Patent ID: 9365132
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,F02D,Y02T,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A method for managing power in the hybrid vehicle, comprising: determining, based at least in part on one or more operating conditions of the hybrid vehicle, an amount of operating power to be supplied in response to a drive signal generated based on operator input; determining, for each of a plurality of apportionments of the operating power between an engine of the hybrid vehicle and a motor-generator of the hybrid vehicle, an overall operating cost value, each overall operating cost value accounting for at least a cost value associated with the engine of the hybrid vehicle and one or more constraints of a storage element of the hybrid vehicle; selecting an apportionment of the operating power from among the plurality of apportionments of the operating power, the selected apportionment being the apportionment with a minimum determined overall operating cost value; and causing the operating power to be supplied by at least one of the engine and the motor-generator in accordance with the selected apportionment.