Abstract: A vehicle control device including processor being configured to, when driving sections are present inside a restricted region, extract as a restricted driving section from among driving sections present inside the restricted region a driving section through which it is projected the vehicle will be driven in a restricted time period in which operation of internal combustion engines is restricted, and prepare a driving plan able to drive through the restricted driving section in the EV mode.

Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle with an internal combustion engine and an electric motor includes a zone in which the hybrid vehicle can move is divided in advance into a restriction zone in which the operation of the internal combustion engine should be restricted, and an allowable zone in which the operation of the internal combustion engine is permitted. A new route is computed if an SOC of a battery of the hybrid vehicle is lower than a predetermined threshold value while the hybrid vehicle is located within the restriction zone when the hybrid vehicle moves along a computed route, or if the SOC is predicted to be lower than the threshold value while the hybrid vehicle is located within the restriction zone when the hybrid vehicle is assumed to move along the computed route.

Abstract: A boundary is at an engine drive restricted zone where operation of the internal combustion engine is restricted. An adjusting device adjusts of at least one of the temperature inside the cabin using electric power, the humidity inside the cabin using electric power, or the air pollution degree inside the cabin. In response to a prediction that (1) a host vehicle will enter the inside of the engine drive restricted zone and that (2a) the time period for the host vehicle to reach the boundary is within a preset time period or that (2b) the distance between the host vehicle and the boundary is within a preset distance, the value of at least one of the temperature inside the cabin, the humidity inside the cabin, and the air pollution degree inside the cabin is reduced before the host vehicle enters the inside of the engine drive restricted zone.

Abstract: The control device of a vehicle includes a position estimating part configured to estimate a position of the vehicle, and a power output part configured to control the internal combustion engine and the electric motor to output power for running use. The power output part is configured to determine a startup position of the internal combustion engine of the vehicle when the vehicle exits from a low emission zone requesting the internal combustion engine be stopped so that startup positions of internal combustion engines of a plurality of vehicles are dispersed at surroundings of the low emission zone.

Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle, when a host vehicle is predicted to enter the inside of an engine drive restricted zone where operation of an internal combustion engine (20) is restricted, it is judged if congestion occurs or congestion is predicted as occurring in at least one of a running route leading to the inside of the engine drive restricted zone and a running route at the inside of the engine drive restricted zone.

Abstract: The home position estimation system includes a GNSS receiver, an object detection device for detecting an object in surroundings of the hybrid vehicle, an identifying part configured to identify the object detected by the object detection device, and a position estimating part configured to estimate a position of the hybrid vehicle based on an output of the GNSS receiver. If a predetermined condition is satisfied and the object identified by the identifying part is an object indicating a boundary of a low emission zone which requires that the internal combustion engine be stopped, the position estimating part is configured to judge whether the hybrid vehicle is located within the low emission zone, regardless of the output of the GNSS receiver, based on a result of identification by the identifying part.

Abstract: The control device of a hybrid vehicle for controlling a hybrid vehicle includes a position estimating part configured to estimate a position of the hybrid vehicle using the vehicle position detection device, a reliability calculating part configured to calculate a reliability of position information of the hybrid vehicle, and a power output part configured to control the internal combustion engine and the electric motor to output power for driving use. The power output part is configured to reduce the output of the internal combustion engine when the reliability is equal to or less than a reference value, compared to when the reliability is higher than the reference value.

Abstract: A vehicle drive route instruction system in a hybrid vehicle in which when it is judged that currently the vehicle is driving through the inside of the engine drive restriction zone where driving by the internal combustion engine is restricted, the internal combustion engine is made to stop operating, the electric motor is used to drive the vehicle, and the shortest route from the current position to the boundary of the inside of the engine drive restriction zone and the outside of the engine drive restriction zone is searched. When it is judged that the SOC amount will fall to the preset judgment standard when driving the vehicle through the searched shortest route from the current position to the boundary, an occupant of the vehicle is given information to guide the vehicle from the current position through the searched shortest route to the boundary.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: an electric motor; a storage battery configured to supply electric power to the electric motor and be charged with electric power from an external power source; an internal combustion engine configured to rotate the electric motor; and a controller configured to perform an electric power generation control and a prohibition control, the internal combustion engine being prohibited in a case where the vehicle is positioned in a predetermined region, wherein the electric power stored in the storage battery is suppliable to an outside, and the controller is configured to permit driving of the internal combustion engine even in the predetermined region in a case where a supply of electric power is insufficient for an electric power demand in the predetermined region or in a case where the supply of the electric power is predicted to be insufficient for the electric power demand in the predetermined region.

Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle which includes an internal combustion engine and an electric motor and whose drive mode is switchable between an electric vehicle mode and a hybrid vehicle mode includes: an on-board learning unit mounted on the hybrid vehicle and configured to perform a learning action; a position determination unit configured to determine whether the hybrid vehicle is located in a low emission area where operation of the internal combustion engine is supposed to be restricted; and a learning control unit configured to at least partially stop the learning action of the on-board learning unit when determination is made that the hybrid vehicle is located in the low emission area.

Abstract: A control system includes a motor-generator, an electric power generation system, and a battery. An EV operation, in which the electric motor is operated while the electric power generation system is stopped, is performed, when an SOC of the battery is higher than a first value, and an HV operation, in which the electric motor is operated while the electric power generation system is operated, is performed, when the SOC is lower than the first value. At the time of the EV operation, in response to a predicted value of the SOC being equal to or higher than a second set value which is lower than the first set value, the EV operation is continued even if the SOC falls below the first value. The predicted value is a predicted value of the SOC assuming continuation of the EV operation from a current location to a destination.

Abstract: A battery manufacturing method includes forming a unit cell having a positive electrode that is obtained by a positive electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution being disposed on a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode that is obtained by a negative electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution being disposed on a negative electrode current collector, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The battery manufacturing method further includes applying pressure to one unit cell or with two or more stacked unit cells from the stacking direction, and charging the one unit cell or the two or more stacked unit cells after applying of the pressure. The method is performed such that the positive electrode and the negative electrode are formed without an application film being subjected to a drying process performed through heating.

Abstract: A battery manufacturing method includes forming a unit cell having a positive electrode that is obtained by a positive electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution being disposed on a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode that is obtained by a negative electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution being disposed on a negative electrode current collector, and a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes. Heat sealing a seal part that is disposed at an outer peripheral portion of the unit cell. Cooling the outer peripheral portion of the unit cell by using a cooling medium after carrying out the heat sealing of the seal part. The method is performed such that the positive electrode and the negative electrode are formed without an application film being subjected to a drying process performed through heating.

Abstract: An ECU 30 calculates a target temperature of a bed temperature of a DOC 22a under PM regeneration control at each control period by the elements M1 to M9. Among these elements, the estimating section M7 estimates a passing SO3 amount at each control period by using an inflow SOx amount and a representative temperature. The estimating section M8 estimates a SO2 reduction rate, which is a ratio of reduction from SO3 to SO2 in the DOC 22a. Then, the calculating unit M9 calculates an amount of SO3 that is allowed to desorb from the DOC 22a as an allowable desorption SO3 amount at each control period, by using a constrained SO3 amount which corresponds to a constraint concerning sulfate white smoke, the passing SO3 amount, and the SO2 reduction rate.

Abstract: This control device is configured to, based on a premise that an operating condition of a plant is a specific operating condition that is defined in advance, search for a virtual current value of a controlled variable for ensuring that a specific state quantity does not conflict with a constraint in the future using a prediction model, set the virtual current value which was found by the search to a target value of the controlled variable, and determine a manipulated variable of the plant so that an actual current value of the controlled variable approaches the target value. Due to this configuration, even if the operating condition of the plant suddenly changes to the specific operating condition, the controlled variable of the plant can be adjusted in advance so that the specific state quantity in the specific operating condition does not conflict with the constraint.

Abstract: An ECU 30 calculates a target temperature of a bed temperature of a DOC 22a under PM regeneration control at each control period by the elements M1 to M9. Among these elements, the estimating section M7 estimates a passing SO3 amount at each control period by using an inflow SOx amount and a representative temperature. The estimating section M8 estimates a SO2 reduction rate, which is a ratio of reduction from SO3 to SO2 in the DOC 22a. Then, the calculating unit M9 calculates an amount of SO3 that is allowed to desorb from the DOC 22a as an allowable desorption SO3 amount at each control period, by using a constrained SO3 amount which corresponds to a constraint concerning sulfate white smoke, the passing SO3 amount, and the SO2 reduction rate.

Abstract: This control device is configured to, based on a premise that an operating condition of a plant is a specific operating condition that is defined in advance, search for a virtual current value of a controlled variable for ensuring that a specific state quantity does not conflict with a constraint in the future using a prediction model, set the virtual current value which was found by the search to a target value of the controlled variable, and determine a manipulated variable of the plant so that an actual current value of the controlled variable approaches the target value. Due to this configuration, even if the operating condition of the plant suddenly changes to the specific operating condition, the controlled variable of the plant can be adjusted in advance so that the specific state quantity in the specific operating condition does not conflict with the constraint.

Abstract: According to the plant control device of this invention, based on a modified target value candidate of a control output, a reference governor uses a prediction model in which a closed loop system including a plant and a feedback controller are modeled to sequentially calculate, across a finite prediction horizon, a predicted value of state quantities of a plant including a specific state quantity on which a constraint is imposed. At such time, if a predicted value of a specific state quantity relating to a certain modified target value candidate conflicts with a constraint, the reference governor excludes the modified target value candidate from candidates for a final modified target value. Thus, the computational load required to modify a target value of a control output is decreased while ensuring the satisfiability of a constraint.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control device of an engine, including fuel supplying means, target fuel supply amount setting means, fuel supply command value providing means, supplied air amount detection means, air-fuel ratio detection means, air-fuel ratio calculation means, exhaust gas component concentration detection means and exhaust gas component concentration calculation means.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a reinforcing cloth of a seat pad which includes: a mold for fixing a sheet and having an outer shape substantially identical to a shape of the reinforcing cloth and provided with a plurality of air holes interconnecting an internal space with an outer surface; a closed space between the mold and a cover member formed by covering the sheet fixed on the mold with the cover member; a heating unit for heating the sheet; and an exhausting unit for exhausting air from the closed space is provided.