Vehicle control apparatus
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakeshi Kurata, Takahiro Eguchi, Ayae Ikuro
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Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus is configured to set a desired speed of an engine to be inputted to a CVT based on a vehicle speed and an accelerator opening AP, calculate a desired output of the engine based on the accelerator opening; calculate a correction coefficient based on the vehicle speed, and calculate a corrected desired output by correcting the desired output with the correction coefficient such that the vehicle speed reaches a regulatory vehicle speed when the accelerator opening AP reaches a fully-opened position, i.e., to vary the characteristics of the accelerator opening in accordance with the vehicle speed in the vicinity of the regulatory vehicle speed.
Claims12
An apparatus for controlling a vehicle having a belt type CVT that changes output of a prime mover mounted on the vehicle in speed, comprising:
- a desired speed setter adapted to set a desired speed of the CVT in terms of a speed of the prime mover to be inputted to the CVT based on a running speed of the vehicle and an accelerator opening;
- a desired output calculator adapted to calculate a desired output of the prime mover based on the accelerator opening;
- a correction coefficient calculator adapted to calculate a correction coefficient based on the running speed of the vehicle;
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- a corrected desired output calculator adapted to calculate a corrected desired output by correcting the desired output with the correction coefficient such that the running speed of the vehicle reaches a regulatory vehicle speed when the accelerator opening reaches a fully-opened position.
An apparatus for controlling a vehicle having a belt type CVT that changes power of a prime mover mounted on the vehicle in speed, comprising:
- desired speed setting means for setting a desired speed of the CVT in terms of a speed of the prime mover to be inputted to the CVT based on a running speed of the vehicle and an accelerator opening;
- desired output calculating means for calculating a desired output of the prime mover based on the accelerator opening;
- correction coefficient calculating means for calculating a correction coefficient based on the running speed of the vehicle;
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- corrected desired output calculating means for calculating a corrected desired output by correcting the desired output with the correction coefficient such that the running speed of the vehicle reaches a regulatory vehicle speed when the accelerator opening reaches a fully-opened position.
A method for controlling a vehicle having a belt type CVT that changes power of a prime mover mounted on the vehicle in speed, comprising the steps of:
- setting a desired speed of the CVT in terms of a speed of the prime mover to be inputted to the CVT based on a running speed of the vehicle and an accelerator opening;
- calculating a desired output of the prime mover based on the accelerator opening;
- calculating a correction coefficient based on the running speed of the vehicle;
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- calculating a corrected desired output by correcting the desired output with the correction coefficient such that the running speed of the vehicle reaches a regulatory vehicle speed when the accelerator opening reaches a fully-opened position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.