Patent ID: 8564254
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H02J,H02P,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A power generation amount control apparatus comprising: a battery state determination section mounted on terminals or a body of a battery charged by a vehicle generator driven by a vehicle engine mounted on a vehicle to determine whether or not the battery is deteriorated; a generator performance determination section to determine whether or not performance of the vehicle generator is deteriorated; a power-generation-amount increase determination section to determine whether or not a power-generation-amount increase demand is present; an idle state determination section to determine whether or not the vehicle engine is in an idle state; and a power generation restriction control section to perform power generation restriction control to restrict a power generation amount of the vehicle generator; wherein the power generation restriction control section is configured to perform the power generation restriction control when the idle state determination section determines that the vehicle engine is in the idle state, the power-generation-amount increase determination section determines that the power-generation-amount increase demand is not present, and the battery state determination section determines that the battery is not deteriorated.