Mazda Motor Corporation

Ikutoku Gakuen

Takatoshi Tsukano

Masato Abe

Yoshio Kano

Makoto Yamakado

Kazuki Sato

Daisuke Umetsu

Osamu Sunahara

Fuminori Kato

Shohei Yamada

A vehicle control method is applied to a vehiclein which a front wheelis driven by an engine, and the method includes a basic torque setting step of setting basic torque to be generated by the engine, based on an operational state of the vehicle; a deceleration torque setting step of setting deceleration torque, based on an increase in steering angle of a steering apparatusmounted on the vehicle; a torque generation step of controlling the engineso that torque based on the basic torque and the deceleration torque is generated; and a deceleration torque changing step of changing the deceleration torque, based on a vehicle-width-direction mounting position of a steering wheeland an operation direction of the steering wheelwhen the steering angle is increased. Thus, vehicle posture control is performed in consideration of the vehicle-width-direction mounting position of the steering wheeland the operation direction of the steering wheel, so that a driver fatigue reduction effect of the vehicle posture control can be secured appropriately.

Vehicle control method, vehicle system, and vehicle control apparatus

A vehicle control method is applied to a vehiclein which a front wheelis driven by an engine, and the method includes a basic torque setting step of setting basic torque to be generated by the engine, based on an operational state of the vehicle; an acceleration torque setting step of setting acceleration torque, based on a reduction in steering angle of a steering apparatusmounted on the vehicle; a torque generation step of controlling the engineso that torque based on the basic torque and the acceleration torque is generated; and an acceleration torque changing step of changing the acceleration torque, based on a vehicle-width-direction mounting position of a steering wheeland an operation direction of the steering wheelwhen the steering angle is reduced. Thus, vehicle posture control is performed in consideration of the vehicle-width-direction mounting position of the steering wheeland the operation direction of the steering wheel, so that a driver fatigue reduction effect of the vehicle posture control can be secured appropriately.

A control apparatus of a vehicle includes: a steering apparatus () including a steering wheel () operated in order to turn a vehicle () and a steering angle sensor () that detects a steering angle of the steering wheel (), the steering apparatus () steering a front wheel (steered wheel) () of the vehicle () in accordance with operation of the steering wheel (); and a controller () that sets a steering angle acceleration based on the steering angle detected by the steering angle sensor () and controls vehicle motion when the steering wheel () is operated to be turned. In particular, the controller () suppresses a rise of lateral acceleration of the vehicle () based on the steering angle acceleration in order to control the vehicle motion.

Control apparatus of vehicle

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Hiroshima, Japan

Takatoshi Tsukano