An apparatus (100) for controlling an internal combustion engine (200) in a hybrid vehicle (1) is provided with: a specifying device configured to specify the operation aspect at a previous stop time point of the internal combustion engine in an EV running period; a first start controlling device configured to start the internal combustion engine in the cylinder deactivation operation at a time point at which a required output corresponding value (Ft) of the hybrid vehicle is a first reference value (Ftct1), if the specified operation aspect is the cylinder deactivation operation; and a second start controlling device configured to start the internal combustion engine in the full cylinder operation at a time point at which the required output corresponding value is a second reference value (Ftct2), which is greater than the first reference value, if the specified operation aspect is the full cylinder operation.
CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
2016-05-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion |