Patent ID: 6668963
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,H01M,Y02E,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A vehicle with a high voltage power source mounted thereon, said vehicle comprising:a relay having a contact interposed between said high voltage power source and a power line of said vehicle; a relay actuation requirement unit that outputs a requirement signal to close the contact of said relay; a cutoff member that is handled in a manual manner to cut off output of said high voltage power source on a side closer to said power source than said relay; an operation detection unit that detects an operation including a specific operation to handle said cutoff member; a prohibition unit that prohibits the contact of said relay from being closed in response to detection of the operation; a driving action detection unit that detects a driver's driving action; an evaluation unit that evaluates a result of the detection of said operation detection unit, based on a result of the detection by said driving action detection unit; and a cancellation unit that, when said evaluation unit specifies that the evaluated result of the detection of said operation detection unit is an operation other than the specific operation to handle said cutoff member, cancels the function of said prohibition unit, which prohibits the contact of said relay from being closed, but actuates said relay in response to the requirement signal output from said relay actuation requirement signal.