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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more suitably execute output addition control for promoting warming up according to operation environment of individual automobiles and operation individuality of a driver considering influence of the operation environment and operation individuality of the drivers on warming up promotion control from a cold condition of an engine at a time of operation start of a hybrid vehicle. SOLUTION: Possibility that a condition where vehicle drive load becomes predetermined value or more is satisfied during a predetermined period of time after start of vehicle operation is estimated. When the possibility of the condition is estimated, automatic control to increase output of an internal combustion engine for promoting warming up after engine cold start is not executed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently operate an internal combustion engine in a hybrid vehicle. SOLUTION: A torque calculation part 100b of this controller 100 is constituted to calculate a torque of of an engine 200 from a torque reaction of a motor generator MG1, in a hybrid system 10. A fuel consumption rate calculation part 100c is constituted to calculate an instantaneous fuel consumption rate in the engine 200, based on a concerned calculated engine torque, a fuel injection amount and an engine speed. An operation line updating part 100d sets an operation point for the engine 200 in a point having the minimum fuel consumption rate, by carrying out operation point learning processing based on the calculated fuel consumption rate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology capable of preventing lowering of driving force in a reverse direction caused by performing rich spike control when reversing. SOLUTION: An internal combustion engine control device is provided for a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine capable of lean combustion and comprising an NOx storage reduction catalyst which holds NOx in exhaust gas when an exhaust air-fuel ratio is lean, and reduces and eliminates the held NOx when the exhaust air-fuel ratio is a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio or rich. When the shift position of the hybrid vehicle is a reverse position, the execution of rich spike control of temporarily enriching the exhaust air-fuel ratio to reduce NOx held in the NOx storage reduction catalyst is forbidden. Alternatively, in the case of the reverse position, lean combustion operation is forbidden. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve overall performance including amenity and environmental performance, in a hybrid vehicle. SOLUTION: A hybrid system 10 calculates torque of an engine 200 from torque reaction of a motor generator MG1. A fuel consumption rate calculating part 100c calculates an instantaneous fuel consumption rate in the engine 200 on the basis of such the calculated engine torque, a fuel injection quantity and an engine speed. An operation line updating part 100d updates an operation line by performing operation point learning processing on the basis of this calculated fuel consumption rate. In this case, the operation line updating part 100d excludes an operation point being a predetermined value or more in an exhaust quantity of NOx from an updating object of the operation line, and updates the operation line in a range of becoming less than the predetermined value in the exhaust quantity of the NOx. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently operate an internal combustion engine, even when a knock occurs, in a hybrid vehicle. SOLUTION: A hybrid system 10 is constituted so that a torque calculating part 100b of a control device 100 can calculate torque of an engine 200 from torque reaction of a motor generator MG1. A fuel consumption rate calculating part 100c is constituted so that an instantaneous fuel consumption rate in the engine 200 can be calculated on the basis of such the calculated engine torque, a fuel injection quantity and an engine speed. An operation line updating part 100d sets an operation point of the engine 200 to a fuel consumption rate minimum operation point by performing operation point learning processing on the basis of this calculated fuel consumption rate. When the knock occurs, control being smaller in the fuel consumption rate on the fuel consumption rate minimum operation point, is selected and used by ignition timing delay control and closing timing delay control of an intake valve. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrain vibration due to torque fluctuation in changing the number of ignition plugs used for ignition of fuel-air mixture. SOLUTION: This hybrid driving device 100 includes; an internal combustion engine 10 having a plurality of ignition plugs in the same combustion chamber and using some of the ignition plugs at the beginning of starting; and an MG1 connected to the internal combustion engine 10 to be mainly used for power generation and starting of the internal combustion engine and having a function of keeping the engine rotating speed of the internal combustion engine constant. After the MG1 is started for starting the internal combustion 10, the number of ignition plugs used for starting the internal combustion engine 10 is not increased before the torque of the MG1 starts to decrease. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for optimizing a supply flow rate of heated cooling water to an internal combustion engine at the time of preheating. SOLUTION: A thermal storage system supplies cooling water stored in a heat retention manner in a thermal storage tank to a cooling water passage of the internal combustion engine by an electric water pump. This is characterized by an engine wall surface temperature estimation means for estimating temperature at a wall surface of the internal combustion engine, a tank water temperature estimation means for estimating temperature of the cooling water stored in the thermal storage tank and a flow rate control means for controlling the flow rate of the cooling water to be supplied by the electric water pump according to a temperature difference between the estimated wall surface temperature and the temperature of the cooling water stored in the thermal storage tank. Control is made so that for instance the more the temperature difference is, the more the supply flow rate of the cooling water to the cooling water passage increases. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drive controller for hybrid vehicles which transmits to wheels energy generated when reaction force torque is generated with a reaction force torque generator that is responsible for the reaction force torque of a first driving force source and is separated from a first motor/generator. SOLUTION: A hybrid vehicle comprises: a transfer 6 that transmits power from the first driving force source 1 to the wheels 24; the first motor/generator 11 and the reaction force generator 13 that are coupled to the transfer 6 and generate reaction force torque when power from the first driving force source 1 is transmitted to the wheels 24 through the transfer 6; and a second driving force source 12 that transmits power to the wheels 24. The drive controller for this hybrid vehicle is provided with energy conversion devices 20, 12, 21, 22 that transmit to the wheels 24 energy generated when reaction force torque is generated with the reaction force torque generator 13. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable both improvement of energy recovery efficiency and reduction of emission. SOLUTION: An air-fuel ratio of a primary engine 1 is controlled to become lean. The efficiency is therefore improved, though NOx is contained in exhaust gas. On the other hand, in a secondary engine 2, combustion therein is controlled so that an air-fuel ratio of an entire engine system agrees to a theoretical air-fuel ratio. Exhaust gas of the secondary engine thus has the theoretical air-fuel ratio. Since a three-way catalyst 7 purifies NOx, HC and CO, etc. in the vicinity of the theoretical air-fuel ratio, according to this engine system, both the improvement of energy recovery efficiency and the reduction of emission can be realized at the same time. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly support a wheel driving shaft against cranking torque and to prevent the fluctuation of the cranking torque from transmitting to the shaft, when an internal combustion engine is cranked by a first motor generator MG1 in hybrid vehicle driving structure in which an output shaft 2 of the internal combustion engine is connected to a first motor generator MG1 and a wheel driving shaft 11 through a power distribution mechanism 3 and a second motor generator MG2 is connected to the wheel driving shaft. SOLUTION: This structure has means 51, 52, 55, 56, 100 and 101 for increasing cranking support torque that is received by the wheel driving shaft 11, other than by the second motor generator MG2, when the internal combustion engine is cranked by the first motor generator MG1.