Patent ID: 6540035
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60T,B60W,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A hybrid vehicle which has a plurality of prime movers individually controlled for running a vehicle, and action units to be activated by a driver for running and stopping the vehicle, comprising:action detecting means for detecting the acting content of the action units executed by the driver as the driver's demand; behavior detecting means for detecting the behavior of the vehicle through at least one of vehicle speed, vehicle acceleration/deceleration and a throttle opening of one of the prime movers; decide means for deciding whether or not the vehicle behavior detected by said behavior detecting means corresponds to the driver's demand through the action units; and assist control means for controlling one of said prime movers so as to increase or decrease its output, when said decide means decides that the vehicle behavior detected by said behavior detecting means does not correspond to the driver's demand through the action units, to achieve a behavior of the vehicle consistent with activating said action units.