Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and recording medium having program recorded thereon
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorWanleng Ang
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Abstract
A vehicle control method having an HV driving mode in which operation of an internal combustion engine is permitted and an EV driving mode in which a vehicle is driven by using a motor with the internal combustion engine stopped includes the steps of: setting a destination; setting a driving route from a starting point to the destination; dividing the driving route and associating any of the driving modes with each section of the divided driving route; fixing the division of the driving route and the driving mode associated with each section based on an instruction from an operator; and causing the vehicle to travel each section in the associated driving mode.
Claims16
A vehicle control device having a plurality of driving modes, comprising:
- a destination setting portion setting a destination;
- a route setting portion setting a driving route from a starting point to the destination;
- a driving route dividing portion dividing the driving route into sections;
- a driving mode fixing portion fixing a driving mode by associating any of the driving modes with each of the sections of the divided driving route, based on an instruction from an operator;
- and
- a driving control portion causing a vehicle to travel each of the sections of the divided driving route in the associated driving mode,
- the driving route dividing portion dividing the driving route from the starting point to the destination into sections appropriate for each of the plurality of driving modes and provisionally deciding a driving mode for each of the sections of the divided driving route, and
- the driving mode fixing portion changing the driving mode associated with each of the sections of the divided driving route into another driving mode based on the instruction from the operator.
A vehicle control device having a plurality of driving modes, comprising:
- means for setting a destination;
- means for setting a driving route from a starting point to the destination;
- means for dividing the driving route into sections;
- means for fixing a driving mode by associating any of the driving modes for each of the sections of the divided driving route, based on an instruction from an operator;
- and
- means for causing a vehicle to travel each of the sections of the divided driving route in the associated driving mode,
- the means for dividing the driving route dividing the driving route from the starting point to the destination into sections appropriate for each of the plurality of driving modes and provisionally deciding a driving mode for each of the sections of the divided driving route, and
- the means for fixing a driving mode changing the driving mode associated with each of the sections of the divided driving route into another driving mode based on the instruction from the operator.
A vehicle control method having a plurality of driving modes, comprising the steps of:
- setting a destination;
- setting a driving route from a starting point to the destination;
- dividing the driving route into sections;
- fixing a driving mode by associating any of the driving modes for each of the sections of the divided driving route, based on an instruction from an operator;
- and
- causing a vehicle to travel each of the sections of the divided driving route in the associated driving mode,
- in the step of dividing the driving route, the driving route from the starting point to the destination being divided into sections appropriate for each of the plurality of driving modes and a driving mode for each of the sections of the divided driving route being provisionally decided, and
- in the step of fixing a driving mode, the driving mode associated with each of the sections of the divided driving route being changed into another driving mode based on the instruction from the operator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.