Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle
US9919696B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 29, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle determines a scheduled travel route. The control apparatus further determines a downhill section included in the scheduled travel route by using gradient information acquired for a road section at a time when the vehicle has traveled on the road section and using gradient information stored in a navigation database for a road section on which the vehicle travels for a first time. The control apparatus determines a section from a downhill control start point to an end point of the target downhill section as a downhill control section. The downhill control start point is a point located a predetermined first distance closer to the vehicle from a start point of the target downhill section. When the vehicle travels on the downhill control section, the control apparatus executes downhill control.
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