Title:
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/207823
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This vehicle control devices provided with: a travel segment determination unit 15 which determines a next travel segment, forwards in the travel direction of the vehicle, which has a different road slope from the current travel segment where the vehicle is currently traveling; a next gear stage selection unit 16 which, on the basis of the road slope of the next travel segment, selects a next gear stage, which will be the gear stage of the vehicle in the next travel segment; and a shift control unit 17 which upshifts to the next gear stage in the current travel segment in the case that the travel resistance in the next travel segment is less than the travel resistance of the current travel segment, the value obtained by subtracting the travel resistance of the vehicle in the current travel segment from the drive force at the current speed of the vehicle in the next gear stage is less than a first prescribed value, and the value obtained by subtracting the travel resistance of the vehicle in the next travel segment from the drive force at the current vehicle speed in the next gear stage is less than a second prescribed value.
Inventors:
OOSHIMA TATSUYA (JP)
NISHIMURA NOBUYUKI (JP)
NISHIMURA NOBUYUKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/017944
Publication Date:
November 15, 2018
Filing Date:
May 09, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ISUZU MOTORS LTD (JP)
International Classes:
F16H61/16; B60W30/14
Foreign References:
| JPH1137276A | 1999-02-12 | |||
| JP2014194254A | 2014-10-09 | |||
| JPH0872591A | 1996-03-19 | |||
| JP2014196984A | 2014-10-16 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HIBIYA Yukihiko et al. (JP)
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