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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Teppei Tanizoe, Tokyo, JP;
Noritaka Aoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Ohmura, Tokyo, JP;
Masataka Ohtsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Nagamitsu Hiraoka, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Hirashita, Tokyo, JP;
Takahisa Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for a vehicle includes a determination unit that determines whether or not a start condition is established, the start condition including a torque converter is in a non-lock-up state and the vehicle is starting; and a display control unit that causes a virtual number of rotations to be displayed on a tachometer instead of an actual number of rotations when it is determined by the determination unit that the start condition is established. The display control unit calculates an acting number of rotations by referring to the actual number of rotations and a number of rotations on a driving wheel side relative to the torque converter in an automatic transmission, and causes the acting number of rotations to be displayed on the tachometer as the virtual number of rotations.