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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2018
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle that includes a motor configured to provide a driving/braking force to the vehicle and a friction braking mechanism configured to provide a friction brake force to the vehicle includes a target calculation step of calculating a target torque of the motor in accordance with a displacement of an accelerator pedal, a gradient estimation step of estimating a gradient torque to cancel a disturbance due to a gradient of a road surface where the vehicle is travelling, a command calculation step of calculating a torque command value of the motor based on the gradient torque and the target torque, a control step of controlling a torque of the motor in accordance with the torque command value, and a stop control step.