IP Library Granted Patent US 9,821,793
Granted Patent B2
US 9,821,793 · App. 15/080,326 · Granted Nov 21, 2017

Hybrid electric vehicle, drive control method and device of the same

Inventors: Yubo Lian (Guangdong, CN); Heping Ling (Guangdong, CN); Changjiu Liu (Guangdong, CN); Guorui Liu (Guangdong, CN); Chengming Lai (Guangdong, CN); Guizhong Li (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
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Patent No.
US 9,821,793
App. No.
15/080,326
Granted
Nov 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a hybrid electric vehicle, a drive control method and a drive control device of a hybrid electric vehicle. The drive control method includes: obtaining a current gear position of the hybrid electric vehicle and a current electric charge level of a power battery; determining whether the vehicle is within a speed start-stop interval according to the current gear position of the hybrid electric vehicle and the current electric charge level of the power battery; obtaining a slope of a road on which the vehicle is driving and a current speed of the hybrid electric vehicle, if the vehicle is within a speed start-stop interval; and controlling a working state of an engine and/or a motor of the hybrid electric vehicle according to the slope of the road on which the vehicle is driving and the current speed of the vehicle.

Claims (70)

1. A drive control method of a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising:

obtaining a current gear position and a current operating mode of the hybrid electric vehicle and a current electric charge level and a discharge power of a power battery;

determining whether the hybrid electric vehicle is within a speed start-stop interval according to the current gear position and the current operating mode of the hybrid electric vehicle and the current electric charge level and the discharge power of the power battery, further comprising:

if the current gear position is at D-position and the current operating mode is at a hybrid economy mode, further determining whether the current electric charge level of the power battery is greater than a first electric charge level threshold and whether the discharge power of the power battery is greater than a first power threshold;

if the current electric charge level of the power battery is greater than the first electric charge level threshold, and the discharge power of the power battery is greater than the first power threshold, further determining whether the current electric charge level is greater than or equal to a second electric charge level threshold and whether a difference between the current electric charge level and a target electric charge level is less than or equal to a preset value;

if the current electric charge level is less than the second electric charge level threshold, or the difference between the current electric charge level and the target electric charge level is greater than the preset value, determining that the hybrid electric vehicle is within the speed start-stop interval;

obtaining a slope of a road on which the hybrid electric vehicle is driving and a current speed of the hybrid electric vehicle, if the hybrid electric vehicle is within the speed start-stop interval; and

controlling a working state of an engine and/or a motor of the hybrid electric vehicle according to the slope of the road on which the hybrid electric vehicle is driving and the current speed of the hybrid electric vehicle.

2. The drive control method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

if the current electric charge level is greater than or equal to the second electric charge level threshold, and the difference between the current electric charge level and the target electric charge level is less than or equal to the preset value, determining whether the slope of the road satisfies a preset condition;

determining that the hybrid electric vehicle is within a taxiing start-stop interval if the slope of the road satisfies the preset condition;

obtaining a current speed of the hybrid electric vehicle; and

controlling the hybrid electric vehicle to enter a small load stop mode or a small load stall mode according to the current speed.

3. A drive control device of a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising:

a first obtaining module, configured to obtain a current gear position and a current operating mode of the hybrid electric vehicle and a current electric charge level and a discharge power of a power battery;

a first determining module, configured to determine whether the hybrid electric vehicle is within a speed start-stop interval according to the current gear position and the current operating mode of the hybrid electric vehicle and the current electric charge level and the discharge power of the power battery, wherein the first determining module further comprises:

a first determining unit, configured to, if the current gear position is at D-position and the current operating mode is at a hybrid economy mode, determine whether the current electric charge level of the power battery is greater than a first electric charge level threshold, and whether the discharge power of the power battery is greater than a first power threshold;

a second determining unit, configured to, if the current electric charge level of the power battery is greater than the first electric charge level threshold, and the discharge power of the power battery is greater than the first power threshold, determine whether the current electric charge level is greater than or equal to a second electric charge level threshold, and whether a difference between the current electric charge level and a target electric charge level is less than or equal to a preset value; and

a third determining unit, configured to, if the current electric charge level is less than the second electric charge level threshold, or the difference between the current electric charge level and the target electric charge level is greater than the preset value, determine that the hybrid electric vehicle is within the speed start-stop interval;

a second obtaining module, configured to obtain a slope of a road on which the hybrid electric vehicle is driving and a current speed of the hybrid electric vehicle, if the hybrid electric vehicle is within the speed start-stop interval; and

a first control module, configured to control a working state of an engine and/or a motor of the hybrid electric vehicle according to the slope of the road on which the hybrid electric vehicle is driving and the current speed of the hybrid electric vehicle.

4. The drive control method according to claim 1 , wherein controlling a working state of an engine and/or a motor of the hybrid electric vehicle according to the slope of the road on which the hybrid electric vehicle is driving and the current speed of the hybrid electric vehicle comprises:

starting the engine if the road is ascent and the slope of the road is greater than or equal to a third slope threshold.

5. The drive control method according to claim 1 , wherein controlling a working state of an engine and/or a motor of the hybrid electric vehicle according to the slope of the road on which the hybrid electric vehicle is driving and the current speed of the hybrid electric vehicle comprises:

stopping the engine and controlling the motor to output power separately if the road is descent and the slope of the road is greater than or equal to a fourth slope threshold.

6. The drive control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a fourth determining unit, configured to determine whether the slope of the road satisfies a preset condition, if the current electric charge level is greater than or equal to the second electric charge level threshold, and the difference between the current electric charge level and the target electric charge level is less than or equal to the preset value;

a fifth determining unit, configured to determine that the hybrid electric vehicle is within a taxiing start-stop interval, if the slope of the road satisfies the preset condition; and

a second control module, configured to cause the hybrid electric vehicle to enter a small load stop mode or a small load stall mode according to the current speed.

7. The drive control method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

obtaining a current speed of the hybrid electric vehicle after the engine is started;

determining whether the current speed is less than a second speed threshold;

stopping the engine and controlling the motor to output power separately if the current speed is less than the second speed threshold; and

repeating the step of obtaining the current speed of the hybrid electric vehicle after the engine is started if the current speed is great than or equal to the second speed threshold.

8. A drive control device of a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising:

a first obtaining module, configured to obtain a current gear position of the hybrid electric vehicle and a current electric charge level of a power battery;

a first determining module, configured to determine whether the hybrid electric vehicle is within a speed start-stop interval according to the current gear position of the hybrid electric vehicle and the current electric charge level of the power battery;

a second obtaining module, configured to obtain a slope of a road on which the hybrid electric vehicle is driving and a current speed of the hybrid electric vehicle, if the hybrid electric vehicle is within the speed start-stop interval; and

a first control module, configured to control a working state of an engine and/or a motor of the hybrid electric vehicle according to the slope of the road on which the hybrid electric vehicle is driving and the current speed of the hybrid electric vehicle.

9. The drive control device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a fourth determining unit, configured to determine whether the slope of the road satisfies a preset condition, if the current electric charge level is greater than or equal to the second electric charge level threshold, and the difference between the current electric charge level and the target electric charge level is less than or equal to the preset value;

a fifth determining unit, configured to determine that the hybrid electric vehicle is within a taxiing start-stop interval, if the slope of the road satisfies the preset condition; and

a second control module, configured to cause the hybrid electric vehicle to enter a small load stop mode or a small load stall mode according to the current speed.

10. The drive control device according to claim 9 , wherein the preset condition comprises:

the slope of the road is less than a first slope threshold if the road is ascent, or

the slope of the road is greater than or equal to a second slope threshold if the road is descent.

11. The drive control device according to claim 8 , wherein the second control module is configured to:

stop the engine, and control the motor to output power separately if the current speed is less than a third speed threshold;

cause the hybrid electric vehicle to enter the small load stop mode if the current speed is greater than or equal to the third speed threshold, and less than a fourth speed threshold;

cause the hybrid electric vehicle to enter the small load stall mode if the current speed is greater than or equal to the fourth speed threshold, and less than a fifth speed threshold; and

keep a state of the engine unchanged if the current speed is greater than the fifth speed threshold.

12. The drive control device according to claim 8 , wherein the second control module is configured to:

determine whether the engine is in an operating state;

if the engine is not in the operating state, further determine whether an accelerator push depth is greater than or equal to a first accelerator threshold;

if the accelerator push depth is greater than or equal to the first accelerator threshold, start the engine; and

if the accelerator push depth is less than the first accelerator threshold, keep a state of the engine unchanged.

13. The drive control device according to claim 12 , wherein the second control module is further configured to:

if the engine is in the operating state, further determine whether the accelerator push depth is less than a second accelerator threshold;

if the accelerator push depth is less than the second accelerator threshold, stop the engine; and

if the accelerator push depth is greater than or equal to the second accelerator threshold, keep the state of the engine unchanged.

14. The drive control device according to claim 8 , wherein the second control module is further configured to:

determine whether the engine is in an operating state;

if the engine is not in the operating state, further determine whether an accelerator push depth is greater than or equal to a first accelerator threshold;

if the accelerator push depth is greater than or equal to the first accelerator threshold, start the engine; and

if the accelerator push depth is less than the first accelerator threshold, keep a state of the engine unchanged.

15. The drive control device according to claim 14 , wherein the second control module is further configured to:

if the engine is in the operating state, further determine whether the accelerator push depth is less than a second accelerator threshold;

if the accelerator push depth is less than the second accelerator threshold, stall the engine, keep a clutch in a coupling state and terminate fuel supply for the engine; and

if the accelerator push depth is greater than or equal to the second accelerator threshold, keep the state of the engine unchanged.

16. A hybrid electric vehicle, comprising the drive control device according to claim 8 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2016
From: LIAN, YUBO; LING, HEPING; LIU, CHANGJIU; LIU, GUORUI; LAI, CHENGMING; LI, GUIZHONG
To: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2015 1 0134355 · Mar 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160280213A1 · Sep 29, 2016