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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Inventor:
Taisetsu Tanimichi, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD., Hitachinaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/06 (2012.01); B60W 40/105 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 40/105 (2013.01); B60W 2420/22 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2552/35 (2020.02); B60W 2720/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a vehicle control apparatus which allows a vehicle to safely negotiate a bump smoothly without feeling unusual to the driver of the vehicle. This vehicle control apparatus is characterized by comprising: a strain sensor output value acquisition unit that acquires the output value of a strain sensor () mounted to a drive shaft () for driving wheels (); and a vehicle behavior detection unit that detects when the wheels () start moving on the basis of when the output value of the strain sensor decreases from the value when the wheels () are in the stopped state.