Patent ID: 9567967
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: B60W,F02D,F02N,H02J,H02P,Y02T

Claim:
1. A vehicle control apparatus that is mounted in a vehicle having an engine, a generator that is driven by a power of the engine, a battery that can be charged through electric power generation by the generator, and an auxiliary that operates by an electric power stored in the battery, comprising: an auxiliary current amount calculation unit that calculates an auxiliary current amount that is used in the auxiliary; a stop time ratio calculation unit that calculates a stop time ratio of the vehicle based on a running history of the vehicle; a stop time calculation unit that calculates an estimated stop time of the vehicle that is estimated based on the stop time ratio; an SOC threshold setting unit that sets an SOC threshold based on an estimated consumption current amount that is obtained from the estimated stop time and the auxiliary current amount; and an electric power generation control unit that operates the generator such that a value of a storage state of the battery recovers to become larger than the SOC threshold when the value of the storage state of the battery is smaller than the SOC threshold.