Patent ID: 11926233
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 3:
4. A vehicle comprising:
a solar panel mounted on the vehicle; and
a vehicle control device configured to control supply of electric power generated by the solar panel, wherein
the vehicle control device includes:
a supply destination setting circuit configured to set, based on a condition of the vehicle, a target device that is a destination for the supply of the electric power generated by the solar panel;
a target setting circuit configured to set, depending on the target device set by the supply destination setting circuit, target output electric power to be output from the solar panel to the target device, wherein the target device settable by the supply destination setting circuit includes a first battery to be used for driving the vehicle, and a second battery that is not used for driving the vehicle, and the target setting circuit is configured to switch the target output electric power to be set based on whether the supply destination setting circuit sets the first battery as the target device, and, when the supply destination setting circuit sets the first battery as the target device, set maximum electric power output by the solar panel as the target output electric power;

a power controller configured to control the electric power to be supplied from the solar panel to the target device based on the target output electric power set by the target setting circuit; and
a searching circuit configured to search for the maximum electric power output by the solar panel by scanning an output voltage of the solar panel within a movable range, and the target setting circuit is configured to, when the supply destination setting circuit sets the first battery as the target device, set the maximum electric power searched by the searching circuit as the target output electric power.