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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
May. 26, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Tomohito Ono, Susono, JP;
Takahito Endo, Suntou-gun, JP;
Yuji Iwase, Mishima, JP;
Makoto Funahashi, Gotemba, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A control device for a vehicle is provided. The control device includes an ECU. The ECU includes a first traveling mode. The first traveling mode includes a second traveling mode, a third traveling mode, and a fourth traveling mode. The ECU is configured to select the second traveling mode if the vehicle speed is in a low vehicle speed range equal to or lower than a predetermined vehicle speed when the ECU selects the first traveling mode, to select the third traveling mode if the vehicle speed is in a high vehicle speed range equal to or higher than the predetermined vehicle speed, and to select the fourth traveling mode if the vehicle speed is in a vehicle speed range between the low vehicle speed range and the high vehicle speed range.