Vehicle control device and vehicle control method

    公开(公告)号:US11118678B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16612699

    申请日:2018-05-09

    摘要: This vehicle control device 10 is provided with: a current gear stage selection unit 13 which selects a current gear stage, which is the gear stage of the vehicle in the present travel state; a travel segment determination unit 15 which determines the next travel segment forwards in the direction of travel of the vehicle V; and a shift control unit 17 which, in the case that the current gear stage selection unit 13 has newly selected a target gear stage lower than the current gear stage during travel of the vehicle V in the current gear stage in the current travel segment, if the next travel segment can be traveled in the current gear stage and the amount the vehicle V will lose speed after traveling the current travel segment is less than or equal to a prescribed threshold value, controls shifting of the gear stage such that downshifting from the current gear stage to the target gear stage is suppressed and the current gear stage is maintained. Even in a state in which downshifting is suppressed, if the state of the vehicle the satisfies a prescribed condition, then the shift control unit 17 controls shifting of the gear stage so as to downshift to the target gear stage without suppression of downshifting.

    Vehicle speed control device
    72.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11117579B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16627071

    申请日:2018-06-15

    IPC分类号: B60W30/16 B60W30/18 G08G1/16

    摘要: A vehicle speed control device 1 includes a lane detection unit 120 configured to detect a road outside line of a lane on which a host vehicle V is traveling, a target detection unit 121 configured to detect a target that is present outside the road outside line, and a speed control unit 123 configured to control a speed of the host vehicle V such that the host vehicle V passes a lateral side of the target at a speed lower than a speed of the host vehicle V when the target has been detected. After the host vehicle V has passed the lateral side of the target, the speed control unit 123 accelerates the host vehicle V up to the speed when the target has been detected.

    Vehicle control device
    73.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11105414B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-31

    申请号:US16613079

    申请日:2018-05-10

    摘要: A vehicle control device controls operation of a vehicle provided with a transmission having a direct gear and normal gears including an overdrive gear having a lower gear ratio than the direct gear. The device includes a travel segment determination unit which determines a forward travel segment having a different road slope from a current travel segment, a current gear position selection unit that selects a current gear position in accordance with a shift pattern, a forward gear position selection unit that selects a forward gear position based on a travel resistance of the vehicle in the forward travel segment, and a shift control unit that maintains a gear position as the direct gear while the vehicle travels in the forward travel segment, when a gear position of the transmission in the current travel segment is the overdrive gear and the forward gear position is the direct gear.

    Control device
    74.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11105310B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-31

    申请号:US16759611

    申请日:2018-10-19

    发明人: Tomoko Ohta

    IPC分类号: F02N11/08

    摘要: A control device includes an engine starting unit that starts an engine on a condition that a first voltage is supplied, an engine control unit that controls an operation of the engine starting unit, and a transmission control unit that drives a transmission on a condition that a second voltage, which is higher than the first voltage, is supplied. The transmission control unit sends an engine start permission signal to the engine control unit in a case where a voltage of power supplied from a battery is the second voltage or higher, and the engine control unit permits the engine starting unit to start the engine on a condition that the engine control unit receives the engine start permission signal.

    INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, AND INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210201605A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-01

    申请号:US17272184

    申请日:2019-08-28

    IPC分类号: G07C5/08 B60Q9/00

    摘要: This information output device is provided with: a detecting unit for detecting a rotational speed of an engine mounted in a vehicle; a storage unit for storing historical information indicating the history of a state in which the rotational speed was less than the rotational speed of the engine when idling; a storage control unit for causing the storage unit to store the historical information; and an output unit for outputting the historical information being stored by the storage unit.

    CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE
    76.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210185497A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-17

    申请号:US17271630

    申请日:2019-08-30

    发明人: Yasuyuki MISHIMA

    摘要: This control device can suppress decreases in communication speed. The control device is provided with: a determination unit which determines whether or not a peripheral vehicle positioned in the periphery of a first vehicle is traveling on the same travel road as the first vehicle; a relay vehicle selection unit which, in inter-vehicle communication for communicating between vehicles, selects, as a second vehicle for relaying data from the first vehicle, one of the peripheral vehicles determined by the determination unit to be traveling on the same travel road as the first vehicle; and an inter-vehicle communication control execution unit which executes control for the inter-vehicle communication unit of the first vehicle to allow inter-vehicle communication with the second vehicle.

    SUSPENSION DEVICE
    77.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210162826A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-03

    申请号:US16770885

    申请日:2018-12-05

    摘要: A suspension device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is equipped with: an upper arm; a lower arm; a leaf spring positioned so as to extend in the vehicle widthwise direction in a manner such that an end section thereof is provided on the lower arm; a first bracket configured in a manner such that a shock absorber connected to the lower arm is connected to the outside of a side member in the vehicle widthwise direction; an upper bushing capable of transmitting force between the leaf spring and a suspension cross member; and a second bracket which is independent from the first bracket and is positioned below the side member between the side member and the leaf spring so as to be capable of transmitting the elastic force of the leaf spring to the side member via the upper bushing.

    Steering assistance device and steering assistance method

    公开(公告)号:US10994731B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-04

    申请号:US16322912

    申请日:2017-07-28

    发明人: Teruhiko Suzuki

    摘要: Provided is a steering assistance device, and a demarcation line detection unit 100 detects left and right lane demarcation lines for a lane in which a vehicle is travels. A horizontal velocity measurement unit 101 calculates the horizontal velocity, which is a velocity component of the vehicle in a direction perpendicular to the lane. An assistance unit 11 performs steering assistance for the vehicle so that the vehicle travels parallel to the left and right lane demarcation lines. In a case where the horizontal velocity equal to or greater than a prescribed velocity and the center of the vehicle is separated from the center between the left and right lane demarcation lines by equal to or greater than a prescribed distance, a steering control unit 102 starts the steering assistance of the vehicle by the assistance unit 11.

    Dual clutch-type transmission
    79.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10975935B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-13

    申请号:US16461582

    申请日:2017-11-17

    摘要: A dual clutch-type transmission includes a first clutch, a second clutch, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, an output shaft, a first countershaft, a second countershaft, a first input gear train, a second input gear train, a first output gear train, a second output gear train, a third output gear train, a first synchronization mechanism, a second synchronization mechanism, and a third synchronization mechanism.

    Exhaust purification device and control method for same

    公开(公告)号:US10947884B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-16

    申请号:US15560684

    申请日:2016-03-23

    摘要: The present invention is provided with: a SOx purge control unit that executes catalyst regeneration processing that maintains the temperature of a NOx occlusion/reduction catalyst at a prescribed recovery temperature; a catalyst temperature estimation unit that estimates catalyst temperature on the basis of the amount of unburnt fuel contained in exhaust and of a catalyst heat generation amount; a second exhaust temperature sensor that is arranged further to an exhaust downstream side than the catalyst and that detects exhaust temperature; and a heat generation amount correction value setting unit that, during the execution of the catalyst regeneration processing, on the basis of an estimated catalyst temperature estimated by the catalyst temperature estimation unit and of an actual exhaust temperature detected by the second exhaust temperature sensor, obtains a heat generation amount correction value that is used to correct the heat generation amount of the catalyst.