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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yoichiro Isami, Mishima, JP;
Yoshio Itou, Susono, JP;
Hiroyuki Amano, Susono, JP;
Tatsuya Imamura, Okazaki, JP;
Akiko Nishimine, Susono, JP;
Hiroaki Ebuchi, Hadano, JP;
Hiroaki Kodera, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An electric vehicle includes a shift lever and a clutch pedal for simulating manual gear changes of a traditional vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine and manual transmission, and includes a controller for controlling the operation of the electric vehicle. The driver operates the shift lever in a similar fashion to that of a traditional manual transmission shift lever, however the associated gear positions do not correspond to physical gears in a transmission but rather virtual gear stage modes that correspond to mapped torque characteristics with respect to the rotational speed of the electric motor. The clutch pedal is operated by the driver when the shift lever is operated. The controller calculates the virtual engine speed of the virtual engine based on the virtual gear stage mode selected by the shift lever and the operation amount of the clutch pedal, and displays the virtual engine speed on a display.