Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

An information processing method comprising:

• calculating, on a basis of a driving force characteristic in a predetermined reference gear stage of a simulation target vehicle to be simulated using an internal combustion engine as a power source, a first parameter related to the internal combustion engine in a simulated gear stage that is a simulative gear stage in a control target vehicle to be controlled using a non-internal combustion engine as a power source;
• setting a second parameter related to the non-internal combustion engine on a basis of the first parameter;
• controlling the non-internal combustion engine on a basis of the second parameter;
• and
• in a case where the simulated gear stage of the control target vehicle is set to neutral, setting a rotation speed of the non-internal combustion engine on a basis of a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine in a case where a gear stage of the simulation target vehicle is set to neutral, and controlling the non-internal combustion engine on a basis of the rotation speed that was set.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute processing of:

• calculating, on a basis of a driving force characteristic in a predetermined reference gear stage of a simulation target vehicle to be simulated using an internal combustion engine as a power source, a first parameter related to the internal combustion engine in a simulated gear stage that is a simulative gear stage in a control target vehicle to be controlled using a non-internal combustion engine as a power source;
• setting a second parameter related to the non-internal combustion engine on a basis of the first parameter;
• controlling the non-internal combustion engine on a basis of the second parameter;
• and
• in a case where the control target vehicle is in an idling state, setting a rotation speed of the non-internal combustion engine on a basis of a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine during idling of the simulation target vehicle, and controlling the non-internal combustion engine on a basis of the rotation speed that was set.