Patent ID: 6564765
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: B60K,B60W,F02N,Y02T

Abstract:
A system to control stopping and restarting an engine of a vehicle, said system comprising:a power difference calculating means for calculating a difference between a power charged in a battery in accordance with the operational state of the engine and a first consumed power brought out from the battery; a charged power integrated value calculating means for calculating an integrated value of the differences calculated by the power difference calculating means; a consumed power integrated value evaluating means for evaluating an integrated value of the first consumed power and a second consumed power brought out from the battery for a target time when the stoppage of the engine has been continued for the target time; a comparing means for comparing the integrated value calculated by said charged power integrated value calculating means with the integrated value evaluated by said consumed power integrated value evaluating means; and a determining means for determining whether the stopping of the engine is possible, based on the result of the comparison in the comparing means.