VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• Main Authors: MORITA MAKOTO, HACHIYA KOHEI, MASE HISAYASU, TOTSU KENJI, NAGASAKA NOBUYUKI, TSURUTA MANABU, KOJIMA KAZUTAKA, YANAKA TAKEHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.12.2013
• Subjects: CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; CYCLES; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORCYCLES; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control an attitude of a vehicle through a simply configured apparatus while suppressing increase of manufacturing cost.SOLUTION: A vehicle control apparatus 40 includes: a motor 42 including a rotary shaft 41; a regulation unit 43; an acceleration sensor 45 and a gyro sensor 46 for detecting an angle y of inclination of a vehicle body 11; and an ECU 50. A positional relation of a right front wheel 20, a left front wheel 23 and the vehicle body 11 are changed while being interlocked with a rotation angle of the rotary shaft 41. The motor 42 adjusts the angle y of inclination of the vehicle body 11 into a predetermined angle by rotating the rotary shaft 41 in accordance with power supplied from the ECU 50. Furthermore, the ECU 50 stores the positional relation of the right front wheel 20, the left front wheel 23 and the vehicle body 11 in the case where the angle y of inclination of the vehicle body 11 becomes the predetermined angle. Moreover, the regulation unit 43 regulates the rotation of the rotary shaft 41 in the case where the vehicle 10 is stopped, and thereby maintaining the positional relation of the right front wheel 20, the left front wheel 23 and the vehicle body 11.