Vehicular control apparatus and method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSeiji Kuwahara, Masato Kaigawa
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Abstract
A vehicular control apparatus that controls a device mounted on a vehicle includes: a generating means for generating respective required values of the device based on quantities of state in different units; an adjusting means for converting the required values into values in one unit and obtaining a desired value of the device based on the values in one unit; a control means for controlling the device based on the obtained, desired value; and a determining means for determining whether the vehicle is in a certain state using respective reference values set for the quantities of state, the required values, and the desired value. One of the reference values is converted into the remaining reference values in different units.
Claims7
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The vehicular control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
- the reference values are values obtained through conversion performed so that the obtained values correspond to the idling state.
The vehicular control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
- the quantity of state given as a result of operation performed by a driver of the vehicle brings about said idling state.
A vehicular control apparatus that controls an engine mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
- a generating section that generates respective required values of the engine based on quantities of state in different units;
- an adjusting section that converts the required values into values in one unit and obtains a desired value of the engine based on the values in one unit;
- a control section that controls the engine based on the obtained desired value;
- and
- a determining section that determines whether the vehicle is in an idling state using respective reference values set for the quantities of state, the required values, and the desired value,
- wherein one of the reference values is converted into the remaining reference values in different units.
A method of controlling an engine mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
- generating respective required values of the engine based on quantities of state in different units;
- converting the required values into values in one unit and obtaining a desired value of the engine based on the values in one unit;
- controlling the engine based on the obtained desired value;
- and
- determining whether the vehicle is in an idling state using respective reference values set for the quantities of state, the required values, and the desired value,
- wherein one of the reference values is converted into the remaining reference values in different units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.