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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress sudden change of operating points of an internal combustion engine which may occur when a travel mode is changed in the midst of operating the internal combustion engine.SOLUTION: When the travel mode is switched over in the midst of traveling by operating the engine, charging and discharging request power Pb* is set by slowly changing by the rate limit processing (S750-S800). The engine request power is set as the sum of charging and discharging request power Pb* and power for traveling, and the engine and two motors are controlled to travel by the power for traveling, while the engine is operated on an operating point obtained by operation line with the application of the engine request power. Since the engine request power is also slowly changed by slowly changing the charging and discharging request power Pb*, sudden change of the operating point of the engine can be suppressed.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To expand EV travel and to prevent deterioration of driveability that may occur when no-load traveling in a hybrid vehicle.SOLUTION: When a driving mode is CD mode and an engine ENG stops, a Wout control unit 154 widens a discharge allowable power Wout to W1 larger than W0. An engine operation determiner 156 determines whether to operate the engine ENG in a load operation or not, based on W0 when the driving mode is CS mode and on W1 when the driving mode is CD mode. When the engine ENG operates in a non-load operation, the engine operation determiner 156 determines whether to operate the engine ENG in the load operation or not, based on W0 even when the driving mode is the CD mode.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable stable energy management and power management even in case that a discrepancy arises between an output power from a converter operating in a power control mode and a power command, in a power supply system which is equipped with a plurality of electric storage devices and a plurality of converters. SOLUTION: The power supply system of a vehicle includes a plurality of electric storage devices, which include a first electric storage device 110 and a second electric storage device 120, a plurality of converters, and a controller 190. The plurality of converters include a first converter 140 which is provided to correspond to the first electric storage device 110 and the voltage of which is controlled, and a second converter 150 which is provided to correspond to the second electric storage device 120 and the voltage of which is controlled. Then, the controller 190 sets the power command of the second converter 150 by modifying the power target value of the second electric storage device 120 based on the quantity of a difference between the power command of the second converter 150 and the actual input-output power value of the second electric storage device 120. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience of a driver related to display of a travel distance of a hybrid vehicle. SOLUTION: An indicator 510 indicating a ratio between a first distance 501 including a distance by which this plug-in hybrid vehicle travels in a CS (Charge Sustaining) mode and a distance by which the plug-in hybrid vehicle travels in a state that an engine 100 is driven in a CD (Charge Depleting) mode, and a second distance 502 by which the hybrid vehicle travels in a state that the engine 100 stops in the CD mode, is displayed on a display 192. In the CS mode and the CD mode, the plug-in hybrid vehicle travels by driving force from one of the engine and a second MG (Motor Generator). Power charged into a battery in the CD mode is made smaller than power charged into the battery in the CS mode. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve user-friendly display in a hybrid vehicle capable of traveling while switching a traveling mode. SOLUTION: A display portion 172 includes an SOC (State Of Charge) display portion 302, and a traveling distance display portion 304. The SOC display portion 302 displays SOC so as to change a display area according to the SOC of an electricity accumulating device. The SOC display portion 302 displays the SOC of the electricity accumulating device so as to make a display form (for example, a display color) of an area 306 in which the SOC is much than a threshold value of the SOC indicating the switching from an CD (Charge Depleting) mode to an CS (Charge Sustaining) mode, differ from the display form of an area 308 in which the SOC is less than the threshold, during the CD mode. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device capable of properly notifying a driver of a starting point of an engine, and a hybrid vehicle equipped with the display device, by considering the expansion of an EV (Electric Vehicle) traveling area. SOLUTION: A traveling mode control portion 324 controls the switching of a CD (Charge Depleting) mode and a CS (Charge Sustaining) mode on the basis of SOC (State Of Charge) calculated by an SOC calculating portion 322. A display control portion 328 receives request power PWR and request torque TR received from a traveling control portion 326. The display control portion 328 controls the indication of a display portion indicating the starting point of the engine according to the traveling power and the traveling torque of a vehicle during the CD mode, and controls the indication of the display portion according to only the traveling power of the vehicle during the CS mode. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To satisfy respective requests of secure protection of an energy storage device and precise detection of full charging in a vehicle configured such that the energy storage device can be charged by external power supply. SOLUTION: A monitoring unit 54 outputs a current detection value IB1 having a relatively wide measurement range and a short detection period and a current detection value IB2 having a relatively high resolution to charging ECU48. The charging ECU48 controls (protection control) a charger 44 so that a charging power is reduced when a charging current calculated by using the current detection value IB1 exceeds a prescribed limit value. The charging ECU 48 controls (full charging control) the charger 44 so that the energy storage device 10 becomes a prescribed full charging state based on a charging power calculated by using the current detection value IB2. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly perform intermittent operation of an engine by restraining an engine from requiring a time for start-up thereof, by limitation of torque output from a motor in order to retrain a magnet of the motor from being magnetism-reduced, and generation of vibration at the start-up time of the engine. SOLUTION: A hybrid automobile sets, as an intermittence prohibition vehicle speed Vpr, a smaller intermittence prohibition vehicle speed out of a state-dependent intermittence prohibition vehicle speed Vprc set to be get larger along with a higher limit voltage VHmax, and to be get smaller along with a higher motor temperature Temp, and a predetermined basic intermittence prohibition vehicle speed Vprb, which are vehicle speeds obtained by converting a rotational speed when torque limitation, that is the maximum allowance torque maybe input and output into/from the motor in order to restrain the motor from being magnetism-reduced, gets equal to cranking torque for starting up the engine, when a voltage of a high voltage system is the limit voltage VHmax, and prohibits an intermittent operation of the engine when the vehicle speed V is the intermittence prohibition vehicle speed Vpr or more. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology to reliably perform engine cranking in a hybrid vehicle, preventing tooth hammering sound of a power distribution mechanism. SOLUTION: A power conversion section control section 71 executes pressing control, to prevent tooth hammering sound of the power distribution mechanism. A battery allowable power value calculating section 73 calculates the allowable power value of a battery when the engine starts. An pressing control prohibition threshold value setup section 74 sets up an pressing control inhibition determining threshold, to determine whether the allowable power value of the battery is sufficiently large to perform the pressing control, when the engine starts. A pressing control prohibition determining section 72 performs pressing control, when the allowable power value of the battery is above the pressing control prohibition determining threshold, at the start of the engine, while it does not perform pressing control, when the allowable power value of the battery is below the pressing control prohibition determination threshold. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress charging/discharging caused by the excessive power of a battery. SOLUTION: In a shift state or a slip state (S130, S140), averaging is operated to a power deviation Pbd calculated by subtracting estimated power Pm1* and Pm2* inputted to and outputted from motors MG1 and MG2 from an input/output power Pbat inputted to and outputted from a battery by using a value T2 smaller than a value T1 in a normal time as a time constant Tc of the averaging (S260, S170), and input/output permission limits Winf and Woutf are set based on input/output limits Win and Wout of the battery (S180). Thus, it is possible to suppress charging/discharging caused by the excessive power of the battery by more quickly changing the input/output permission limits Winf and Woutf than those in a normal time. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT