Patent ID: 8473178
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,F01N,F02D,F02N,Y02A,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A control device for a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine, said internal combustion engine including an exhaust path, an injection device injecting a reducing agent to said exhaust path, and a reserving unit reserving said reducing agent, comprising: a reserved amount detection unit detecting a reserved amount of said reducing agent in said reserving unit; and a control unit receiving an output from said reserved amount detection unit, said control unit changing an operation line of said internal combustion engine to an operation line with a lower degree of generation of nitrogen oxide step by step in accordance with a decrease in said detected reserved amount, and controlling an output of said internal combustion engine based on said changed operation line, said control unit controlling the output of said internal combustion engine by changing an operation point along an equal output line in accordance with change of said operation line.