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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2016
Isuzu Motors Limited, Tokyo, JP;
ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In the present invention: a road information acquisition unit () acquires road information about a prescribed section of road ahead of a vehicle traveling at a first shift position; a vehicle information acquisition unit () acquires vehicle information; a speed prediction unit () predicts, on the basis of the road information and the vehicle information, the speed transition in the prescribed section for when the vehicle will have traveled through the prescribed section at the first shift position; and a gearshift control unit () causes a transmission () to downshift to a second shift position when the minimum value of the predicted vehicle speed is less than a prescribed speed.