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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2016
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Noguchi, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A corner determinator detects a corner appearing in a traveling direction of a vehicle and determines whether a detected corner is a blind corner based upon a current position of the vehicle and road data. A blind distance calculator calculates a distance from the determined blind corner to the vehicle based upon the current position of the vehicle and the road data. A necessary engine braking amount calculator calculates, on the basis of a calculated distance, a necessary engine braking amount necessary for decelerating a current vehicle speed to a vehicle speed at which it is possible to stop around the blind corner when a braking operation is performed with a full braking amount. A required speed change stage determinator calculates a required speed change stage based upon the determined necessary engine braking amount. A transmission controller performs a downshift to a determined required speed change stage.