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US 6,272,416 B1Granted
Vehicle drive force control device
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKouichi Kuroda, Hiroshi Sato, Yoshihiro Sato, Hiroshi Abe, Nobusuke Toukura
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Abstract
A control device detects a curve in front of a vehicle based on the vehicle position and map information, and a driver's accelerator pedal operation is detected based on a sensor output. When a curve is detected in front of the vehicle and it is detected that the driver has released the accelerator pedal, a speed ratio of the automatic transmission is modified to generate a deceleration force.
Claims9
A drive force control device for a vehicle comprising:
- deceleration force generating means for decelerating said vehicle,
- a sensor for detecting a position, of said vehicle,
- a storing medium wherein map information is stored,
- a sensor for detecting release of an accelerator pedal, and
- a microprocessor programmed to:
- detect a curve in front of said vehicle based on said vehicle position and map information, and
- control said deceleration force generating means to decelerate said vehicle when a curve is detected in front of said vehicle and release of the accelerator pedal is detected.
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