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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Hiroaki Kodera, Susono, JP;
Takahito Endo, Sunto-gun, JP;
Kensei Hata, Sunto-gun, JP;
Katsuya Iwazaki, Susono, JP;
Yushi Seki, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus includes: an information acquisition unit acquiring feature information indicating a feature regarding vehicle driving of an occupant of a vehicle; and a control unit changing at least one property included in a driving property or a manipulation property in the vehicle. Further, the control unit changes at least one property included in the driving property or the manipulation property of the vehicle, from a basic property of the vehicle to a property reflecting the feature information, based on the feature information, and brings the changed property close to the basic property of the vehicle in accordance with at least one of an integrated value of boarding hours, an integrated value of running distances, and the number of boardings of the vehicle of the occupant.