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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Yamada, Nisshin, JP;
Takuro Yamada, Nisshin, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/32 (2006.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/143 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 2510/18 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0677 (2013.01); B60W 2710/1005 (2013.01); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle control apparatus applied to a vehicle including an automatic transmission. The vehicle control apparatus includes a friction brake apparatus for generating friction braking force acting on the vehicle, and a driving support ECU for performing cruise control. The driving support ECU causes the automatic transmission to perform downshift upon satisfaction of a downshift condition which is satisfied when a friction brake high load state continues for a predetermined determination threshold time.