Patent ID: 6986398

Claim:
An engine-drive-regulation supporting apparatus mounted on a hybrid-drive vehicle which can be driven by an engine and an electric generator/motor, the apparatus comprising: engine-drive-regulated region detecting means including at least one of means for judging whether the position of the hybrid-drive vehicle is in a prescribed engine-drive-regulated region on the basis of information received from a vehicle position detecting device provided on the hybrid-drive vehicle or from an external source with respect to the hybrid-drive vehicle, and means for receiving an engine-drive-regulation signal from an external source with respect to the hybrid-drive vehicle; and engine-drive regulating means for giving a notice to a vehicle driver, suspending the engine, or decelerating the engine to reduce exhaust gas emitted from the hybrid-drive vehicle when it is judged that the position of the hybrid-drive vehicle is in the prescribed engine-drive-regulated region or in response to reception of the engine-drive-regulation signal.