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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller and a control method for a hybrid vehicle capable of appropriately controlling power requested by an internal combustion engine when the internal combustion engine is started. SOLUTION: A travel control unit 250 selects one of multiple patterns regarding control of engine requested power Pe and controls the engine requested power Pe according to the pattern. The multiple patterns include: a first pattern for generating a requested value accompanying a start of an engine; a second pattern for generating a requested value after the start of the engine while generating no request value during the start of the engine; and a third pattern for generating no request value both during and after the start of the engine. The travel control unit 250 selects either one of the first and the third patterns as a control pattern in an EV mode where an engine basically stops. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To notify a driver of history of modes in which a vehicle travels and of difference of fuel consumption by the modes, and also notify a travelable distance left in a specific mode characteristic of a plug-in hybrid vehicle. SOLUTION: In the plug-in hybrid vehicle, in order to set either one of a first mode characteristic of a plug-in hybrid vehicle for prohibiting an electric storage means from being charged by electric power acquired by generating a generator with power output from an internal combustion engine, and a second mode for allowing the charge of the electrical storage means, wherein the first mode is set when the remaining capacity of the electrical storage means is not less than a predetermined threshold value, and the second mode is set when the remaining capacity of the electrical storage means is less than the predetermined threshold value. In order to display fuel consumption for every 5 minutes on a display means in time sequence up until 30 minutes before, when the mode for every 5 minutes is only the first mode, the remaining traveling distance in the first mode having a tendency to be longer as the remaining capacity is larger is derived to be displayed together with the fuel consumption. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To satisfactorily reduce the speed of a vehicle while suppressing deterioration of a catalyst for purifying exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine in the vehicle having an internal combustion engine and a rotary motor. SOLUTION: An ECU executes a program including: a step (S106) for prohibiting fail-cut when fail cut conditions are established (S100: YES), and it is necessary to suppress deterioration of a catalyst converter (S102: YES); steps (S108 to S114) for calculating a battery charging power request value W(1) so that an engine power P(E) can be a positive value based on a request traveling power P(V), a loss power P(LOSS) and inertia power P(INER); and a step (S120) for temporarily increasing WIN to W(1) when the battery charging power request value W(1) is larger than a battery charging power limit value WIN (S118: YES). COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform much proper control in starting an engine whose operation stops in a vehicle on which an engine and a motor are loaded, and to suppress the inter-terminal voltage of a battery for transferring power with the motor from becoming less than a lower limit voltage. SOLUTION: During motor traveling, a threshold Vref for a voltage is set as a threshold for starting an engine based on a vehicle speed V and a residual capacity SOC (step S160), and when an inter-terminal voltage Vb of the battery is less than a set threshold Vref for a voltage (step S170), the engine is motored and started (steps S200 to S230, S280 to S300). Thus, it is possible to suppress the inter-terminal voltage Vb of the battery from becoming less than a lower limit voltage for discharging the battery. Thus, it is possible to start the engine in a much more proper timing. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress charging or discharging in a capacitor device by excessive power during fuel cut of an internal combustion engine or first explosion at starting, and the like, and also suppress torque shocks which is produced at that time. SOLUTION: During fuel cut or a first explosion, a motor torque instruction Tm1* is set by restricting a torque Tm1tmp for motoring by torque restriction Tm1min and Tm1max obtained from a relation that a summation of driving shaft output torque is within the limits of values 0-demanding torque Tr* and a summation of battery I/O power is within the limits of I/O restrictions Win and Wout. A motor torque instruction Tm2* is set from an adaptation torque Teraj made into torque Tcut and Texp which acts on a driving shaft by fuel cut or first explosion, the torque which restricts a direct delivery torque Ter calculated from the torque instruction Tm1* by direct delivery torque restrictions Termin and Termax obtained from torque restrictions Tm1min and Tm1max and battery margin power α, and a demanding torque Tr* (S200-S260). COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more properly control the operating state of an internal combustion engine, and to properly start the internal combustion engine by driving a first motor based on the rotational position of the output shaft of the internal combustion engine thereby suppressing torque pulsation occurring at the start of the internal combustion engine and by preventing the first motor from being driven based on the improper rotational position of the output shaft of the internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: In starting an engine 22 in normal operation, the crank angle of an engine 22 is calculated based on the angle of rotation of the motors MG1 and MG detected by rotational position detection sensors 43 and 44 , and damping torque for suppressing torque pulsation occurring due to the motoring of the engine 22 by the motor MG1 is set based on the calculated crank angle, and the motoring and start of the engine 22 is performed while considering the damping torque, and when abnormality occurs in a transmission 60, the motoring and start of the engine 22 is performed without considering the damping torque. Thus, it is possible to suppress torque pulsation occurring due to the motoring of the engine 22 in a normal operation, and to prevent the damping torque based on an improper crank angle from being considered when the abnormality occurs in the transmission 60. As a result, the engine 22 can be properly started. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress gear shift shock in shifting the change gear ratio while a braking force is output to a driving shaft by a motor via a transmission, and to complete the gear shift before stopping. SOLUTION: When gear shift of the transmission 60 is requested during output of the braking force from the motor MG 2, the braking torque from the motor MG 2 is replaced by brakes 89a and 89b of driving wheels 39a and 39b to provide a state where no torque is output from the motor MG 2, then the transmission 60 is shifted, and, after the shift, the braking torque replaced by the brakes 89a and 89b is replaced by the braking torque from the motor MG 2. The replacing rate of the braking torque is set to increase as the braking torque replaced based on the position of a shift lever 81 or the depressing state of a brake pedal 85 increases and as the vehicle acceleration increases in the speed reduction direction. Thus, shock occurring in the speed reduction can be suppressed, and the gear shift can be completed before stopping. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent shock and movement of a vehicle following a compression check. SOLUTION: The vehicle is constituted by connecting a first motor, an engine, and a driving shaft to a sun gear of a planet gear, a carrier, and a ring gear, respectively, and a second motor is connected to the driving shaft via a transmission. When cranking of the engine is required for compression check, the engine is usually cranked by the first motor, and control is performed so that the torque outputted to the driving shaft side in response to this is canceled by the second motor (S200-S240). When the transmission cannot normally transmit the power from the second motor (S120, S130 and S180), the cranking of the engine is not performed (S190 and S240). Thus, shock and movement of the vehicle can be prevented caused in a case wherein the torque output to the driving shaft following the cranking of the engine cannot be canceled by the second motor. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more suitably set a target charge/discharge electric power of a battery according to whether the gear stage of a transmission is changed, in an automobile having the battery that exchanges electric power with a first motor and a second motor by connecting an engine, the first motor, and a driving shaft connected with a driving wheel to a planetary gear mechanism and by connecting the second motor to the driving shaft via the transmission. SOLUTION: When the vehicle travels normally (S320 and S330), the target charge/discharge electric power Pb* of the battery is set (S400, S440 and S450) using adjusted electric power Preg calculated by feedback control using gain of a predetermined value when the gear stage is not changed, or the target charge/discharge electric power Pb* is set (S390, S440 and S450) using adjusted electric power Preg calculated by feedback control using zero gain when the gear stage is changed. Thus, the target charge/discharge electric power Pb* can be set more suitably according to whether the gear stage of the transmission is changed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To smoothly change a gear ratio even when variation arises for the output of an internal combustion engine, and to suppress inconvenience that any unexpected driving force is output when changing the change ratio in an automobile where a first motor, an internal combustion engine and a drive axle are respectively connected to a planet gear sun gear, a carrier and a ring gear, and a second motor is connected through a transmission to the drive axle. SOLUTION: When a negative torque is output due to the power running of a first motor and the regenerative operation of a second motor, and the speed change request of a transmission is made, a correction torque T α is set based on the intake temperature ta and request torque Tr* of an engine (S230), and the engine and two motors are controlled so that a direct torque to be directly transmitted from the engine to a drive axle can be matched with a torque which is smaller only by a correction torque T α than the request torque Tr*, and that a positive torque matched with the correction torque T α can be output from the second motor (S240 to S260), and the speed change of the transmission is operated in this status (S280). COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT