state of charge of the first battery stack and the second state of charge of the second battery stack is small, a lower state of charge is selected as the priority state of charge. A first coefficient and a second coefficient are set in accordance with the priority state of charge. The second coefficient is set so as to be lower than the first coefficient. The product of the first coefficient and the priority state of charge is added to the product of the second coefficient and the other state of charge, to thereby calculate a state of charge of a power storage system. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110266868 | POWER LIMITING APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC SYSTEM, POWER LIMITING METHOD FOR ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC SYSTEM - In a first condition, the sum of discharging power from a first battery stack and discharging power from a second battery stack is limited in accordance with the sum of a limit value of discharging power from the first battery stack and a limit value of discharging power from the second battery stack. In a second condition, electric power of the battery stacks is limited in accordance with either the limit value of discharging power from the first battery stack or the limit value of discharging power from the second battery stack. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120010771 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A power supply system includes a main power storage device and a plurality of sub power storage devices. A converter is connected to a selected one of the sub power storage devices to convert voltage between the selected sub power storage device and an electric power feeding line bidirectionally. The sub power storage device undergoes a connection switching process, and when the last sub power storage device is currently used, then, in accordance with that sub power storage device's SOC and the vehicle's state, a request is generated to disconnect the sub power storage device and a relay is turned off. In doing so, if a process is currently performed for starting or stopping an engine, generating the request is refrained even if a decreased SOC is sensed. Similarly, if a process is performed to disconnect a sub power storage device, and therewhile a request is generated to start/stop the engine, starting the process performed for starting or stopping the engine is refrained. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120022738 | ELECTRIC POWERED VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An electric powered vehicle includes a motor, an inverter, a main power storage device, and a plurality of sub power storage devices. A converter is connected to a selected one of the plurality of sub power storage devices to perform voltage conversion bidirectionally between the selected sub power storage device and an electric power feeding line. A control device executes a disconnection process to disconnect a selected sub power storage device from the converter based on a state of charge of the selected sub power storage device when there is no new sub power storage device that can replace the selected sub power storage device. Further, the control device executes a braking process for the inverter for regenerative braking by the motor. The control device prohibits, during execution of one process of a disconnection process and braking process, the other process. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120038326 | MOTOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In the case that an auxiliary such as the air conditioner is operated with electric power from the commercial power supply by controlling the charger prior to the system startup and the inter-terminal voltage of the battery is more than or equal to the threshold value Vref that is a voltage where there is a possibility of overcharging the battery when the battery is charged, the supply voltage of the electric power supplied from the charger is set to the voltage that is a little smaller than the threshold value, and the auxiliary is operated with the electric power from the battery and the electric power from the charger. This arrangement enables to prevent overcharging the battery and to operate the auxiliary in the case that an auxiliary such as the air conditioner is operated with electric power from the commercial power supply by controlling the charger prior to the system startup. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041630 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF HYBRID VEHICLE - The vehicle speed is set as the intermittent operation prohibition vehicle speed before the accumulated charge amount condition where each accumulated charge amount of the master battery and the slave battery becomes each preset value is satisfied, and the vehicle speed that is less than the vehicle speed is set as the intermittent operation prohibition vehicle speed after the accumulated charge amount condition is satisfied. Then, when the vehicle speed is less than the intermittent operation prohibition vehicle speed, the engine and the motor are controlled so that the hybrid vehicle is driven with the priority to the motor travel where the hybrid vehicle is driven with input and output power to and from the motor before accumulated charge amount condition is satisfied, and the engine and the motor are controlled so that the hybrid vehicle is driven with the intermittent operation of the engine corresponding to the power demand after the accumulated charge amount condition is satisfied. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120072063 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - During vehicle travelling with the motor travel priority mode where the vehicle is driven to travel prioritizing the motor travel after system startup, when the accumulated charge ratio of the batteries becomes less than the threshold value, which is set so that the accumulated charge ratio reaches the threshold value for shifting to the hybrid travel priority mode in the case that the vehicle is driven in the motor travel for the required time to warm up the catalyst, in the state that the temperature of the catalyst for purifying the engine exhaust is less than the threshold value which is predetermined as a lower limit temperature to activate the catalyst, the engine is started up and brought to the appropriate operation state to the catalyst warm-up and the vehicle is driven with the motor travel priority mode. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072066 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In the case that the motor travel priority mode is set and the restriction mode is set as the control mode because of the request of the operation of the engine, the threshold value Peg that is smaller value between the obtained value (kw·Wout) from multiplying the output limit Wout of the battery by the preset conversion factor kw and the preset power Pset that is smaller than the converted output limit Wout of the battery at a normal time is compared with the driving power Pdrv*. The hybrid vehicle is driven with the motor travel in idle operation of the engine when the driving power Pdrv* is not more than the threshold value Peg, and the hybrid vehicle is driven with power from the engine when the driving power Pdrv* is more than the threshold value Peg. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120089290 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A power supply system includes a main power storage device and a plurality of sub power storage devices. A converter is connected to a selected one of the sub power storage devices to convert voltage between the selected sub power storage device and an electric power feeding line bidirectionally. Connection of the sub power storage device is switched and, when the last sub power storage is used, a request to disconnect the sub power storage device is generated based on the SOC of the sub power storage device and the vehicle state. Specifically, where the SOC is included in a disconnection forced region in which the SOC is smaller than a reference lower limit, the sub power storage device is forced to be disconnected regardless of the vehicle state. Where the SOC is included in a disconnection permitted region in which the SOC is higher than that in the disconnection forced region, the disconnection request is generated on condition that the vehicle is in such a state that will not affect vehicle's drivability. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120109442 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A power supply system for a hybrid vehicle includes a main power storage device and a plurality of sub power storage devices used selectively. When SOC of each power storage device decreases to an SOC control target, the running mode transitions from a CD mode of running with stored electric energy with an engine stopped to a CS mode of running while maintaining stored electric energy by power generation of the engine. An ECU determines a usage pattern of the power storage devices in the CS mode and the CD mode at startup of the power supply system following the start of vehicle driving. Further, in accordance with the determined usage pattern, the ECU appropriately sets an individual SOC target for each power storage device such that, upon ensuring stored electric energy available at the start of the CS mode, stored electric energy to be used in the CD mode is maximized. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120143425 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR SETTING TOTAL ALLOWABLE DISCHARGE ELECTRIC ENERGY IN THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE - When an accumulated charge amount of a first slave battery reaches a preset accumulated charge amount or less, the first slave battery is set as a used secondary battery, and when a master battery and a second slave battery are connected to sides of motors, accumulated charge amount differences of the master battery and the second slave battery are respectively set as allowable discharge electric energies E | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120226403 | CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A controller for a vehicle including an engine and a motor includes: a setting section that sets a command power based on a required power required by a user; and a control section that controls the engine and the motor so as to stop the engine and achieve the command power by using the motor before an engine starting condition is satisfied, and so as to start the engine and achieve the command power by using the engine and the motor after the engine starting condition is satisfied. The setting section changes the command power, at any point in time during a transition period from when the engine starting condition is satisfied to when the engine is started, so as to approach a value corresponding to the driving power, if a difference between the command power and the driving power is occurring or expected to occur during the transition period. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120268066 | CHARGE CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND ELECTRIC POWERED VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SAME - A monitoring unit outputs a first current detection value having a relatively wide measurement range and a relatively short detection cycle and a second current detection value having a relatively high resolution, to a charging ECU. When charging power calculated using the first current detection value exceeds a predetermined limit value, the charging ECU controls a charger to reduce charging power (protection control). Further, the charging ECU controls the charger such that a power storage device attains a predetermined fully charged state based on charging power calculated using the second current detection value (full charge control). | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120277946 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In a hybrid vehicle, motor traveling using only an output of a rotating electric machine utilizing electric power of a vehicle-mounted power storage device is applicable in a region inside a maximum output line in motor traveling for an EV mode, and in a region inside a maximum output line in motor traveling for an EV mode. Each of the maximum output lines is composed of straight line portions defining an upper limit torque and an upper limit vehicle speed and a curved line portion defining upper limit output power, in motor traveling. Therefore, if a vehicle speed exceeds the upper limit vehicle speed in motor traveling in each of the EV mode and the HV mode, an engine is started. A motor traveling upper limit vehicle speed in the EV mode is set to be lower than a motor traveling upper limit vehicle speed in the HV mode. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120323427 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - An ECU executes a program including the steps of: executing first restriction control if the temperature of coolant is equal to or greater than a first temperature and smaller than a second temperature; executing second restriction control if the temperature of the coolant is equal to or greater than the second temperature; and executing normal control if the temperature of the coolant is smaller than the first temperature. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130009764 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE AND ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - An SOC display displayed on a display includes a first region and a second region. The first region presents an SOC range capable of ensuring the minimum traveling performance. The SOC display displays an SOC within the first region. The second region presents an SOC range incapable of ensuring the minimum traveling performance. The boundary between the first region and the second region corresponds to an SOC lower limit value indicating the SOC lower limit capable of ensuring the minimum traveling performance. The SOC lower limit value is set based on the temperature of a power storage device. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130024063 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE, AND HYBRID VEHICLE INCORPORATING CONTROL DEVICE - An ECU uses a map or the like prepared in advance to calculate discharge allowable power indicating electric power that can be discharged from a power storage device. When the running mode is at the CD mode and an engine is stopped, the ECU increases the discharge allowable power to a predetermined value. Furthermore, even when the running mode is at the CS mode or even when the engine is operating, the ECU increases the discharge allowable power when a catalyst device provided at an exhaust pipe of the engine is currently warmed up. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130030633 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE, AND HYBRID VEHICLE INCORPORATING CONTROL DEVICE - An ECU uses a map or the like prepared in advance to calculate a discharge allowable power. Then, the ECU sets a VH upper limit value at the first upper limit value. When the running mode is not at a CD mode (that is, at a CS mode), or when the engine is operating, the ECU proceeds to S | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030634 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE, AND HYBRID VEHICLE INCORPORATING CONTROL DEVICE - An ECU includes a running mode control unit, a Wout control unit, and an engine start/stop determination unit. The running mode control unit controls switching of a running mode including a CD mode in which an engine is stopped and running using a motor generator alone is given priority, and a CS mode in which the engine is operated and the SOC of a power storage device is maintained at a predetermined target. The engine start/stop determination unit carries out a start determination of the engine based on a discharge allowable power indicating electric power that can be discharged by the power storage device. The Wout control unit modifies the discharge allowable power based on the running mode and operation/stop of the engine. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030637 | HYBRID PLUG-IN VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A plugin hybrid vehicle is installed with an engine, an oil pump coupled to an output shaft of the engine to be driven by the engine, a motor/generator coupled to the output shaft of the engine, and a battery. An ECU controls the motor/generator to rotate the output shaft of the engine during charging of the battery using power supplied from a power source on the exterior of the plugin hybrid vehicle. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130041543 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE, AND HYBRID VEHICLE INCORPORATING CONTROL DEVICE - A Wout control unit increases a discharge allowable power to W | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130062941 | ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - The SOC of a power storage device provided in an electrically powered vehicle is controlled not to fall out of a SOC control range. When a SOC estimate value reaches a control lower limit value during vehicle traveling, a power generating structure provided in the vehicle starts to charge the power storage device. In the case of low temperature and/or deterioration of the power storage device, i.e., in the case where decrease of performance of the power storage device is concerned, the control lower limit value is increased as compared with that in a normal state. As a result, decrease of driveability and decrease of startability of an engine in the hybrid vehicle, both otherwise caused by insufficient output electric power from the power storage device, can be avoided. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130073136 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine ( | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130096764 | ELECTRICALLY-POWERED VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - Motor traveling using only an output of a rotating electrical machine utilizing power of a vehicle-mounted power storage device is applicable to an electrically-powered vehicle, within a region inside a maximum output line in motor traveling. The maximum output line is composed of straight line portions defining an upper limit torque and an upper limit vehicle speed and a curved line portion defining upper limit output power, in motor traveling. When an output power upper limit value from the power storage device is limited due to an increase in a current load or a reduction in the SOC of the power storage device, a driving region to which motor traveling is applicable is narrowed. Operation in a high rotation region, where efficiency is reduced, is avoided by changing the upper limit vehicle speed in motor traveling in response to the SOC and/or the current load of the power storage device. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130110379 | IN-VEHICLE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130166125 | PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLE - A plug-in hybrid vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine outputting driving power; an electric motor outputting driving power; an electrical storage device storing electric power; and a controller. The controller is configured to learn an electric power consumption rate by calculating the electric power consumption rate when the vehicle has traveled on the electric power stored in the electrical storage device using only the electric motor as a driving force source and to control travel of the vehicle using at least one of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor as the driving force source. The controller is configured to, when a driving frequency of the internal combustion engine that is driven as the vehicle travels on at least one of an uphill and a downhill is higher than a predetermined frequency, invalidate the calculated electric power consumption rate or information acquired to calculate the electric power consumption rate. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130187450 | LOAD DRIVING DEVICE, VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH LOAD DRIVING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LOAD DRIVING DEVICE - A Wout calculating portion summates limit values of respective power storage devices to calculate an output power limit value of a power storage portion. An excess current FB control portion executes an excess current FB control if at least one of currents IB | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130218382 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An electric vehicle includes an electric storage device, an electric motor that generates driving force for running the vehicle, using electric power output from the storage device, and a controller that controls an output of the storage device. The controller includes a restriction control unit that restricts a permissible output power indicating electric power permitted to be output from the storage device, based on a load condition of the storage device, and an output control unit that reduces the rate of increase of the electric power output from the storage device as the permissible output power is more likely to be restricted when returning from a restricted condition in which the permissible output power is restricted by the restriction control unit. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130311026 | VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - An ECU executes a program including the steps of: executing addition processing when current IB is equal to or more than a current upper limit value IB( | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130325236 | Hybrid Vehicle and Control Method of Hybrid Vehicle - Vehicle includes an engine, a first rotating electric machine and a control device controlling the rotational speed of the first rotating electric machine such that the rotational speed of the engine matches a target rotational speed. The control device calculates a torque command value of the first rotating electric machine based on an upper limit value of electric power discharged from a power storage device supplying electric power to the first rotating electric machine. The control device calculates the torque command of the first rotating electric machine based on a further restricted value of the upper limit value when a torque restricting condition including simultaneous operation of an accelerator pedal and brake pedal is met. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140136037 | VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE - A vehicle capable of traveling using electric power from a power storage device mounted thereon has an ECU executing, when traveling by electric power from the power storage device: the step of calculating a reference electric consumption based on an average operating point determined by an average vehicle speed and average driving force for every predetermined period; the step of calculating an actual electric consumption based on power consumption and travel distance during the period; the step of calculating a predicted electric consumption by a smoothing processing based on the reference electric consumption and actual electric consumption; and the step of calculating an allowed travel distance RMD that the vehicle can travel by the electric power remaining in the power storage device, based on the predicted electric consumption and the SOC of the power storage device. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140287869 | CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes an electric steplessly speed changing unit, an engaging device, and an electronic control unit. The electric steplessly speed changing unit includes a differential mechanism including a first rotary element to which an engine is coupled, a second rotary element to which a first rotary machine is coupled, and a third rotary element as an output rotary member of the differential mechanism to which a second rotary machine is coupled. Differential operation of the electric steplessly speed changing unit is controlled by controlling operation of the first rotary machine. The engaging device is provided in a power transmission path between the third rotary element and drive wheels. In control of the hybrid vehicle, when at least one of the first rotary machine and the second rotary machine is operated with a predetermined positive or negative maximum torque, the electronic control unit controls a slip amount of the engaging device by changing the torque capacity of the engaging device. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140343775 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes a differential device, a first motor, an engine, a second motor, an engagement device, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control the first motor and the second motor when an engagement state of the engagement device changes, such that a first angular acceleration and a second angular acceleration reach a first target value and the second target value respectively, the first angular acceleration and the second angular acceleration being two angular accelerations of the engine, the first motor, and the second motor and to calculate the first target value and the second target value by applying a constraint condition to at least one of the first target value and the second target value. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140350761 | HYBRID VEHICLE - In the present specification, degradation of a battery is suppressed in a hybrid vehicle having an EV mode in which the hybrid vehicle runs without using an engine and an HV mode in which the hybrid vehicle runs using both the engine and a motor. A controller of the hybrid vehicle is configured to limit a usage range of the battery in the EV mode with an execution request of the EV mode having been made by an information input from outside to the vehicle than in the EV mode with no execution request. The degradation of the battery is suppressed by limiting the usage range of the battery. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350764 | PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLE - In an electric-mileage learning when a running mode of a plug-in hybrid vehicle is a CD mode, acquisition of information for the electric-mileage learning is not performed in the case where the running mode is changed from the CD mode to a CS mode during one trip even when the running mode is changed to the CD mode afterward. The electric-mileage learning is performed by calculating a trip electric mileage using only information acquired in the CD mode before a change to the CS mode for the first time. This avoids inclusion of an error caused by running on the uphill road in the CS mode in a learned electric mileage even when the running is performed. This enhances the accuracy of the learned electric mileage, thus accurately calculating a possible EV running distance. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140358347 | HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle for reducing a variation in accelerator position when an EV mode is switched to a HV mode is provided. A controller executes the following process during running in the EV mode. The controller sets an increase of the accelerator position from a first accelerator position to a switching accelerator position at which a switch to the HV mode is to be made as a first increase when an output of a motor has reached an output upper limit at the first accelerator position. The controller sets an increase of the accelerator position from a second accelerator position to the switching accelerator position as a second increase which is smaller than the first increase when the output of the motor has reached the output upper limit at the second accelerator position which is larger than the first accelerator position. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358352 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME - A vehicle speed control device includes: a traction battery; an electric motor that drives wheels of a vehicle to rotate; an inverter, connected to the traction battery via electrical paths and, converts electric power supplied by the traction battery to electric power for supply to the electric motor; and relays and provided on the electrical paths, wherein the vehicle speed control device, which performs a first judgment as to whether or not the traction battery is in a died state and, if it is in the died state, turns off the relays and, performs a second judgment as to whether or not the traction battery is in a battery just before died state, and if it is determined in the second judgment that the traction battery is in the battery just before died state, controls the electric motor to restrict vehicle speed to or below an SMR-openable vehicle speed. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140371963 | CONTROL DEVICE OF HYBRID SYSTEM - The invention of this application relates to a control device of a hybrid system which can output an engine power and an electric motor power selectively or simultaneously, the control device selectively performing first and second modes for concomitantly using an EV mode for performing the operation of the electric motor ( | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150191089 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD - An electric vehicle includes an electric motor outputting regenerative torque to a drive shaft connected to an axle shaft, a hydraulic brake providing braking force for the vehicle, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a regeneration coordination switch in which at least part of the regenerative torque from the electric motor is gradually switched to the braking force from the hydraulic brake. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a vibration suppression control that restrains vibration of the vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to increase frequency of execution of the vibration suppression control when the regeneration coordination switch is performed, as compared to frequency of execution of the vibration suppression control when the regeneration coordination switch is not being performed. | 07-09-2015 |
| 20160001676 | ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE - An electrically powered vehicle includes a power storage device, a motor, a limitation control unit, a notification unit, and a changing unit. The motor generates traveling driving power using electric power output from the power storage device. The limitation control unit limits possible output power, which indicates electric power able to be output from the power storage device, based on a load state of the power storage device. The notification unit notifies a warning when the possible output power is smaller than a threshold value for notifying a driver of decrease of the traveling driving power. The changing unit increases, when the load state of the power storage device is high, the threshold value to be larger than the threshold value when the load state of the power storage device is low. | 01-07-2016 |
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| 20120127254 | THERMAL PRINT HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thermal print head includes a substrate, a glaze layer formed on the substrate and provided with a heating resistor support portion extending in a primary scanning direction and having an arc-like cross-sectional shape when seen in a direction perpendicular to the primary scanning direction, an electrode layer including a plurality of individual electrodes, each provided with a first strip-shaped portion arranged along the primary scanning direction, each of the first strip-shaped portions formed on the heating resistor support portion, and a common electrode provided with a plurality of second strip-shaped portions arranged along the primary scanning direction, each of the second strip-shaped portions formed on the heating resistor support portion; and a resistor layer including heating portions heated by applying an electric current from the electrode layer and electrode covering portions each configured to cover a gap between the first and second strip-shaped portions. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20140013453 | DUPLICATION JUDGMENT DEVICE AND DUPLICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Each recording medium device includes a memory and a controller having controller information allocated thereto. Each recording medium device has a medium identifier allocated thereto. A duplication judgment device | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140108822 | CONTROLLER TO BE INCORPORATED IN STORAGE MEDIUM DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM DEVICE, SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING STORAGE MEDIUM DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STORAGE MEDIUM DEVICE - Provided is a controller capable of preventing card makers from conducting unauthorized acts. The controller includes: a controller key storage unit configured to hold a controller key that has been embedded by a controller manufacturing device in advance; a decryption unit configured to receive encrypted media key information that has been generated by a key issuance center that is authorized and to decrypt the received encrypted media key by using the controller key, the encrypted key information generated through encryption of key information with use of the controller key; and an encryption unit configured to encrypt the decrypted media key again by using an individual key that is unique to the controller. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140129842 | UNAUTHORIZED CONTENTS DETECTION SYSTEM - A data processing device for playing back a digital work reduces the processing load involved in verification by using only a predetermined number of encrypted units selected randomly from multiple encrypted units constituting encrypted contents recorded on a DVD. In addition, the data processing device improves the accuracy of detecting unauthorized contents by randomly selecting a predetermined number of encrypted units every time the verification is performed. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140317410 | NETWORK SERVICE INTERMEDIATION METHOD AND INTERMEDIATION SYSTEM - An intermediation method used in an intermediation system that includes an intermediation device determining a permission for application services requiring user authentication on a network, where in response to a user request, a first account used for a first service and a second account used for a second service, and a registration request for using the linking service linking the first application service and the second application service are associated with each other, when the two accounts are valid, as accounts usable in a linking service, an association between the first and second services is stored in the intermediation device, and when the user makes a request to use the linked services, that use is controlled by a query to the intermediation device regarding whether the account is associated as able to use the linking service. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150127948 | UNAUTHORIZED CONTENTS DETECTION SYSTEM - A data processing device for playing back a digital work reduces the processing load involved in verification by using only a predetermined number of encrypted units selected randomly from multiple encrypted units constituting encrypted contents recorded on a DVD. In addition, the data processing device improves the accuracy of detecting unauthorized contents by randomly selecting a predetermined number of encrypted units every time the verification is performed. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150189359 | CONTENT RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING SYSTEM - A content recording method for a recording apparatus includes the following steps: an automatic recording control step of automatically recording a first plurality of pieces of content in a channel automatic recording area, each of the first plurality of pieces of content being broadcast through a channel in a time slot; a deletion step of instructing a mobile apparatus to delete a first piece of content that has previously been copied or moved from the channel automatic recording area to the mobile apparatus when the recording apparatus detects that the recording apparatus has become able to communicate with the mobile apparatus; and a content transfer step of copying or moving a second piece of content included in the first plurality of pieces of content to the mobile apparatus when the recording apparatus detects that the recording apparatus has become able to communicate with the mobile apparatus. | 07-02-2015 |
| 20150220998 | ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD AND ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - To provide an advertisement distribution method of determining a distribution destination of an advertisement of a product that has a low direct relevance to execution pieces of information collected from home appliances. The advertisement distribution method includes: a collecting step of collecting, from each of one or more of home appliances owned by each of users, one or more pieces of execution information each indicating a function that has been executed by the home appliance; a detecting step of, with respect to each user, detecting an unused function that has not been used in each home appliance by analyzing the collected pieces of execution information and functions of the home appliance; and a transmitting step of extracting a user who is expected to purchase a product based on a detection result, and transmitting an advertisement to one or more of the home appliances owned by the extracted user. | 08-06-2015 |
| 20160026820 | INFORMATION APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND COPY CONTROL METHOD - An information recording and playback apparatus includes an input processing unit that obtains a bonus feature obtaining code for requesting permission to copy content data, a playback control unit that reads a content ID from an optical disc, a communication control unit that transmits the bonus feature obtaining code and the content ID to a copy management server and that receives, from the copy management server, a copy permission condition that is associated with a combination of the bonus feature obtaining code and the content ID and that indicates a condition under which content data stored in the optical disc is copied to another recording medium, and a recording control unit that copies the content data stored in the optical disc to the other recording medium in accordance with the copy permission condition. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160092662 | CONTENT READING METHOD FOR READING OUT COPYRIGHT-PROTECTED CONTENT FROM NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, CONTENT READING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - A content reading method includes identifying first version information indicating a version of a content copyright protection method of an optical disk based on this optical disk, identifying second version information indicating a version of a protocol used in authentication of a host apparatus, determining whether the authentication is to be approved or not by comparing the first version information and the second version information, authenticating the host apparatus according to a result of the determination, reading out, from the optical disk, Volume ID used in decrypting an encrypted content and sending it to the authenticated host apparatus, and 0 the encrypted content from the optical disk and sending it to the authenticated host apparatus. | 03-31-2016 |
