Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJunichi Morimura
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Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus is provided with a power generator driven by a torque transmitted between an internal combustion engine and a drive wheel. The vehicle control apparatus executes a torque control that smoothly changes a torque at the drive wheel by changing a torque of the power generator during deceleration of the vehicle. The vehicle control apparatus determines whether a factor restricting the torque of the power generator is in effect during the deceleration of the vehicle, and controls a manner of the torque control to be different between when the restricting factor is in effect and when the restricting factor is not in effect.
Claims5
A vehicle control apparatus comprising:
- a power generator driven by a torque transmitted between an internal combustion engine and a drive wheel, wherein
- the vehicle control apparatus executes a torque control that smoothly changes a torque at the drive wheel by changing a torque of the power generator during deceleration of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle control apparatus determines whether a factor restricting the torque of the power generator is in effect during the deceleration of the vehicle, and controls a manner of the torque control to be different between when the restricting factor is in effect and when the restricting factor is not in effect, and
- wherein the torque control is executed when a state of a lockup clutch of a fluid coupling provided between the internal combustion engine and the drive wheel is changed from an applied state to a released state.
A method for controlling a vehicle having a power generator driven by a torque transmitted between an internal combustion engine and a drive wheel, comprising:
- executing a torque control that smoothly changes a torque at the drive wheel by changing a torque of the power generator during deceleration of the vehicle, wherein whether a factor restricting the torque of the power generator is in effect during the deceleration of the vehicle is determined, and a manner of the torque control is controlled to be different between when the restricting factor is in effect and when the restricting factor is not in effect,
- wherein the torque control is executed when a state of a lockup clutch of a fluid coupling provided between the internal combustion engine and the drive wheel is changed from an applied state to a released state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.