VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

• Main Author: MORISAKI KEISUKE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 24.10.2019
• 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; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LIGHTING; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; STARTING AIDS FOR SUCH ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

To make automatic driving more appropriate considering a situation in the periphery of an own vehicle.SOLUTION: An engine and a motor are controlled so that traveling is performed by switching electrical traveling for traveling without operation of the engine, and hybrid traveling for traveling with operation of the engine. In electrical traveling with an automatic driving mode for traveling without acceleration or deceleration operation by a driver, when an other vehicle condition in which there is other vehicle within a predetermined distance of at least one of front and rear of an own vehicle is not satisfied, the electrical traveling is maintained, and when the other vehicle condition is satisfied, transition to the hybrid traveling is allowed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】自動運転を自車周辺の事情を踏まえたより適切なものとする。【解決手段】エンジンの運転を伴わずに走行する電動走行とエンジンの運転を伴って走行するハイブリッド走行とを切り替えて走行するようにエンジンおよびモータを制御する。そして、運転者の加減速操作によらずに走行する自動運転モードで且つ電動走行のときにおいて、自車の前方および後方のうちの少なくとも一方の所定距離内に他車がいる他車条件が成立していないときには、電動走行を維持し、他車条件が成立しているときには、ハイブリッド走行への移行を許容する。【選択図】図３