IP Library Granted Patent US 9,802,598
Granted Patent B2
US 9,802,598 · App. 14/560,182 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

System and method for controlling hybrid electric vehicle using driving tendency of driver

Inventors: Yongkak Choi (Seoul, KR); Hoon Han (Hwaseong, KR); Ilkwon Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
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Patent No.
US 9,802,598
App. No.
14/560,182
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle using a driving tendency are provided. The method includes determining a driving tendency level based on data to determine a driving tendency of a driver and determining a target engine torque using an engine torque map based on a vehicle speed and a required torque. Whether the driving tendency level corresponds to a predetermined level is determined as well as whether the required torque is equal to or greater than a torque that corresponds to an optimal operating point of an engine when the driving tendency level corresponds to the predetermined level. The target engine torque is then adjusted when the required torque is equal to or greater than the torque that corresponds to the optimal operating point of the engine.

Claims (29)

1. A method for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle using a driving tendency, comprising:

determining, by a controller, a driving tendency level based on data to determine a driving tendency of a driver;

determining, by the controller, a target engine torque using an engine torque map based on a vehicle speed and a required torque;

determining, by the controller, whether the driving tendency level corresponds to a predetermined level;

determining, by the controller, whether the required torque is equal to or greater than a torque that corresponds to an optimal operating point of an engine when the driving tendency level corresponds to the predetermined level; and

adjusting, by the controller, the target engine torque when the required torque is equal to or greater than the torque that corresponds to the optimal operating point of the engine.

2. The method for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle using a driving tendency of claim 1 , wherein in the adjustment of the target engine torque, the target engine torque is increased up to a part-load max torque of the engine to decrease a motor assist torque.

3. The method for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle using a driving tendency of claim 1 , further comprising:

setting, by the controller, a final target engine torque to the torque that corresponds to the optimal operating point of the engine when the required torque is less than the torque that corresponds to the optimal operating point of the engine.

4. A method for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle using a driving tendency, comprising:

a memory configured to store program instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the program instructions, the program instructions when executed configured to:

determine a driving tendency level based on data to determine a driving tendency of a driver;

determine a target engine torque using an engine torque map based on a vehicle speed and a required torque;

determine whether the driving tendency level corresponds to a predetermined level;

determine whether the required torque is equal to or greater than a torque that corresponds to an optimal operating point of an engine when the driving tendency level corresponds to the predetermined level; and

adjust the target engine torque when the required torque is equal to or greater than the torque that corresponds to the optimal operating point of the engine.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein in the adjustment of the target engine torque, the target engine torque is increased up to a part-load max torque of the engine to decrease a motor assist torque.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the program instructions when executed are further configured to:

set a final target engine torque to the torque that corresponds to the optimal operating point of the engine when the required torque is less than the torque that corresponds to the optimal operating point of the engine.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a controller, the computer readable medium comprising:

program instructions that determine a driving tendency level based on data to determine a driving tendency of a driver;

program instructions that determine a target engine torque using an engine torque map based on a vehicle speed and a required torque;

program instructions that determine whether the driving tendency level corresponds to a predetermined level;

program instructions that determine whether the required torque is equal to or greater than a torque that corresponds to an optimal operating point of an engine when the driving tendency level corresponds to the predetermined level; and

program instructions that adjust the target engine torque when the required torque is equal to or greater than the torque that corresponds to the optimal operating point of the engine.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein in the adjustment of the target engine torque, the target engine torque is increased up to a part-load max torque of the engine to decrease a motor assist torque.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , further comprising:

program instructions that set a final target engine torque to the torque that corresponds to the optimal operating point of the engine when the required torque is less than the torque that corresponds to the optimal operating point of the engine.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2014
From: CHOI, YONG KAK; HAN, HOON; PARK, IL KWON
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0085346 · Jul 8, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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