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Patent No.:

US 10618508 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2018

Control apparatus for vehicle and control method for vehicle

Applicant:

Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroshi Ienaga, Tokyo, JP;

Shinichi Sakaguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Takahiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Takeshi Yoneda, Tokyo, JP;

Junya Ogasahara, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

McGinn I. P. Law Group, PLLC.

Primary Examiner:

Yuen Wong

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60K 17/356 (2006.01); B60K 17/354 (2006.01); B60K 28/16 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/02 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/16 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); F16H 48/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/023 (2013.01); B60K 17/354 (2013.01); B60K 17/356 (2013.01); B60K 28/16 (2013.01); B60K 28/165 (2013.01); B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/16 (2013.01); B60W 30/02 (2013.01); B60W 30/18172 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60L 2240/10 (2013.01); B60L 2240/461 (2013.01); B60L 2240/64 (2013.01); B60L 2240/645 (2013.01); B60L 2240/647 (2013.01); B60L 2260/50 (2013.01); B60W 2510/081 (2013.01); B60W 2550/12 (2013.01); B60W 2550/148 (2013.01); B60W 2550/402 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); F16H 48/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a decider; and a rotation speed controller. The decider is configured to decide on a basis of a traveling state of the vehicle that a wheel which is spun is coupled to a drive source to increase a number of driving wheels. The rotation speed controller is configured to decide increase a rotation speed of the drive source in advance in accordance with an information of a vehicle behavior unstableness degree which is acquired from an outside of the vehicle before the wheel is coupled to the drive source.

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