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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2018
Mazda Motor Corporation, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisaku Ogawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisuke Umetsu, Hiroshima, JP;
Osamu Sunahara, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasunori Takahara, Hiroshima, JP;
Yuichiro Akiya, Hiroshima, JP;
Chikako Ohisa, Aki-gun, JP;
Atsushi Yamasaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Keiichi Hiwatashi, Aki-gun, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device is provided, which includes an engine, an engine control mechanism configured to control torque generated by the engine, a steering device, and a processor. The processor determines whether a vehicle is traveling and a steering angle related value that is related to a steering angle of the steering device increases, executes a control of the engine control mechanism to reduce the torque when the vehicle is determined to be traveling and the steering angle related value is determined to increase, determines whether a combustion frequency of the engine per unit time is lower than a given value, executes the control for reducing the torque when the combustion frequency is determined to be higher than the given value, and prevents the execution of the control for reducing the torque when the combustion frequency is determined to be lower than the given value.