VEHICULAR CONTROL DEVICE

• Main Author: FUKUMASU TOSHIHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.06.2007
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNALCOMBUSTION ENGINES; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES ORENGINES IN GENERAL; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STEAM ENGINES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular control device capable of suppressing the degradation of emissions while suppressing a sense of incongruity to be felt by a driver. SOLUTION: An ECU estimates the exhaust gas purifying capacity of a catalyst converter from a heated state of the catalyst converter, the maximum oxygen occlusion capacity or the like (Step S110) and determines whether or not the exhaust gas purifying capacity is degraded from the predetermined value (Step S120). When the exhaust gas purifying capacity of the catalyst converter is degraded from the predetermined value, a reaction force variable mechanism is drive-controlled to increase the operational reaction force of an accelerator pedal (Step S130). COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT