VEHICLE CONTROLLER - EQUOS RESEARCH CO LTD

Title:

VEHICLE CONTROLLER

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/1997/039260

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A vehicle controller controls the gear change of a transmission (4) by utilizing road information stored in a navigation system device. Since the vehicle controller is constituted so that the controller can set the upper limit value of the change gear ratio of the transmission (4) in order to control the changeable range of the change gear ratio in accordance with the road information stored in a data storing section (12) and can allow the change of the change gear ratio within the controlled range and, at the same time, can shift down the gear when the driver of its own vehicle performs speed reducing operations, such as releasing of the accelerator, the controller can control the change gear ratio in accordance with the intention of the driver and the road condition.

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Inventors:

ARUGA HIDEKI (JP)
KAWAI MASAO (JP)
YAMASITA MITSUGI (JP)
IWAMI TAKAHIRO (JP)
NAKASHIMA HIDEKI (JP)
MOROTO SHUZO (JP)
SHIRAI HISANORI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP1997/001287

Publication Date:

October 23, 1997

Filing Date:

April 14, 1997

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Assignee:

EQUOS RESEARCH CO LTD (JP)
ARUGA HIDEKI (JP)
KAWAI MASAO (JP)
YAMASITA MITSUGI (JP)
IWAMI TAKAHIRO (JP)
NAKASHIMA HIDEKI (JP)
MOROTO SHUZO (JP)
SHIRAI HISANORI (JP)

International Classes:

F16H59/66; F16H61/02; F16H59/48; F16H61/16; (IPC1-7): F16H61/10; G08G1/133

Foreign References:

JPH05322591A	1993-12-07
JPH04327059A	1992-11-16
JPH0882365A	1996-03-26
JPH08318765A	1996-12-03
JPH06272753A	1994-09-27
JPH07234991A	1995-09-05

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