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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce unnecessary energy consumption and to prevent abrupt start of a vehicle in a brake hold control releasing time in the vehicle wherein brake hold control is released based on the degree of an acceleration demand by a driver. SOLUTION: An ECU carries out a program including steps S102, S112, S114, and S200. In the step S102, a control accelerator opening used for output control of driving force as the control degree of the acceleration demand by the driver is set to 0 when it is under the brake hold control (S100: YES). In the step S112, if an actual accelerator opening as the actual degree of the acceleration demand by the driver is higher than a predetermined opening A (0) (S106: YES), it is determined that the acceleration demand is given by the driver. In the step S114, a brake hold control releasing instruction is outputted. In the step S200, the control accelerator opening is gradually converged to the actual accelerator opening. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress generation of vibration in a vehicle when decelerating the vehicle during idle control of an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: When an ISC (Idle Speed Control) execution control execution condition is satisfied (YES in S100), an engine ECU (Electronic Control Unit) executes a program including: a step (S102) of reading a learning value; a step (S104) of calculating a correction value; a step (S106) of calculating a feedback correction value; a step (S108) of determining an ISC control amount; and a step (S110) of controlling an electronic throttle valve. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress wasteful energy consumption resulting from a change in an operation point of an internal combustion for changing a range when changing a settable range of a requested drive force required for travelling can be set. SOLUTION: In a state in which a DSS request is made from a driver in an accelerator-off state, a hybrid automobile 20 sets a requested torque Tr* required for travelling within a power range in which at least a lower limit of power is set so small as equivalent to a fourth stage (SP4) rather than a normal power range in which the DSS request is not made and a D position is selected as a shift position SP (S230), and sets a target rotating speed Ne* as a target operation point of an engine 22 by using a restriction similar to that in a normal time (S160). Thereby, the automobile 20 may suppress the wasteful energy consumption resulting from the change in the operation point of the engine 22 while increasing a braking force to be secured in a constant-speed travel control and in a following travel control. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the vibration at operation of an internal combustion engine by pausing some of cylinders, in a hybrid car where an internal combustion engine, a generator, and a drive shaft are connected to a planetary gear mechanism, and a motor is connected to the drive shaft. SOLUTION: To operate an engine, pausing some of cylinders, the torque correction Tc1 as feed forward terms is set so that it may suppress the torque ripple working on the side of the generator via the planetary gear mechanism from the engine, based on the crank angle CA of the engine and the revolutions Ne, and also the torque correction Tc2 as feedback terms is set so that it may negate the revolution ripple ΔN based on the number of revolutions Nm2 of the motor MG2. Each correction is added to the torque of the motors MG1 and MG2 required to output requested torque Tr* to the drive shaft thereby controlling the motors MG1 and MG2. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress unexpected torque shock which might occur at shift operation. SOLUTION: When shift operation is performed while braking force is still working on a drive shaft at OFF of an accelerator, a conversion factor k is set based on the deviation ΔNm1 between the number of revolutions Nm1 of a motor MG1 and the last value Nm1 (S112), and direct transmission torque Ter is computed by the use of the set conversion factor k (S114), and the torque command Tm2* for the drive motor is set by the use of this direct transmission torque Ter so as to control it (S116 and S118). Hereby, even if the user changes the revolutions of an engine by shift operation, the car can output the torque based on requested torque Tr* to a drive shaft, whereby it can suppress unexpected torque from being outputted to the drive shaft. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power output device which smoothly performs gear change of a transmission. SOLUTION: In a car in which an engine, a motor MG1 and a drive shaft are connected to a planet gear mechanism and which is equipped with a motor MG2 connected to the drive shaft via a transmission and a battery which performs exchange of electric power between motors MG1 and MG2, when switching of a status of a transmission from Hi gear to Lo gear is requested, and if a value of a torque instruction Tm2* of the motor MG2 is zero or less(S130, S150), a driving point of the engine is changed to a high torque high rotation side (S160-S190) so that the electric power set up based on the load limitation of the battery as the electric power which is insufficient to perform gear change smoothly may be supplied by the motor MG1. Thereby, electric power required for gear change can be supplied and gear change can be performed smoothly, since generated power by the motor MG1 also becomes large based on dynamic relationship of each rotation element of the planet gear mechanism. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure power needed for a change in a gear ratio of a transmission so as to execute a gear ratio change properly. SOLUTION: A gear ratio is changed using a low vehicle speed side speed change line map. The speed change line map is so set that, when a shift lever 81 is operated into a B range, a motor MG1 drives an engine 22 to be adjusted at a higher revolution as a vehicle speed increases, and that the gear ratio of the transmission 60 is changed (down shift) on a vehicle speed side lower than another side on which the gear ratio is changed when the shift lever 81 is operated into another range (D range or the like). As a result, when the gear ratio of the transmission 60 is changed while operating the proper engine braking corresponding to a vehicle speed upon operating the lever 81 into the B range, the consumption power of the motor MG1 resulting from its driving can be reduced, and the same of a motor MG2 needed for the gear ratio change can also be reduced. Hence the power of the motor MG2 that is needed for changing the gear ratio of the transmission 60 is secured, thus the gear ratio change can be executed more properly. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an excessive driving force from acting on a drive shaft due to the inertia of a motor while suppressing a decrease in torque to the drive shaft caused when a speed change gear which gears the driving force from the motor and outputs it to the drive shaft is switched to a Hi gear from a Lo gear. SOLUTION: When the speed change gear is switched to the Hi gear from the Lo gear, a torque command Tm2* is set so as to control the motor so that power outputted from the motor is kept constant, and when the output torque Tmr to the drive shaft exceeds torque Tset outputted to the drive shaft, adjusting the torque ΔTm2 corresponding to an exceeding portion is calculated, the torque command Tm2* of which the torque is reduced by the adjustment torque ΔTm2 is set to control the motor by which the decrease of torque to the drive shaft caused when a speed is changed is suppressed by making use of the inertia of the motor, and the excessive torque upon the drive shaft is prevented from acting by the inertia. As a result, the sense of the incongruity of a driver at changing speed is prevented. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress shift shock when a shift stage is shifted when braking force is outputted to a driving shaft by an electric motor through a transmission and to suppress heat generation on a clutch and a brake required for shifting of the shift stage. SOLUTION: When requirement for shifting of the transmission 60 is performed when the braking force is outputted from a motor MG2, braking torque from the motor MG2 is replaced by brakes 89a, 89b of driving wheels 39a, 39b, thereby, it is made to the state that torque is not outputted from the motor MG2. Thereafter, the transmission 60 is shifted and after shifting, braking torque replaced by the brakes 89a, 89b is replaced by the braking torque from the motor MG2. Thereby, shock generated at shifting can be suppressed and heat generation of the clutch and the brake required for shifting can be suppressed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrain a shock when shifting a transmission while avoiding short-time stopping and restarting of an engine. SOLUTION: This automobile is provided with a battery for exchanging electric power with two motors, by connecting a second motor to a driving shaft via the transmission having two shifting stages, by connecting the engine, a first motor and the driving shaft to a carrier, a sun gear and a ring gear of a planetary gear mechanism. The automobile adjusts a target charge-discharge quantity Pch* of the battery so as to reduce torque to be shared by the second motor while securing request torque Tr* to the driving shaft when requesting shifting (S150), and controls the engine and the two motors in a state of prohibiting stopping of the engine even when engine request power Pe* set from the adjusted target charge-discharge quantity Pch* becomes a threshold value Pere or less, and releases prohibition of stopping of the engine when completing the shifting by performing the shifting thereafter. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI