Vehicle control system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKeisuke TAKEUCHI, Masaki SUZUKI, Toshio TANAHASHI
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Abstract
A vehicle control system is configured to decrease a value of the index upon reduction in an absolute value of acceleration detected continuously during propulsion of the vehicle to fall below a predetermined value toward zero, as compared to that of a case in which the absolute value of the instant acceleration is larger than the predetermined value (steps S1 to 5). The acceleration includes at least any of an instant forward acceleration established by operating an accelerator, an instant longitudinal acceleration established by operating the accelerator or a brake, and an instant synthesized acceleration of the instant longitudinal acceleration and an instant lateral acceleration established by operating a steering wheel.
Claims15
A vehicle control system, which is configured to calculate an index based at least on a longitudinal acceleration of a vehicle established by an operation of a driver in such a manner that the index is increased with an increase in the acceleration, and to set or adjust control characteristics of the vehicle in such a manner that agility of the vehicle is enhanced with an increase in the index and that agility of the vehicle is moderated with a reduction in the index,
- wherein the vehicle control system is configured to weight to decrease a value of the index upon reduction in an absolute value of acceleration detected continuously during propulsion of the vehicle to fall below a predetermined value toward zero, as compared to that of a case in which the absolute value of the instant acceleration is larger than the predetermined value;
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- wherein the acceleration includes at least any of an instant forward acceleration established by operating an accelerator, an instant longitudinal acceleration established by operating the accelerator or a brake, and an instant synthesized acceleration of the instant longitudinal acceleration and an instant lateral acceleration established by operating a steering wheel.
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