Control apparatus and applicable control method and control program for vehicle

A vehicle control apparatus including an automatic transmission which changes a speed of rotation of an input shaft drivingly connected to a driving source and outputs the rotation of the input shaft to an output shaft, and a shift execution means that executes shifting of the automatic transmission, comprising:

• shift control means that calculates a predetermined target input shaft rotation number with respect to a first specified corner based on road information and vehicle state information, and controls an input shaft rotation number such that the input shaft rotation number becomes equal to the predetermined target input shaft rotation number, by executing shifting of the shift execution means;
• continuous control corner detection means that detects a second specified corner requiring control by the shift control means to be continued during the control with respect to the first specified corner;
• and
• shifting speed setting means that sets a shifting speed, based on a detection result of the continuous control corner detection means, such that the shifting speed for the first specified corner requiring the control by the shift control means is different from the shifting speed for the second specified corner requiring the control by the shift control means to be continued.

A vehicle control method for executing shifting of an automatic transmission which changes a speed of rotation of an input shaft drivingly connected to a driving source and which outputs the rotation of the input shaft to an output shaft, comprising the steps of:

• calculating a predetermined target input shaft rotation number based on road information and vehicle information;
• controlling an input shaft rotation number such that the input shaft rotation number becomes equal to the predetermined target input shaft rotation number by execution of shifting of the automatic transmission;
• and
• setting a shifting speed to a predetermined shifting speed such that shifting is executed rapidly when the control of the input shaft rotation number begins, and setting the shifting speed such that the shifting speed is lower than the predetermined shifting speed when shifting needs to be executed during the control of the input shaft rotation number.

A vehicle control method for executing shifting of an automatic transmission which changes a speed of rotation of an input shaft drivingly connected to a driving source and outputs the rotation of the input shaft to an output shaft, and executes shifting of the automatic transmission, comprising:

• calculating a predetermined target input shaft rotation number with respect to a first specified corner based on road information and vehicle state information;
• controlling an input shaft rotation number such that the input shaft rotation number becomes equal to the predetermined target input shaft rotation number, by executing shifting of the shift execution means;
• detecting a second specified corner requiring control to be continued during the control with respect to the first specified corner;
• and
• setting a shifting speed, based on the detecting result such that the shifting speed for the first specified corner requiring the control is different from the shifting speed for the second specified corner requiring the control to be continued.