US 11,807,217 B2
Control apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and system
Takeshi Saito, Tokyo (JP); Takanori Nakashima, Tokyo (JP); Tomohiro Shibata, Tokyo (JP); and Masashi Eto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/351,215.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-105289 (JP), filed on Jun. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0394743 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B60W 20/40 (2016.01); B60W 20/12 (2016.01); B60W 40/105 (2012.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 20/40 (2013.01) [B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 20/12 (2016.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 40/105 (2013.01); B60W 2540/103 (2013.01); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus comprising:
a travelling control unit configured to control an engine travelling and a non-engine travelling of a hybrid vehicle, and perform switching from the non-engine travelling to the engine travelling in a case where a depression time of an accelerator of the hybrid vehicle exceeds a preset set time while the hybrid vehicle travels based on the non-engine travelling;
a switching suppression unit configured to suppress the switching from the non-engine travelling to the engine travelling by the travelling control unit while the hybrid vehicle travels in a short time depression area registered as an area where depression of the accelerator does not continue for a period equal to or longer than the set time; and
an area specification unit configured to specify the short time depression area, wherein the area specification unit is configured to specify the short time depression area based on map information including a terrain of a road.