Patent ID: 8755961

Claim:
A vehicle drive control apparatus disposed in a vehicle that uses an internal-combustion engine and a motor as a driving power source, the apparatus for performing drive control of the power source according to a state of charge (SOC) management plan, the apparatus comprising: a drive condition accumulation unit that collects drive conditions when the vehicle travels in each of predetermined sections and cumulatively stores the drive conditions in a memory unit, wherein the drive condition determine the SOC management plan; a charge control section determination unit that determines a candidate control section at a reference point, at which the candidate control section is made up from a first and a second sections, the first section being a predetermined travel distance including and before the reference point, the second section being a predetermined travel distance including and after the reference point, wherein, during a travel of the vehicle, the charge control section determination unit designates, as the reference point, the location of when a remaining charge amount of a battery exceeds a predetermined upper limit standard value more than once or falls below a predetermined lower limit standard value more than once; and a schedule plan unit that determines the SOC management plan for the candidate control section by using the drive conditions stored in the memory unit, wherein the SOC management plan controls the remaining charge amount of the battery to stay within a standard range of charge amount throughout the candidate control section, when the vehicle travels along the candidate control section, wherein when the vehicle is determined to enter the candidate control section, the drive control of the power source is performed according to the SOC management plan created for the candidate control section into which the vehicle has entered.