US 12,115,972 B2
Apparatus for controlling hybrid vehicle and method using the same
Jonghyeok Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Dong Hee Han, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hyunjin Kang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Kwanhee Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Yeongseop Park, Seoul (KR); Seungwoo Hong, Seoul (KR); Yong Kak Choi, Seoul (KR); and Heechang Oh, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/103,214.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0118425 (KR), filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0080950 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60W 10/00 (2006.01); B60W 20/12 (2016.01); B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60W 20/20 (2016.01); B60W 20/40 (2016.01)
CPC B60W 20/40 (2013.01) [B60W 20/12 (2016.01); B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60W 20/20 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for controlling a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
an engine configured to combust fuel to generate power;
a drive motor configured to assist the power of the engine and to selectively operate as a generator to generate electrical energy;
a battery configured to supply electrical energy to the drive motor or to be charged by the electrical energy generated by the drive motor;
an electric supercharger configured to be installed in an intake line in which an intake air supplied to a combustion chamber of the engine flows;
a navigation device configure to calculate a driving path from a starting point to a destination point and driving information;
a controller configure to calculate a driving load from the driving path and the driving information calculated by the navigation device, determine an optimal SOC (state of charge) for each section from the starting point to the destination point based on the driving load, determine a driving mode of the vehicle based on a required torque of a driver and a driving mode of the battery to follow the optimal SOC for each section, and adjust an operating point of the engine.