Patent ID: 8150572
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: B60L,G01C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An electric power generation control apparatus for controlling an amount of electric power to be generated by an electric power generator configured to generate electric power by a rotary force supplied from an output shaft of an internal combustion engine mounted on a motor vehicle, and an electric charger, being mounted on the motor vehicle, capable of charging the electric power generated by the electric power generator, the electric power generation control apparatus comprising: an electric power generation processor configured to adjust an actual electric power economy index of the electric power generator on the basis of a reference value; an obtaining unit configured to obtain driving path information about a forward driving path ahead of the motor vehicle; and a setting unit comprising a defining unit configured to define a relationship between the amount of electric power charged in the electric charger and the reference value on the basis of the driving path information, and the setting unit being configured to set the reference value based on the relationship between the relationship obtained by the defining unit, the driving path information, and a current state of charge (current SOC) as a current amount of electric power charged in the electric charger.